Tag: #Olympics2020
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Olympics 2020: Pakistan’s Dry Run in sporting events
There’s nothing sports fanatics love more than the Olympics. Featuring a wide array of sports, from gymnastics to swimming to volleyball, the Olympics has it all. The first Olympic Games were held in Greece at the end of the 6th century BCE. After that, it took almost 1500 years to return. On 6th April 1896,…
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Athletics boss Coe backs right to ‘take knee’ at Olympics
Tokyo, Oct 8 (AFP/APP):World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said competitors should be able to “take the knee” on the podium at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, following an outcry over moves to ban protests. Coe, who was inspecting the national stadium where Olympic track and field will be contested next year, said any protests must be…
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COVID-19: Fate of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Lahore, 24th March: The speculations surrounding the fate of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been finally addressed on Tuesday as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed the postponement of the Summer Games of the XXXII Olympiad to 2021 due to the catastrophic Coronavirus pandemic. According to the reports, the decision to delay the Tokyo Olympics…
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Coronavirus hits China’s Olympic hopes
Hong Kong, Feb 20 (AFP/APP): The coronavirus has destroyed the Tokyo Olympic dreams of some Chinese athletes and disrupted the preparations of others, forcing them to miss tournaments and train in strict isolation — sometimes in masks. Games organisers are adamant that the outbreak, which is centred on the Chinese city of Wuhan and has…
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No protests at Tokyo Olympics, demands IOC chief Bach
Lausanne, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach insisted on Friday that protests should be kept out of this year’s Tokyo Games, saying that the Olympics should “unite” the world. In a meeting of the IOC in Lausanne, Bach stressed the “importance” of a series of recently-adopted directives designed to…