Category: Other Sports

Artist Pattnaik unveils sand art for Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics

Puri, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Renowned sand artist and Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a piece of sand art…

4 years ago

Guinea pulls out of Tokyo Olympics due to Covid-19

Tokyo, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Guinea, a small African country, has pulled out of the Olympic Games that begin on Friday,…

4 years ago

Olympics: 28 Indian athletes to participate in opening ceremony

Tokyo, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Only 28 members, comprising six officials and 22 athletes, of the Indian contingent will participate in…

4 years ago

Olympics: Opening ceremony director sacked over old Holocaust skit

Tokyo, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The director of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Kentaro Kobayashi has been fired…

4 years ago

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 Games set to begin amid lack of enthusiasm

Tokyo, July 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Olympic Games, beginning on Friday, is the world's biggest sporting extravaganza but in the Japanese…

4 years ago

Olympics: Covid false alarm has IOA officials sweating

Mumbai, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) On a day when the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was considering reducing its opening ceremony contingent…

4 years ago

Olympics: Polish swimming federation in line of fire after goof-up

Tokyo, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six Polish swimmers were sent home from the Olympics after the the country's swimming federation (PZP)…

4 years ago

Haryana boxers dominate as 11 women storm into semis

New Delhi, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reigning world champion Gitika led the way as 11 Haryana boxers progressed to the semifinals…

4 years ago

Haryana boxers dominate as 11 women storm into finals

New Delhi, July 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 11 Haryana boxers, led by reigning world champion Gitika, progressed into the…

4 years ago

Skateboarding a guideline for life, says Germany’s youngest Tokyo athlete

Berlin, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Skateboarding is a perfect metaphor for life, says Lilly Stoephasius, Germany's youngest athlete competing at the…

4 years ago

Olympics: Ugandan athlete who fled Tokyo found in central Japan

Tokyo, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ugandan athlete who had gone missing from his country's training camp near Tokyo has been…

4 years ago

3810 anti-doping tests conducted in athletics this season

Mumbai, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Covid-19 restrictions may have been a big hurdle but it did not hamper the anti-doping…

4 years ago

Covid watch: Organisers do not rule out cancellation of Tokyo 2020 Games

Tokyo, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo 2020 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Toshiro Muto on Tuesday did not rule out a last-minute…

4 years ago

Olympics: Opening ceremony composer quits over abuse of disabled children

Tokyo, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) A famous Japanese musician who was involved in composing music for the opening ceremony of the…

4 years ago

Deepika stuns world champion Alfiya at Youth National Boxing

New Delhi, July 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Haryana's Deepika stunned the reigning Youth World Champion Alfiya Pathan, to cause a major upset…

4 years ago

Olympics: Cardboard beds in Games Village are not ‘anti-sex’

Tokyo, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The cardboard beds that the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have provided in the…

4 years ago

Olympics: Rowers train hard, enjoy the sights in Games Village

Tokyo, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian rowing team had another rigorous practice session in Tokyo on Monday and later went…

4 years ago

Covid watch: Olympic Village still safe, says IOC health advisor

Tokyo, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though a total of 58 positive cases, including four athletes, have been reported from the Tokyo…

4 years ago

Chongatham moves into pre-quarters of Youth National Boxing

New Delhi, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Youth World Championships bronze medallist Bishwamitra Chongatham made it to the men's 51kg pre-quarterfinals of…

4 years ago

Russian chess coach alleges Indian company owes him fees

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Russian chess Grandmaster (GM) Evgeniy Solozhenkin hopes his $610 dues from Indian company…

5 years ago



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