Tokyo Olympics bronze-medal winning India hockey star Rupinder Pal Singh retires

India’s hockey star Rupinder Pal Singh, part of the Tokyo Olympics bronze-medal winning hockey team, announced his decision to retire from the sport on social media on Thursday morning. Rupinder, who played 223 matches during his 13-year-long career for the Indian team, is well known for his abilities as a…

Algerian judoka, coach, slapped with 10-year ban for pulling out of Tokyo Olympics to avoid Israeli opponent

HIGHLIGHTS Nourine and his coach are banned from all IJF events and activities through to July 23, 2031 The IJF said the pair used the Games “as a platform for protest and promotion of political and religious propaganda” pulled out of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo for the same reason Algerian Fethi…

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes walking into a Covid bomb, says former Australian hockey star Kieran Govers

HIGHLIGHTS Govers said that welfare has to be put above everything else Tokyo reported its highest number of new COVID-19 cases in almost six months on Wednesday A cluster of Covid-19 cases had emerged in a hotel hosting the Brazil Olympic team London Olympics bronze medal winning former hockey player Kieran Govers…