MELBOURNE: Australia are a “nine out of 10” chance to host India for a test series in the home summer and could also tour England for limited overs series beforehand, Cricket Australia boss Kevin Roberts said. Cricket has been shut down since March due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and […]
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REUTERS: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to the COVID-19 crisis. In March, the IOC and Japanese government took the unprecedented decision to delay the Games, which had been due to […]
Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero have signed one-year contract extensions until the end of the 2020-21 season, the Premier League club have said. Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero have signed one-year contract extensions until the end of the 2020-21 season, the Premier League club […]
Robin Uthappa, one of the bowlers delegated by India in their first ever taste of the bowl-out, said MS Dhoni did something that Pakistan keeper Kamran Akmal did not, thus making it very easy for the Indian bowlers. MS Dhoni takes an unusual position directly behind the stumps to his […]
The revised lockdown guidelines on Sunday gave more than a hundred athletes, who have been confined to their rooms at the SAI Centres in Patiala and Bangalore since March 25, a glimmer of hope. That has now gradually given way to anxiety. Initial confusion over the government’s order and then […]
55-year-old Anna, as he was lovingly called, a cook at the SAI Bengaluru campus for the last 23 years, was found to have tested positive for Covid-19 post-death. Anju Bobby George remembers him as a caring soul always ready to fill athletes’ hungry stomachs. “He was feeding us for so […]
Merely banning bowlers from applying saliva to shine the ball might not be effective as testing protocols need to first be in place before resuming cricket. Why is ICC’s saliva ban a rather inconsequential move in ensuring a Covid-19 safe environment for cricketers? The virus causing the COVID-19 infection spreads […]
The cook died of a cardiac arrest and later tested positive for Covid-19, according to a top official, who said there was no reason to panic as the deceased had no access to the players’ accommodation zone. Hockey India on Wednesday ruled out shifting the Olympic-bound men’s and women’s hockey […]
Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson still contemplates about the proceedings of the event and is yet to understand whether the campaign was bitter or sweet. No team has ever come this close to winning a World Cup title like Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. In a enthralling contest against hosts England at […]
Shad Gaspard gained prominence in the WWE as one half of the tag-team group Cryme Time, along with his partner, JTG. Former World Wrestling Entertainment pro Shad Gaspard was still missing after he was swept out to sea in Southern California last weekend while swimming with his young son. Gaspard’s […]