Chris Gayle’s comments come on the backdrop of ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests across USA, which was sparked after an African-American man, George Floyd, was killed by a police officer. Chris Gayle took to Instagram to post a message against racism. West Indies opener Chris Gayle raised his voice against […]
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The national team players were supposed to restart training in mid-May, but their wait got prolonged after a SAI staffer passed away and tested positive for the coronavirus. After nearly 70 days, Indian hockey teams returned to the turf on Monday morning; the first team sport to resume activities since […]
LOS ANGELES: Retired ring great Floyd Mayweather will pay for the funeral services for George Floyd, Mayweather Promotions chief executive Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN on Monday (Jun 1). George Floyd died last week after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on the 46-year-old man’s neck for almost nine minutes. Floyd, who was […]
LONDON: Global sport is facing the “mother of all wake-up calls” as it emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, with uncertainty over what the landscape for participants and sponsors will look like. Former head of Olympic marketing Michael Payne believes that although “it will be very painful pulling through it”, sport […]
LOS ANGELES: San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has called out President Donald Trump for a lack of leadership in the face of nationwide unrest set off by the killing of unarmed African American George Floyd last week. Popovich, a longtime critic of Trump, spoke Sunday to weekly magazine The […]
LONDON: Formula One drivers followed Lewis Hamilton’s lead on Monday after the six-times world champion criticised his sport’s silence over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. police officer knelt on his neck. The death in Minneapolis triggered a wave of outrage […]
The Japanese race is a long-standing fixture on the MotoGP circuit TOKYO: The Japanese MotoGP was cancelled over the coronavirus on Monday (Jun 1) as organisers said they would concentrate on holding as many races as possible in Europe this year. The scrapping of the Oct 16-18 race in […]
In the 2006 Faisalabad Test, Pakistan’s 588 runs in their first innings was matched by India with their 603 runs, which had a 210-run sixth-wicket stand between MS Dhoni (148) and Irfan Pathan (90). The 2006 Faisalabad Test between India and Pakistan is best remembered by MS Dhoni’s first-ever Test […]
Ever since mid-May, football has been introduced to several health protocols — empty stadiums, virtual crowds, and elbow celebrations — which has marked a distinct change in the sport. Lionel Messi believes that life and football will never be the same again once the La Liga returns on June 11 […]
A 50% pay-cut could see more WI players turning freelancers and preferring cash-rich T20 leagues Back in the day, when franchise-based T20 leagues were just sprouting around the world, Dwayne Bravo, the Trinidadian all-rounder who everyone wanted in their dugout, had quipped: “The most uncertain job is that of a […]