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Aaryanshi Mohan
eSports and Olympics: Evolutionary Dilemma Gets Real in Virtual World
05 Aug 2020
Tokyo 2020, The Olympic Fortnight (Series): Every movement needs to evolve and so it is with the Olympics. The questions on its evolution revolve around technology and the inclusion of eSports into…
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,…
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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IOC Can Survive Olympics Postponement, But Cancellation Will Be A Disaster
23 Jul 2020
Experts say the IOC’s vast reserves and huge list of sponsors will tide them over the postponed Olympics, but a cancelled Olympics and the domino effect it would have on federations across the world…
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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…
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Dope Wars II: WADA Formally Responds to Report Asking for Reform
27 Jun 2020
WADA President Witold Banka replied to the ONDCP’s allegations in a letter expressing the agency’s disappointment at the lack of consultation in compiling the report and reiterating that the report…
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Dope Wars: US Threatens To Pull WADA Funding As Bickering Over ONDCP Report Escalates
25 Jun 2020
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released a report which is highly critical of WADA’s conduct, particularly regarding their handling of an investigation into the Russian…
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Narinder Batra’s Election Illegal, Alleges Sudhanshu Mittal as IOA Infighting Reaches IOC
08 Jun 2020
Last week Indian Olympic Association (IOA) vice-president Sudhanshu Mittal wrote to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) alleging that the president, Narinder Batra, was elected to the top…
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Tokyo Olympics: Organisers to Skip One Year Countdown Event
05 Jun 2020
Even as preparations and solutions are being found for the Olympics, a Tokyo 2020 executive board member has advocated caution saying organisers may need to monitor the situation till next spring…