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With less than a week to the start of the Paralympics, the Asahi Newspaper reported on Friday that a Tokyo hospital declined the organisers' request to take emergency cases from the Games.
The legendary athletics trainer, who was India's first Dronacharya Awardee, died at his residence at Vadakara in Kozhikode on Thursday.
Sajan, the first-ever Indian swimmer to breach the 'A' standard time for the Olympics, had suffered a slipped disc in 2019.
The star javelin thrower skipped the felicitation function organised by the Haryana government on Friday.
As a token of appreciation, a gold medal of seven sovereigns was presented to him by Malayala Manorama Editor Philip Mathew.
Jamaican sprinter Parchment, who initially went to an aquatic centre instead of the Olympic Stadium for his race, has now gone viral after he found the volunteer, paid her back and showed her the gold medal he won.
Vinesh Phogat is not sure when, if at all, she would return to the wrestling mat as she struggles to cope with the disappointment of her Tokyo Olympics campaign.
Golfer Aditi Ashok, wrestler Deepak Punia and the women's hockey team had finished fourth at Tokyo 2020.
The two goalkeepers from two different eras were brought together by the UAE-based NRI healthcare entrepreneur Dr Shamsheer Valayeel.
The mayor of Nagoya, Takashi Kawamura, sparked an online outrage when he lowered his mask and bit softball athlete Miu Goto's gold medal.
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