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IOC Expresses Concern Over IWF Interim President Ursula Papandrea’s Shock Ouster
15 Oct 2020
International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) intertim President Ursula Papandrea was ousted from her position in an emergency meeting called on Wednesday and replaced by Intarat Yodbangtoey, whose…
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Four Nation Gymnastics Event To Be Hosted By Tokyo In November
13 Oct 2020
The Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) confirmed that Tokyo will host an international gymnastics event with four countries participating in it, on November 8. The event will serve as a trial run for…
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Black Lives Matter: Sebastian Coe Wants Athletes to be Allowed to Protest at the Games, But is the Olympics Ready?
08 Oct 2020
Following the Black Lives Matter movement, many athletes have exercised their right to protest on the playing field. The Olympic Games, if and when they get staged next year, could also become a…
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Tokyo Olympics Organising Committee Plans Cost Cutting Measures, Will Ask Foreign Athletes For Training Plans Before Games
23 Sep 2020
The organisers of 2020 Tokyo Olympics are trying to find ways to curb escalating costs due to the postponement of games and have picked out 52 items to be simplified. The country is considering…
Vaibhav Raghunandan
A Larger Design: Ten Step History of Art at the Summer Olympics
03 Aug 2020
Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight (Series): To notice art one needs to take a step outside the moment. The Olympic podium is always about the moment. So, the medal — a symbol of achievement and glory…
Leslie Xavier
To Be or Not to Be: Olympics No Hamlet for Cricket | Outside Edge
26 Jul 2020
Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight (Series): Cricket at the Olympics is a distant dream, or, to be accurate, a dream only for fans of the sport itself. For the governing bodies global and national,…
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IOC Vice President: Postponed Tokyo Olympics Must be Simple and Safe
24 Jul 2020
Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Fortnight: Coates, the vice president of the IOC has clearly stated the need to hold an Olympics that is much simplified than the version that was planned for this year.…
Leslie Xavier
Tokyo 2020: The Games That Begin Today, Next Year
24 Jul 2020
Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Fortnight: If it wasn’t for a global pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics would have begun today. But as it is, we instead have to suffer a pause. But this pause is important — to…
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Uncertainty Surrounds Tokyo Olympics, IOC Announces New Qualification System Nonetheless
16 Jul 2020
Veteran IOC member Dick Pound highlighted the knock on effect of the cancellation of the Tokyo Games in an interview, saying a cancellation of the Summer Olympics would lead to a cancellation of the…
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Narinder Batra Calls for End to Fighting Within Indian Olympic Association
29 Jun 2020
After a hugely denigrating back and forth between the top two officials of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Narinder Batra has now extended an olive branch of sorts, asking members to work…