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For South Koreans, Olympic medal is only way out of military service

They keep telling themselves the Olympics is no different from any other golf tournament because anything else would only make it harder on Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim

Olympic silver medalist Mirabai Chanu promised free movie tickets for life

A multiplex chain has now announced that it will celebrate Mirabai's historic win by giving her free tickets to watch as many movies as she wishes during her lifetime

Tokyo Olympics: Need to be sure for unknown against Argentina, says Reid

Having registered a comprehensive 3-0 win over Spain,Indian men's hockey team will look to keep momentum going when they take on defending Olympic champions Argentina in their fourth match of Olympics

Olympics: Deepika has not played to full potential yet, says sister Vidya

World No.1 Deepika Kumari might have won her two matches in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, but her sister Vidya reckons that Deepika has still not played to her full potential yet

Deepika Kumari keeps medal hopes alive, makes last-16; Rai, Jadhav exit

World number one archer Deepika Kumari survived some anxious moments before getting past US teenager Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez 6-4 to sail into the pre-quarterfinals of the women's individual section

Olympics: Not planning to retire anytime soon,says Paddler Sharath Kamal

Sharath Kamal has said that he will take a "lot of positives" from his defeat against China's former world No. 1 and three-time world champion Ma Long in the third round at the Tokyo Olympic Games

Rowers Arjun and Arvind fail to qualify for lightweight double sculls final

Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh failed to qualify for the men's lightweight double sculls final at the Tokyo Olympics after finishing sixth and last in the second semifinal on Wednesday

Tokyo Olympics 2021 highlights: Boxer Lovlina enters QF; India beats Spain

India's men's doubles team in badminton Shetty failed to qualify for the Quarterfinals despite a win today. Check India today's Olympics matches, Tokyo 2020 live updates and telecast details in India

Coronavirus cases in Tokyo leap to new record of 2,848 amid Olympics

A four-day weekend to celebrate the opening of the sports spectacle is also likely to have led to a backlog of testing

'A bit much': Tennis star Naomi Osaka cites pressure in Olympic loss

It wasn't the ending that Naomi Osaka nor her multitudes of fans across Japan and worldwide had expected

Tokyo Olympics: Shooters crash out, debutant boxer a win away from medal

The other Indian team, Abhishek Verma and Yashaswini Singh Deswal, failed to clear qualification 1 and finished in the 17th place

You learn from failures, happy with experience gained in Tokyo: Bhavani

Bhavani had gone down against France's Manon Brunet in women's individual sabre 15-7 in the Round of 32 match on Monday

Olympics: Boxer Lovlina beats German opponent to reach quarters in 69kg

India's Lovlina Borgohain advanced to the next round in the women's 69kg boxing competition by beating Germany's Nadine Apetz, a boxer nearly 12 years elder to her, 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals

Olympics football: Spain have injury issues ahead of key encounter

There was mixed news for the Spanish football team at the Tokyo Olympics as they prepared for Thursday's decisive group match against Argentina.

Olympics: China's Yang Qian, Yang Haoran win mixed team air rifle gold

China's pair of Yang Qian/Yang Haoran on Tuesday won a gold medal in the 10m mixed air rifle event here at the Asaka Shooting Range in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics

Positive signs of progress in women's hockey team: Coach Sjoerd Marijne

The Indian women's hockey team's Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne said on Tuesday that he had noted "positive signs of progress" in India's performance against Germany

Indian archers brace for one last chance at the Tokyo Olympics 2021

Indian archers need to quickly shrugg off the disappointment of elimination from the team events as they brace for tougher challenges ahead in the individual competitions of the Tokyo Olympics, here

'About time': Gay athletes unleash rainbow wave on Tokyo Olympics

When Olympic diver Tom Daley announced in 2013 that he was dating a man and couldn't be happier, his coming out was an act of courage

Olympics: Siblings in rivalry, Hayward brothers from Australia, New Zealand

Brothers have played together at the Olympics from the days of Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh, who represented India in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics

Olympics: Amit Rohidas completes 100 senior international caps for India

Defender Amit Rohidas completed 100 senior international caps for the Indian men's Hockey team. He achieved the milestone when India took on Spain in their third match of the Tokyo Olympics.