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Five coast guards killed in plane collision at Japan's airport
Rediff.com3 Jan 2024In a shocking incident at Haneda Airport, Japan Airlines Flight 516, en route from New Chitose Airport, erupted into flames just after landing on Runway C at approximately 5.47 pm (local time) on Tuesday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported.
Tokyo Olympics cost almost twice due to COVID
Rediff.com22 Jun 2022The Tokyo 2020 Olympics cost nearly double the figure quoted in the city's bid for the Games,
Day 4: What's hot at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Rediff.com8 Feb 2022Chen scores world record for massive lead over shocked Hanyu
Tokyo Games: DRAMATIC Moments
Rediff.com9 Aug 2021From sharing medals to defections to gestures on the medals podium to punching horses, the Tokyo Olympics had it all.
Kenya's Kipchoge wins back-to-back marathon golds
Rediff.com8 Aug 2021The World record holder has now won four Olympic medals overall, having also taken 5,000m silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004.
PICS: Neeraj, Hassan leave their mark at Tokyo Games
Rediff.com7 Aug 2021A summary of Saturday's Track and Field action at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kenya's Jepchirchir wins women's marathon with late burst
Rediff.com7 Aug 2021Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympics women's marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, out-duelling compatriot Brigid Kosgei in the final minutes and claiming her country's second consecutive gold medal in the event. Kosgei took silver and Molly Seidel of the United States, competing in just her third marathon after moving up from shorter distances, claimed bronze.
PICS: Relay golds cap amazing week for Italy, Jamaica
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021On a night when American Allyson Felix also became the most decorated track and field athlete in Olympic history and Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan's dream of an unprecedented Games treble disappeared, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei wiped away his 10,000 metres disappointment with an impressive 5,000m win.
India's 4x400m relay team betters Asian mark, but fails to make final
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021The quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Tom Noah Nirmal, Rajiv Arokia and Amoj Jacob finished fourth in the second heat with a timing of 3:00.25 seconds, but missed qualifying for the eight-team final by a whisker as they ended up ninth overall.
Olympics: Priyanka 17th, Bhawna 32nd in 20km race walk
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021India's Gurpreet Singh slowed down considerably during the race and was seen sitting on the sidelines after the 35km mark, being helped by the medical team of the race but did not seem to be in much trouble.
Olympics: Race walkers battle 'brutal' heat in Sapporo
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021'It was of course very, very difficult, especially in the second half. We saw the temperature on the building, so maybe every 10K it was one degree higher and higher.'
Poland's Tomala wins men's 50km Walk
Rediff.com6 Aug 2021Germany's Jonathan Hilbert took the silver medal and Canada's Evan Dunfee claimed the bronze.
Athletics PIX: Parchment, Crouser steal the limelight
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021A summary of Thursday's finals in Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Olympics Athletics: Indians disappoint in 20km race walk
Rediff.com5 Aug 2021Sandeep finishes 23rd, Irfan and Rahul 47th and 51st
Olympics: Tokyo heat roasts outdoor athletes amid heat-stroke risk
Rediff.com1 Aug 2021The Tokyo Games, from July 23 to Aug. 8, coincide with the year's hottest weather in Tokyo where the temperature can rise to 35 degree Celsius (95F) or more. The 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics were held in October.
Olympics Athletics: Who can fill the 'Bolt-hole'?
Rediff.com27 Jul 2021At his peak Bolt was probably the world's most recognisable sportsperson and certainly one of the most marketable. In contrast, the two 2020 Athletes of the year were Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas.
Olympics Football: Japan edge towards knock-outs; France rebound
Rediff.com25 Jul 2021A summary of the man's football matches at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
AFI threatens action on under-performers at Olympics
Rediff.com23 Jul 2021The Athletics Federation of India has threatened action against all those who do not perform well in the Olympics after deciding not to withdraw long jumper M Sreeshankar and 20km race walker KT Irfan from the Tokyo Games despite a dip in their form.
Olympics: France, Argentina suffer shock defeats, Brazil win
Rediff.com22 Jul 2021In their first Olympic campaign since Beijing 2008, Australia took a surprise lead against twice gold medallists Argentina inside 14 minutes when winger Lachlan Wales scored from close range.
Olympics over the years: All the numbers
Rediff.com22 Jul 2021A quick look at previous Games, number of athletes who participated and disciplines.
'Participants of Tokyo Olympics are most controlled'
Rediff.com18 Jul 2021'All of them had at least 2 negative tests before arrival'
Olympic-medal eyeing Kipchoge inspired by Osaka
Rediff.com13 Jul 2021'I am still hungry for running in the Olympic Games and winning a gold medal, so I still feel fresh every time I wake up.'
World athletics boss expects Tokyo Olympics to go ahead after test event
Rediff.com5 May 2021The Sapporo Challenge Half Marathon 2021 was held on Wednesday as a dress rehearsal for the marquee Olympic event
Tokyo governor expects spectators at Olympics
Rediff.com24 Nov 2020Koike, speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, said organisers were still hopeful venues could be filled with spectators when the Olympics begin in July.
Mesmerising winners of the Epson panoramic awards
Rediff.com30 Oct 2020Truly, a sight for lockdown-weary eyes. These mesmerising panoramic shots have been revealed as the winners and shortlisted entries in the 2020 Epson International Pano Awards. Organisers reported that they received 5,859 entries from 1,452 photographers in 96 countries this year, competing for the top spots in five categories, for several special awards, and for some of the cash prizes offered. Scroll down to see the shots the judges declared had the wow factor...
Athletes should be allowed to protest during Olympic Games: IOC chief
Rediff.com8 Oct 2020'Athletes are a part of the world and they want to reflect the world they live in. For me, that is perfectly acceptable.'
Suarez joins Atletico from Barcelona; Di Maria banned
Rediff.com24 Sep 2020Atletico Madrid have signed striker Luis Suarez from Barcelona, the Spanish clubs said on Wednesday, bringing to an end his six-year stint at the Camp Nou.
Minor changes in schedule announced for Tokyo Games
Rediff.com19 Jul 2020The next challenge for Tokyo organisers is developing measures to help prevent a COVID-19 outbreak during the Games and how much the delay will cost Japanese taxpayers.
Tokyo Olympic organisers unveil new schedule
Rediff.com17 Jul 2020The new schedule means women's softball will kick off competition at 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) in Fukushima on July 21, two days before the Games officially open, with all events taking place a day earlier than the 2020 schedule.
IOC working toward July-August Olympics in 2021
Rediff.com26 Mar 2020The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange a July-August window for the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and hopes to confirm the schedule within a month, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday. John Coates, the IOC's Coordination Commission chief for Tokyo, told the Yomiuri the Games would have to be held between the tennis Grand Slams of Wimbledon, slated to end in mid-July, and the US Open, which starts in late August.
When the Olympics was boycotted or cancelled
Rediff.com24 Mar 2020Canada and Australia said they would not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics if the Games went ahead as scheduled in July and August this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a list of previous cancellations, boycotts and changes of venues of the Summer and Winter games.
What's at stake if Olympics fall victim to coronavirus
Rediff.com3 Mar 2020Concerns are swirling that Japan's dream of hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics could be a fatality of the spread of the new coronavirus, jolting organisers, sponsors, and media firms who have spent billions of dollars in the run-up to the event. Global insurers face a hefty bill if the coronavirus forces the cancellation of the Games, with estimates of the cost of insuring the showpiece running into billions of dollars.
Tokyo Games' fate in hands of powerful IOC boss Bach
Rediff.com28 Feb 2020Thomas Bach has virtually complete control over the body and by far the biggest influence on whether the Games will go ahead or not. With the Games having only been cancelled in the past due to World Wars One and Two, Bach will undoubtedly do everything in his power to protect the IOC's prime product
Japan's indigenous Ainu dance dropped from opening ceremony
Rediff.com21 Feb 2020Ainu dancers were told there wasn't room to fit the dance into the July 24 performance
Tokyo governor gives reluctant consent to marathon venue move
Rediff.com1 Nov 2019IOC stunned many Games organisers last month by announcing that the marathon, one of the most prestigious events at any Olympics, would be moved to the northern Japanese city of Sapporo to avoid the worst of Tokyo's summer heat.
IOC firm on decision to move Tokyo Games marathon
Rediff.com25 Oct 2019The International Olympic Commission will not change its decision to move the 2020 marathon to Sapporo to avoid the heat, a top Tokyo Olympics planning official said on Friday, despite pleas from Tokyo's governor to keep the race in the capital.
Tokyo Olympic marathon to be moved to Hokkaido: IOC
Rediff.com16 Oct 2019"Athletes' health and well-being are always at the heart of our concerns," IOC President Thomas Bach said in a statement.
Sports Shorts: I-League to approach court if ISL is made top league
Rediff.com24 Jun 2019Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Ness Wadia's arrest: Did Britannia violate listing norms?
Rediff.com6 May 2019According to Sebi's listing obligations and disclosure requirements, a company has to report any fraud, default by promoter or arrest of key managerial persons or promoters as it is a material event.
Sports Shorts: Nike's Kaepernick ad spurs spike in sold-out items
Rediff.com20 Sep 2018A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday