Nicole Walker was part of the four-member jumping team that finished fourth in the team event at the Pan Am Games in Lima to secure an Olympic berth for Canada in that event.

Canadian equestrian jumping team denied Olympic spot over doping violation

By Mallika Singh Russia was banned from all sporting competitions including the Tokyo 2020 on Monday after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ruled to punish the country for manipulating laboratory data, the Russian TASS news agency reported.

WADA imposes four year ban on Russia over doping data manipulation

Tokyo 2020 organisers blasted volunteers with fake snow on Friday as they trial ever more extreme ways to beat the heat ahead of the Games. But instead of light fluffy snowflakes, the crowd, consisting mainly of Tokyo 2020 staff, was pelted with fairly coarse shards of shaved ice at the canoeing test event.

Cold comfort: Tokyo 2020 tests fake snow to beat the heat

Tokyo 2020 Olympic chiefs have already rolled out everything from misting stations to flowerbeds to beat the heat at next year's games, and now they want to let it snow.

Snowkyo 2020: Tokyo organisers to test fake snow to cool Olympics

The Indian men's hockey team registered a 6-3 win over Japan in their third match of the Olympic Test Event at the Oi Hockey Stadium here on Tuesday to reach the final of the tournament.

India reaches final of Olympic Test Event after 6-3 win over Japan

A worker at a Tokyo 2020 Olympics construction site has collapsed and died, organisers said, reportedly of heatstroke as the Japanese capital swelters through a blistering heatwave.

Tokyo 2020 construction worker dies, heatstroke suspected

The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled on Wednesday with exactly one year to go until next year's Games. The unveiling of the medals, designed by Junichi Kawanishi, was the main attraction of an extravagant ceremony in the Japanese capital to commemorate the landmark.

Tokyo Olympics 2020 medals unveiled a year before Games

After years of speculation over her retirement, six-time world champion MC Mary Kom on Thursday said she plans to hang her gloves after winning the elusive gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

'Mission is to get gold for India': Mary Kom wants to retire after Tokyo Olympics

National record holder KT Irfan Sunday became the first Indian from athletics to qualify for the next year's Olympics while finishing fourth in the 20 km event of the Asian Race Walking Championships in Nomi, Japan.

KT Irfan becomes first Indian athlete to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Fields of dreams: Tokyo 2020's major sites

Neeraj Chopra had a fruitful 2018 when he won javelin gold at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games but the Indian reckons this year is going to be even more crucial for him as he chases Olympic glory at Tokyo 2020.

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has Olympics on his mind as he gears up for 2019

All the venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be 100 per cent smoke-free, the organisers said on Thursday. The ruling is part of dramatic changes taking place in Japan, which lags many countries in efforts to fight smoking, with attempts to tackle tobacco often stymied by pro-smoking politicians, restaurateurs and Japan Tobacco, which is one-third owned by the government.

Tokyo 2020 venues to be 100 % smoke-free: Organisers

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers said Friday that tests using underwater "screens" to filter water had successfully reduced bacteria at a venue for triathlon and marathon swimming.

Tokyo 2020 says venue water safe after 'screens' installed

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday expressed his confidence in the success of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and praised Japan for its good conditions to organize the sports event.

Thomas Bach says he is confident of the success of Tokyo Olympic Games

Tokyo's organising committee is aiming to collect eight tonnes of gold, silver and bronze at recycling bins across Japan

Olympics 2020: Tokyo asks public to donate old smartphones for medals

The International Olympics committee left organisers of Tokyo Olympics 2020 surprised as they approved the recommendation to include new sports

5 new sports included in Tokyo Olympics 2020

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