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Tokyo 2021: International travel restrictions put several Indians Olympics dream on hold DPA/Zuma Press/Icon Sportswire The worsening second wave of Covid-19 cases in India has prompted a host of countries to lock their borders to travellers from the country. The impact, with the Olympics now barely three months away, falls squarely on Indian athletes scrambling for a final shot at qualification berths. Over the past few days, more countries have added India to their red list, causing flights t...

Sports April 27, 2021 KARACHI: Pakistan’s premier karateka Saadi Abbas will fly out of Dubai for Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday (tomorrow) to feature in the Karate-1 Premier League slated to be held from April 30 to May 2 at the Altice Arena Sports Hall. The event is included in the Olympic qualification process and it is one of the last opportunities for karate athletes to make it to the Olympics by standings. Saadi currently holds 24th spot in the Olympics rankings and Lisbon’s event wil...

Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021? Asian Olympic qualifiers: Which Indian wrestler can make it to Tokyo 2021? Sonam Malik (in blue) competes against Hanbit Lee (KOR) in the 62 Kg category during the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship in February 2020 in New Delhi.  Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images From Indias first individual medallist (KD Jadhav, 1952) to the only double individual medallist (Sushil Kumar, 2008 and 2012), wrestling has been...

Published February 25, 2021, 6:16 PM OLYMPIC-BOUND – Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, center, strikes a pose with veteran trainer Freddie Roach, left, and 1992 Olympian Pepe Reilly of America at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California. (Photo from Eumir Felix Marcial’s Instagram account) Tokyo-bound Filipino boxer Eumir Felix Marcial works tirelessly as he prepares for the Olympics in July. Marcial, who is currently based in Los Angeles, California, shared recent updat...

Published February 17, 2021, 4:05 PM Philippine Fencing Association chief and Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez, left, with national fencing team head coach Amat Canlas. (Photo from Amat Canlas) Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) President Richard Gomez is keeping his fingers crossed that the Asian Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics will push through as scheduled in Seoul, South Korea. Gomez expressed his hopes as five of six Filipino fencers continue to prepare in a bubble training camp in Ormoc...

Blow to Indian boxers as final Tokyo Olympics qualifier is scrapped World silver medalist Sonia Chahal (womens 57kg) is among the Indians who will miss out on Tokyo.  Cameraworxpix Indias hopes of adding more boxers to their Olympic contingent came to an end on Monday after the International Olympic Committees (IOC) decision to scrap the final boxing qualifier for Tokyo 2020 - a global event which was due to take place in Paris in June. The decision was announced by the IOCs Boxing Task Force ...

February 16, 2021 | 5:31 pm Font Size AAA The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced Monday via a virtual meeting that the World Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics has been cancelled. The BTF has taken over the function of organizing the boxing competitions in the Olympics after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the Olympic body in 2019. The suspension remains in effect. The tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020 in Paris b...

Boxing World Qualifiers for Tokyo cancelled The International Olympic Committee Boxing Task Force (BTF) announced Monday via a virtual meeting that the World Qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics has been canceled. The BTF has taken over the function of organizing the boxing competitions in the Olympics after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) was suspended by the Olympic body in 2019. The suspension remains in effect. The tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020 in Paris, France b...

From Saurabh to Sindhu: Whos in, whos not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go 7d From Saurabh to Sindhu: Whos in, whos not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go Shooting Who has qualified? India have won a record 15 quota places in shooting. They were won by - Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar (10m air rifle men); Aishwary Tomar, Sanjeev Rajput (50m rifle 3 positions men); Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma (10m air pistol men); Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Khan (Skeet men); Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi C...

In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch ​ By Rohit Mundayur ( IANS) | Published on ​ Wed, Dec 30 2020 8:42 IST | ​ 0 Views In limited sports action in 2020, Indian boxers delivered knockout punch . Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, Dec 30 : Year 2020 was supposed to one in which words associated with the Olympics were expected to dominate the sports headlines. Instead, it was terms like pandemic, postponement, behind closed doors, uncertainty and, mor...