Tokyo [Japan], July 26 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on Monday left for India after winning a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics. The silver medallist is expected to arrive home later on Monday. M

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - SAO PAULO -- Brazil has registered 476 more COVID-19 deaths in th

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - JAKARTA -- Indonesia will extend the COVID-19 restrictions for th

JAKARTA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will extend the COVID-19 restrictions for the next eight days to control the transmission of COVID-19, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday. "By consid

HANOI -- Vietnam's current COVID-19 epicenter Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday night announced that a citywide curfew will be imposed from Monday. According to the decision by municipal authoritie

BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - JAKARTA -- Indonesia's Health Ministry said Sunday that COVID-19

TOKYO, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Following is the medal table at the Tokyo Olympic Games after the competitions on Sunday, July 25 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):

JAKARTA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia will extend its level 4, or the highest level of restrictions for the next eight days to control the transmission of COVID-19, President Joko Widodo said on S

Tokyo [Japan], July 25 (ANI): Boxer Mary Kom on Sunday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for winning a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu opened India's medals tally on S

Jakarta [Indonesia], July 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia's Health Ministry said Sunday that COVID-19 cases in the country rose by 38,679 within the past 24 hours to 3,166,505 with the death toll adding by

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TOKYO, July 25 (Xinhua) -- China's weightlifter Li Fabin came out the winner in the men's 61kg with two new Olympic records set here on Sunday. This is the second gold that the Chinese weigh

Jakarta [Indonesia] July 25 (ANI): INS Airavat on Sunday reached Indonesia with 300 oxygen concentrators and 100 metric tonnes (MT) of liquid medical oxygen. "INS Airavat reaches Indonesia, carrying 3

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): After Mirabai Chanu won India's first medal at the Tokyo Olympics in weightlifting on Saturday, former Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju praised the sportsperson and

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced that the state government will be giving a cash award of Rs 1 crore to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu for clinching the sil

JAKARTA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Health Ministry reported on Saturday that the coronavirus cases across the archipelago rose by 45,416 within the past 24 hours to 3,127,826 with the death t

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Brunei reported eight new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 321. According to Brunei's Ministry of Health, two of the new ca

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur and Union Home Minister Amit Shah applauded weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after she won a silver medal at the on

Jakarta [Indonesia] July 24 (ANI): Indian Naval Ship Airavat on Saturday arrived at the Port of Jakarta in Indonesia, carrying essential Covid-19 supplies. The ship brought five cryogenic containers c

By Nitin SrivastavaNew Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Saturday announced cash rewards for coaches who are there with the athletes and training them in the ongoin

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after she won a silver medal at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu opened India's

By Nitin SrivastavaNew Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Mirabai Chanu's chief coach Vijay Sharma on Saturday said he is very happy after she won silver at the Tokyo Olympics and he also praised the weigh

TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results of archery mixed team at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Saturday: 1. South Korea (An San, Kim Je Deok) 2. Netherlands (Gabriela S

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on winning silver in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics and said this laurel will s

Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): After winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu said she was determined to give her best and also revealed how the 2016 R

Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur thanked Mirabai Chanu for bringing smiles to the faces of 135 crore Indians as the weightlifter bagged silver in

Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 24 (ANI): Family and friends of weightlifter Mirabai Chanu burst into cheers after she bagged a Silver medal at Tokyo Olympic Games on Saturday. "We are very happy today

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Little Master Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday congratulated weightlifter Mirabai Chanu on winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Mirabai Chanu opened India's meda

New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind, and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated India's ace weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu after she open

Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): Ace weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu opened India's medals tally on Saturday as she bagged a silver in the Women's 49kg category here at Tokyo International Forum. Chan

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TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Following is medal table after the first final of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday, July 24 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals):

A Covid-positive Indonesian man has disguised himself as his wife so that he could board a domestic flight.The man used his wife's identification card and