“Actress Toni Gonzaga in pro-Marcos T-shirt flashes signature Marcos' V sign”
FactRakers rated this: FALSE
FactRakers says: Altered image extracted from 3 photos
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“A viral image depicts Italian singer Julia Markin holding up her bra and asking people in a crowd how much they would be willing to pay for it.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Image of Swami Vivekananda bowling in a cricket match”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: It is true that Swami Vivekananda claimed seven wickets in a match representing the Town Club at Eden Gardens back in 1880s. However, the viral image is not his. The original image features Hedley Verity, an English cri…
“Taliban denied sponsoring the Afghanistan cricket team. The cricket team captain Mohammed Nabi brought the team with his savings to the T20 World cup.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Claim: This video not related with Kannada actor Puneet Rajkumar”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Yohani de Silve, SriLankan singer has been appointed as the cultural ambassador between Sri Lanka and India”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: SriLankan singer, Yohani de Silva is not appointed as the cultural ambassador between Indian and Sri Lanka. Indian High Commission in Colombo’s congratulatory message praising Yohani as cultural ambassador is misconstru…
“Edappadi Palanismy pretends to be mentally ill to get rid of the Kodanad case – Actor Mayilsamy”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Claim: misinformation shared that South Indian actor Siddharth passes away”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Misleading
“only Kangana Ranaut and Akshay Kumar from Bollywood congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold medal and no other actor congratulated him”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: apart from Kangana and Akshay Kumar, several Bollywood actors have congratulated Neeraj Chopra for winning the gold.
“Pakistani Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem tweeted congratulating Neeraj Chopra who won a gold medal for India in Tokyo Olympics. He also apologised to the Pakistani people for his defeat.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Qatar’s Barshim decided to share the men’s high jump gold medal with Italy’s Tamberi in Tokyo Olympics after Tamberi withdrew from the last attempt due to a serious leg injury”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: While it is true that Qatar’s Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi have mutually agreed to share the men’s high jump Olympic gold medal, it is not true that Tamberi withdrew from his last attempt due to a se…
“Claim: ISU Grand Prix 2019 video shared as it is taken from Tokyo Olympics”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Video of a medal mix-up in Tokyo 2020 Olympics”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video is from the medal ceremony at the Internationaux de France, ISU Grand Prix 2019. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. No suc…
“Claim: Actor Surya not converted to Islam”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared smoking marijuana and transgender women in the Olympics.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says an NBC producer at the Olympics was caught on a hot mic saying “60% of people in this stadium will be dead within 10 days.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Videos showing visuals of fireworks at Tokyo Olympics inaugural ceremony”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: These videos have nothing to do with the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. While the first video shows fireworks organised on New Year’s Eve on 31 December 2020 in Taiwan, the other video actually shows a simulated version of fir…
“Claim: Misinformation spreading that Surya Namaskar was performed in Tokyo Olympics”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“The video was shared by various social media users who referred to it as the opening ceremony of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics.”
Vishvas News rated this: FALSE
Vishvas News says: This claim is false. This video of surya namaskar is not from Tokyo Olympics, but of a ceremony held in Mongolia in 2015 in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“A photograph shows members of the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeling during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: The photo showing some members of the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeling during the national anthem was taken in February 2021 at the SheBelieves Cup, not at the Tokyo Olympics.