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The Tokyo organisers have prescribed stricter regulations for travellers from 11 countries including India for the Games beginning July 23.

Under Manpreet's captaincy, the Indian team won the Asia Cup in 2017, the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018 and the FIH Series Final in 2019.

Dutee Chand, women’s relay team breach national records but failed to make the cut.

India had last week announced a 16-member team for the Tokyo Games but refrained from naming the captain although it was more or less certain that Rani would lead the side.

Deepika Kumari will now be the sole entry in the women's section in the Tokyo Games

Stricter regulations have been put in place for all travellers including athletes, coaches and support staff who have resided in 11 countries, including India, where different variants of Covid-19 have been identified

Mirza has been training under Dubai-based Spanish coach Cesar Ferrer-Victoria.

According to the IOA, the association with MPL is for one-and-a-half years and will end on December 31 next year.

Eight seasoned players -- are part of the 16-member strong squad. The team captain will be announced later, said HI

The Minister lauded Sai Praneeth for making it to Tokyo Games and presented a cheque for Rs 5 lakh as a token of appreciation.

The Indian lifter is ranked second in the women's 49kg category with 4133,6172 points in her kitty.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Assistant secretary Vinod Tomar defended the decision.

In February this year, the Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu moved out of the SAI-Gopichand Academy and started training at the indoor stadium.

As per the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athletes' contingent.

The 26-year-old Vinesh can now win her third gold in as many tournaments this season, having won titles in Matteo Pellicone (March) and Asian Championship (April).

IOA dropped Li Ning as its official kit sponsor for the Olympics and stated that the country's athletes will wear unbranded apparel during the Tokyo Games

The Indian men's hockey team is scheduled to begin its campaign on July 24 against New Zealand.

An IOC official speaking at a press conference explained the need to finalize the allocation of slots to ensure fairness as there are athletes waiting for information about participating in the games, reported Kyodo News.

Four shuttlers, Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth, N Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, failed to make the cut owing to cancellation of tournaments due to the pandemic.

According to the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athlete.