Category: Tokyo calling

Mumbai, July 8 : Though quite popular as a sport, boxing was introduced at the Olympic Games in 1904. It has been part of every Olympics since then, except in the 1912 Stockholm edition since Swedish laws prohibited such a sport. It was a male-only event till Beijing 2008. Four years later, in […]

Tokyo, July 8 : The Tokyo Olympic Games, staring on July 23, will be played without spectators at venues, Tokyo Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa announced on Thursday. Tokyo will be placed under the fourth state of emergency on July 12, and it will last until August 22, covering the duration of the […]

Mumbai, July 8 : Experienced boxer Vikas Krishan has represented India in the Olympic Games twice -- and ended with contrasting results, with some drama to add. In the 2012 edition in London, it seemed Krishan had sealed a berth in the welterweight quarter-finals after a tough battle with Amer […]

Mumbai, July 8 : Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, India's most accomplished woman boxer, is gearing up for what probably would be her final tilt at the Olympics. The 38-year-old from Manipur, who won a bronze medal in the flyweight (51kg) at the 2012 Games in London, where women's boxing made its […]

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, July 8 : When 23-year old Tamil Nadu sprinter and the Tokyo Olympic bound V.Revathi went to the dining hall at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala for the first time she saw almonds and pista. It was also the first time Revathi saw bo […]