Tokyo Olympics 202

Crystal-strewn leotards, boxy shirts cut high on the thigh, myriad hair colours, glaring eyewear and abstract printed whites — these aren’t something you expect to see on sportspersons, as functionality always takes precedence over…

An Olympics debut can be a tricky affair. It can energise an athlete to the top of their game, like it did with sabre fencer Bhavani Devi on Tuesday. It can also bring an athlete down with doubts and anxieties. Pooja Rani’s mind was…

The medals can really wait. Even if those medals are intimately tied up with history - Simone Biles, already heralded as the greatest gymnast of all time, came to Tokyo as the first person to defend an Olympic all-around title in more than…

Rush, rush, rush. That’s how I started my day. I was late for the shooting competition. It's 7am and the Asaka Shooting Range is around 40km from the city. I have to catch the bus from Tokyo Media Centre and get there in an hour. The…

Tiger Shroff drew inspiration from Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu and lifted weights of 140 kilos. Mirabai won a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday. The actor, taking to Instagram, shared a video in which he was seen…

Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev called on organisers to delay the start times of Olympic tennis matches as players laboured in the sweltering Tokyo summer heat on the opening day of the tournament. World number one Djokovic encountered…

It was both a moment of pride and heartbreak for Japan. Their favourite women’s softball team opened the action at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday with a victory over Australia, but all that the team's partisan fans could do was watch the…

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday launched the 'Cheer4India' song of the country's Olympic contingent and urged the public to wholeheartedly rally behind its athletes during the Tokyo Games. PTI | , New Delhi PUBLISHED ON…