Tag: #olympics
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Pakistani athlete makes history
Pakistan players makes history at the South Asian Games. According to reports of Baaghi TV, Pakistan’s Mohammad Arshad has won a gold medal the the Javelin Throw sport in the South Asian Games. Arshad has set a new national record and successfully qualified for the Olympics. READ MORE: PSL 2020: Lahore Qalandars Announce Dangerous Squad…
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Airbnb incurs Paris wrath over Olympics partnership
London, Nov 19 (AFP/APP): Airbnb became a leading partner of the Olympics in a nine-year deal announced Monday that drew strong criticism from Paris, host of the 2024 summer Games. In the deal unveiled in London, the home rental platform became a “Top” International Olympic Committee (IOC) partner, joining titans including Coca Cola and Visa…
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‘Kawaii!’ Olympic robot mascots thrill Tokyo students
Tokyo, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Robot versions of Japan’s Olympic and Paralympic mascots thrilled hundreds of school children in Tokyo on Monday, striking sporting poses and displaying hearts in their electronic eyes. The event at a local elementary school was billed as a chance to showcase some of the technology Japan hopes will wow visitors at…
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Tokyo 2020 tickets going on sale in new lottery
Tokyo, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): Tokyo Olympics organisers said Friday they will put around a million more tickets for the 2020 Games on sale this month, with seats up for grabs at the boxing for the first time. But tickets for the Olympic marathon, which is controversially being shifted from Tokyo to the northern city of…
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Queen insisted on speaking role for Bond cameo at Olympics: dressmaker
London, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Queen Elizabeth II insisted on delivering the iconic line “Good evening Mr Bond” to Ian Fleming’s fictional secret agent 007 James Bond in her starring role at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, according to a book by her long-standing dressmaker. The opening ceremony — directed by Oscar-winning film…
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Thai badminton star cleared of doping
Badminton Champion Ratchanok Intanon test negative for doping and clear for Olympics
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Underwater hockey to make waves at Southeast Asia mini-Olympics
Kuala Lumpur, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Swimmers wearing snorkels and gripping short, curved sticks dive to the bottom of a pool in Malaysia and charge at a puck as they compete in an energetic game of underwater hockey. Invented in the 1950s in Britain — where it is known as “Octopush” — to help divers keep fit…
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Spain World Cup win, US woes blow Olympic basketball wide open
Beijing, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):The Tokyo 2020 Olympics basketball suddenly looks wide open after reigning champions the United States suffered their worst World Cup, Spain triumphed and Argentina surprised. World Cup bronze medallists France, and Australia, who were edged out of the medals but pushed eventual winners Spain all the way in the semi-finals, will also…