TOKYO: Train services on Japan's JR Yokosuka line between Tokyo and Yokohama stations were suspended on Thursday due to concrete on tracks in a tunnel.
MUMBAI: Director Michael Mann has opened up about filming the pilot for 'Tokyo Vice'. He says for the show there was a specific palette, an evocation of wild Tokyo nightlife, intense neon graphics and an overall ambience of lighting.
MUMBAI: In a bid to provide guidance to the next generation of Indian athletes, Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra launched his own YouTube channel, on Monday.
AMRITSAR:Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) honors Surinder Kumar, a bronze medalist Indian hockey player from Tokyo Olympics andBibi Jagir Kaur handed over a cheque for a sum of Rs. 5 lakhs.
CHANDIGARH:A book ‘Tokyo Olympics De Saade Hockey Khidari’, based on a brief biography of bronze medal winning players of the Indian hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics, was released today. This is the fifth book authored by a Sports Writer Navdeep Singh Gill, who is also a media advisor to the Punjab Olympic Association.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to felicitate country's all the medal winners of the Tokyo Paralympics.
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced a reward of Rs six crore and Rs four crore respectively along with government jobs for Manish Narwal for winning gold and Singhraj for taking silver in the mixed 50m pistol event at the Tokyo Paralympic games.
AMRITSAR: As per the decision taken by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to honor the players excelled in Tokyo Olympics, the SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur today handed over Rs. five lakh cheques to three players from the Indian girls hockey team from Haryana Navjot Kaur, Navreet Kaur and Rani Rampal.
NEW DELHI:High jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu, along with two other para-athletes and six support staff, reached Tokyo on Wednesday morning ahead of the Paralympics that begin on August 24.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, on Tuesday, informed that the state government will honor Olympics medal winners and participating state players besides Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra with the cash awards worth Rs.15.10 in a special function to be held in Chandigarh on August 12.
TOKYO:If people thought the Olympics are for the professional athletes, they are wrong. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics witnessed the rise of youngsters, who left a telling impression on the minds of the viewers with their scintillating performances. This Olympics saw youngsters dominate the Games as much as professional adults would do.
NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra (23) on Saturday created history by winning India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics on the penultimate day of the Tokyo Games.
TOKYO: India's Aditi Ashok continued with her great form as she moved to the second spot after the third round in women's golf competition, remaining on course for a maiden medal at the Olympic Games.
TOKYO: India's Deepika Kumari lost her quarterfinal match in the women's individual event to top seed An San of South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi will inaugurate selfie points in all the districts on Wednesday to boost the morale of the Punjabi players participating in the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and to paint the youngsters of the state in sports fervor.
TOKYO: Hosting the Olympics under the fourth Covid-19 state of emergency, Tokyo reported 1,429 new daily Covid-19 infections on Monday, exceeding the 1,000-mark for the seventh day in a row, local media reported on Monday.
TOKYO:India's Anirban Lahiri clearly loved what he saw during his first outing at the East course of Kasumigaseki Country Club, where he will represent India in the men's golf competition of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday congratulated Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu for her stupendous achievement of bagging the Silver medal for India in 49 Kg category at Tokyo Olympics thus opening the medal tally for the country.
AMARAVATI/HEYDRABAD: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao have extended their best wishes to the Indian athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics which commenced on Friday.
NEW DELHI: The Tokyo Olympics is all set to see several keen contests, but some of the men in the race for top medals are going be in the limelight more than the others. Who are these 10 men and what makes them so special?
TOKYO:Tokyo reported 1,832 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, rising by nearly 700 and surpassing the week-before figure for the 32nd consecutive day.The latest figure in Tokyo was the most since January 16, and the sixth highest daily tally ever recorded in the capital, The Japan Times reported.
MUMBAI: From being on the verge of quitting the sport to becoming the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympics, life has come a long way for CA Bhavani Devi.
SYDNEY:The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Monday declared the list of 472 athletes who will represent the country in the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23.The list features the Hockeyroos and Kookaburras, world No. 1 tennis player Ashleigh Barty, young freestyle swimmer Arianne Titmus, javelin thrower Kesley Lee-Barber and footballer Sam Kerr captaining the Matildas.
CHANDIGARH: With a 21.49 m Shot Put throw, Tajinderpal Toor has today qualified for Tokyo Olympics after breaking his own National Record at Indian Grand Prix at NIS Patiala.
TOKYO:The Japanese government on Monday opened large-scale inoculation centres in Tokyo and Osaka waimed at speeding up the country's sluggish Covid-19 vaccination rollout.
TOKYO: Japan is set to extend a semi-state of emergency over the Covid-19 pandemic to Tokyo and two other prefectures due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Friday.
AMRITSAR: Divyansh Singh Panwar, a budding shooting star from Khalsa College Amritsar (KCA) has been selected for the Tokyo Olympics, sending the whole campus to rejoice today. He will be part of the Indian team going to the Tokyo Olympics.
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Sports, Youth Services and NRI Affairs Minister Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, on Wednesday, called on Tokyo Olympics-2021 qualifier and national record holder Kamalpreet Kaur at his official residence here and handed over Rs.10 lakh cheque to the first Indian discus thrower.
PATIALA: Kamalpreet Kaur’s one legal throw in the 24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships on Friday rewrote the women’s discus throw national record and claimed her a spot in the Olympic Games competition to be held in Tokyo later this year. Her 65.06 metres opening effort did the trick for her, producing the fourth National Record in five days.
NEW DELHI: Former Indian women's hockey star Deepika Thakur believes the current team, led by Rani, has a strong chance to finish in the top four in the Olympic Games scheduled to be held next year in Tokyo.