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American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb tests positive https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1274580

Table Tennis draw India's Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal will face Chinese Taipei's Lin Yun-ju and Cheng I-Ching, the third seeds, in their opening mixed doubles match. India's Sutirtha Mukherjee will face Sweden's Linda Bergström in the first round. The Indian will next have to stave off a challenge from Portugal's Yu Fu in the second round and face host nation's Mima Ito in the third round. Manika Batra to face Great Britain's Ho Tin-Tin in Round 1, will be up against Ukraine's Margaryta Pesotska in the second round and meet Sofia Polcanova of Austria in the third. India's top male paddlers Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan get a bye in the first round in the men's singles draw.

Voting results

Sweden is missing so many chances. The score should have been much more in favour of Sweden.

Agree. But this event of punches counter punches between Bopanna and AITA with supports from other notables and dragging in ITF and putting forward confidential mails and recordings in the social media can be classified as controversy

Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Sambo earned Olympics games recognition https://mymmanews.com/ioc-grants-kickboxing-muay-thai-and-sambo-full-olympic-recognition/

USA gymnastics team chose to stay in hotel instead of games village. Is this even allowed? Isn't there any bio bubble? https://nypost.com/2021/07/20/u-s-womens-gymnastics-team-bolts-olympic-village/

Bear wanted to watch the spectator less Olympic Softball Games https://www.inkl.com/news/bear-alert-hits-softball-at-olympic-games-opener?

Chilean Taekwondo player withdraws due to Covid https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210721_18/

Every year before olympics , tennis controversy is constant . So is the poor telecast and programming by the tv channels. Hopefully this year it will be fine.

Weather comparatively a plus point for Indian athletes https://m.timesofindia.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/indiatokyo/in-hot-humid-tokyo-indian-shooters-may-feel-like-home/amp_articleshow/84588557.cms

Be positive. https://wn24.in/2021/07/21/tokyo-olympics-australian-equestrian-tests-positive-for-cocaine-suspended-from-olympics/

Yes Softball telecast happening in Sony Liv and not on TV.

Olympics village plaza

He has been found https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/sports/olympics/ugandan-weight-lifter-found.html

That was an error from the authorities. 6 of them were sent home.

Olympic chief doesn't rule out last minute cancellation of the Olympics https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/tokyo-2020-chief-muto-does-not-rule-out-11th-hour-cancellation-games-2021-07-20/

Indian equestrian ace Fouaad Mirza chooses to go with Seigneur Medicott instead of Dajara as equine partner . Changed his horse again at the last moment.

Tokyo 2020 : Hottest Olympic games ever...

Hiroshi Hoketsu (Japan ) at 80 years competing in equestrian event will become the oldest athlete to take part in Olympics. Hend Zaza (Syria) at 11 years competing in Table Tennis will become the youngest athlete to take part in Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved adding "together" into the Olympic motto. The move of adding "together" into the Olympic motto of "faster, higher, stronger" was unanimously approved at the 138th IOC session.

The bananas at the Olympics village will come from Taiwan https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4249940

Two Mexican baseball players test covid positive before reaching Tokyo https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/baseball-two-members-mexico-team-test-positive-covid-19-2021-07-20/

USA Basketball player Zach LaVine not flying to Tokyo with team https://uk.news.yahoo.com/team-us-as-zach-lavine-placed-in-covid-19-protocols-wont-fly-to-tokyo-with-team-193737155.html

Equestrian Horses arrived. https://www.insider.com/olympic-horses-travel-tokyo-plane-passports-in-flight-meals-grooming-2021-7