India’s chances of sealing a medal at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics suffered a blow as two of the top medal contenders in wrestling – Bajrang Punia and Ravi Dahiya, who won bronze and silver medals at the Tokyo Games three years ago, respectively, got knocked out from the qualification race.

Wrestling: Blow to India as Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya ruled out of qualification race for 2024 Paris Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has set June 29, 2021 as the new deadline for the qualification period of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been rescheduled to next year in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

IOC sets June 29, 2021 as new deadline for qualification period of Tokyo Olympics

Olympic champion swimmer Cameron van der Burgh said Sunday that he had contracted COVID-19, offering insight into how coronavirus infection could affect 2020 Olympic hopefuls.

Coronavirus 'no joke' Olympic gold medallist van der Burgh warns

The Olympic flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony Friday as doubts grew over whether the Tokyo Games will go ahead on schedule with the coronavirus pandemic causing chaos around the world.

Olympic flame gets muted welcome in Japan as Games doubts grow

Japan's Olympic Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada, resigned on Wednesday after he made remarks that offended people affected by the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear meltdowns in 2011.

2020 Tokyo games: Japan Olympic minister Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns after offending remarks

Thailand has voluntarily banned itself from all weightlifting, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, because of its recent doping record but will still host the 2019 World Championships, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on Friday.

Weightlifting: Thailand to host World Championships despite voluntary ban