NEW DELHI: Special Olympics Bharat has appointed former ONGC executive director V.K. Mahendru as its executive director.
In his new role, Mahendru will oversee all aspects of the organisation and management, while also serving as a mentor.
Olympics
Apr 17, 2020 18:04
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 have have announced the establishment of a joint steering committee to deliver the postponed Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021.
Apr 08, 2020 15:04
MONACO: World Athletics announced Monday that the qualification period for the Tokyo Olympic Games is suspended effective from 6 April until 30 November included, following consultation with its Athletes' Commission, Area Presidents and Council.
Apr 08, 2020 13:04
LAUSANNE: As part of the work of the “here we go” task force currently addressing the list of questions raised by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) qualification task force has approved a series of amendments to the tokyo 2020 qualification system principles.
Mar 30, 2020 18:03
LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan government and the government of Japan Monday agreed new dates for the Games of the XXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8 August 2021 (the same time slot scheduled for this year's Games).
Mar 27, 2020 20:03
TOKYO: The 'Tokyo 2020 New Launch Task Force', assembled to oversee the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, held its first meeting on Thursday, "ready to go where no organising committee has ever gone before".
The Tokyo Olympic Games' organisers will aim to decide the new dates in 2021 for the Games as soon as possible.
Mar 25, 2020 18:03
Bowing to the inevitable, it was announced Tuesday that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would be postponed; an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 24, 2020 19:03
NEW DELHI: Following the growing concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic and the announcement jointly made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Tuesday to postpone the Tokyo Olympic Games to 2021, Hockey India confirmed that they will be working closely with the chief coaches of both the Indian men's and Indian women's hockey teams in order to work out on a new suitable schedule for
Mar 24, 2020 18:03
TOKYO: Bowing to the inevitable, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach announced Tuesday that the Tokyo 2020 Games would be postponed; an extraordinary move, unprecedented in peacetime, as the world battles the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 23, 2020 16:03
CANADA AND Australia have become the first countries to withdraw their teams from the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, even as Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said for the first time on Monday that the Games could be postponed if it could not be held in its "complete form" because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 20, 2020 12:03
TOKYO: The Olympic flame for Tokyo 2020 touched down in Japan early on Friday to start its 121-day Olympic Torch Relay journey around the country, bringing a message of peace and hope to the world.
The flame was transported by a special aircraft “Tokyo 2020 Go” from Athens, Greece, and arrived at Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture shortly before 10am local time.