Whirling, spinning, reaching and flexing - Japanese wheelchair dancer Kenta Kambara's emotive performances are wordless testimony to artistic passion and possibility.

Paralympic wheelchair dancer aims to perform at Tokyo Olympic games

World silver-medallist and top seed Amit Panghal (52kg) qualified for his maiden Olympic Games after edging out familiar foe Carlo Paalam of Philippines in the quarterfinals of the Asian Qualifiers for boxing here on Monday.

Amit Panghal qualifies for Olympics; enters Asian Qualifiers semis

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday it was busy with preparations for a "successful" Summer Games in Tokyo in less than five months and at a time when the coronavirus outbreak is widening.

Preparing for 'successful' Tokyo Olympics 2020, says IOC chief

A plan to use snow collected in Japan's mountains to cool 2020 Olympics venues this summer is being stymied by snowfalls on track to be the lowest on record, according to officials involved.

The Olympics are coming to Japan; So too is climate change

North Korea has withdrawn its women's soccer team from the final round of 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifiers being staged in South Korea in February, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has said.

North Korea pulls out of women's football 2020 Olympic qualifier in South Korea

Russia's Olympic Committee will do all it can to ensure Russian athletes take part in the 2020 Games, its chief said Thursday, as the country faces a four-year doping ban.

Olympic chief says will 'do everything' to ensure Russia at 2020 Games

The swimming section of a paratriathlon test event for Tokyo 2020 was cancelled Saturday due to high levels of bacteria in the water, the latest in a series of difficulties over water quality and temperature.

Water bacteria cancels Tokyo 2020 paratriathlon test swim

World and former Olympic champion high hurdler Sally Pearson, the most successful Australian track athlete of her generation, gave up on her dream of a swansong at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and retired on Tuesday.

Injury forces former Olympic champion Sally Pearson to retire

Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth said it was irritating to lose close quarterfinals in a title-less season and stressed on the need to get physically and mentally tougher to win medals at the World Championship and Olympic Games.

Getting tougher mentally, physically key to World Championship medal: Kidambi Srikanth

The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Tuesday unveiled the official sports pictograms, some of which were originally introduced at the Tokyo Olympics of 1964.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 unveils 50 official sport pictograms

The 2020 Olympics can "usher in a new Tokyo" and, along with this year's Rugby World Cup, leave behind a legacy similar to that of the 1964 Summer Games, the city's Governor Yuriko Koike said on Monday.

2020 Olympic Games can be springboard to transform Tokyo

After seven round-robin matches through Sunday, the top four teams will reach Monday's semi-finals with medal matches set for Tuesday.

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics competition begins with curling

The International Olympic Committee said the 28 Russians who had their life bans lifted by sport's top court CAS on Thursday did not "automatically" allow them to compete at the Pyeongchang Games

No 'automatic' Olympic participation for 28 cleared Russians - IOC

Earlier, Putin said "sorry" on behalf of his government for not being able "shield" athletes after the doping scandal hit the country

Putin orders alternative Olympic Games for banned athletes

Tokyo organisers are under pressure to keep costs down, with the International Olympic Committee worried that ballooning price tags for hosting the games will deter cities from bidding for the showcase event.

Tokyo 2020 unveils budget cuts

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang commented on Russia's Olympic ban that the country has always ''opposed doping" and the "rights of all clean athletes must be protected".

China on Russia's Olympic ban: 'Rights of clean athletes must be protected'

American media giant Discovery, the rights holder for the Olympics in Europe from 2018 to 2024, announces its backing to the Paris bid to host the 2024 Games.

2024 Olympics: Media giant Discovery backs Paris bid

World Anti-Doping Agency today confirmed manipulation of the anti-doping process by Russian authorities at Sochi Olympics in 2014

International Olympic Committee will take 'toughest sanctions' over Sochi doping

Rio Olympics 2016: Medal Tally

Paul admits she didn't watch the Olympics growing up, but things are different now that she's competing in them

Rio Olympics 2016: Talking with Indian shooter, Ayonika Paul

Catch the events at the Rio Games live, do not miss any part of the action

Rio Olympics 2016: Schedule and Live Blog

The tournament, however, lost much of its prestige after the world's four top-ranked players opted out over Zika concerns

Rio Olympics 2016: Golf makes quiet return after 112 years?

Yuri van Gelder left the Olympic village on Saturday evening and spent the night out celebrating

Rio 2016: Dutch gymnast expelled for night of drinking

The National anti-doping agency has given Inderjeet Singh an option of sample B testing

India gives second chance to shot putter tested positive of doping

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