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It was no wonder that the youngster took to sports and athletics right from a very young age. His father and his mother KS Bijimol both represented and won laurels for India in various international meets.

India is fielding a strong 57-member squad, including the 15 quota holders for the Tokyo Olympics.

I want to give my absolute best at the Tokyo Olympics and am not going to restrict myself in thinking about what I can or cannot achieve in the global event. The possibilities are limitless," she said in a virtual press conference from Italy

The 21-year-old Kerala athlete's 8.26m jump came in his fifth attempt as he improved his earlier national record of 8.20m which he had registered in 2018

"An Olympic medal is the only achievement missing in my long career"

The 27-year-old has qualified for the Olympics through the Adjusted Official Ranking (AOR) method

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto told reporters on Tuesday after an executive board meeting that the total female board members will be increased to 19 from the current seven, accounting for about 40 per cent from 20 per cent

He further said he will return to social media after the conclusion of the quadrennial event.

"I don't really want to get into it now, but I have my reasons," he said.

Organizers said that government immigration policy must be "observed" with regard to torchbearers coming to Japan from overseas.

The Olympic Qualifying period for the Race to Tokyo will now close on 15 June 2021, with the last tournament counting for qualification being the Singapore Open 2021

It has been on the cards that Sindhu would not train under Gopichand ever since she left for London to train there before returning this month.

He's taking each training session as an opportunity to make a strong case for a spot in the Olympics squad.

Currently, Panghal is practising at Bellary in Karnataka in India's camp with his personal coach Anil Dhankhar. Before confirming his participation in the tournament, the boxer will discuss with his camp's high-performance

"I learnt a lot last year. The first thing was patience, because we had no tournaments for a couple of months. We couldn't step out or play badminton, and we needed to have patience," Sindhu said.

The new-look BWF tournament calendar 2021 sees a number of tournaments postponed from Q1 and Q2, and a handful of Grade 2 tournaments cancelled

The 2020 Games were pushed back a year as Covid-19 spread around the globe, and are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021.

Olympic chief also pledged that the IOC would "undertake great efforts" to make sure as many participants and spectators as possible are vaccinated before arriving in Japan, if a vaccine is available

Tokyo organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto, after a meeting Thursday about infection countermeasures, confirmed for the first time that a limited number of non-Japanese fans may be allowed to attend

Kothajit said that the Indian team returned to the pitch at the right time and are moving forward with each sports activities session.