MUMBAI: Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge financial stress across the board, world cricket’s richest governing body - the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - has reportedly chosen two yardsticks in how it treats the game's superstars versus its journeymen cricketers.
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May 13, 2020 18:05
Hockey activities resumption: HI issues SOP to state units
NEW DELHI: In a first-of-its-kind Special Congress held via video conference on Wednesday, Hockey India engaged it's executive board members and state member units in valuable discussions to pave the way forward and re-start the sport at state and national level following the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
The Congress was also…
May 13, 2020 18:05
K'taka looks to open fitness centres, golf courses post May 17
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government is considering easeing lockdown restrictions in the state after May 17 when the third phase of the COVID-19 induced lockdown comes to an end.
If the proposal is cleared, gyms, fitness centres and golf courses will open for business from that date.
May 13, 2020 16:05
LaLiga launches 3 shows for Indian subcon on FB
MUMBAI: LaLiga has announced three programmes - 'LaLiga StayAtHome' , 'LaLiga Nations' and 'LaLiga Clubs' - for football fans in the Indian subcontinent on LaLiga’s Facebook page.
Through these programmes LaLiga aims to highlight the best of the league beyond football to help strengthen the fan base and connect with newer…
May 13, 2020 16:05
Sports, ent frat back Go Dharmic’s drive to feed 1m
LONDON: Go Dharmic, a volunteer organization started in the UK by Hemal Randerwala, has claimed to have fed thousands of elderlies, homeless, orphans, and needy in the UK and is now feeding the marginalized sections in India.
Go Dharmic mentioned that it has started the campaign in the UK where the volunteers, including the…
May 13, 2020 15:05
TCSW10K Bengaluru runs campaign to salute COVID heroes
BENGALURU: Tata Consultancy Services World 10K, the only ‘World Athletics’ Gold Label 10 Km Race in Asia, holds a place of pride in the global running calendar and receives applause for its formidable international elite field and mass participation. Since its inception, the event has transcended sport. It has not only etched the…
May 12, 2020 20:05
No pro sport in England until 1 June at earliest
LONDON: No professional sport, even behind closed doors, will be staged in England until 1 June at the earliest, the UK government has announced.
The British government published a 50-page guidance document detailing how England will begin to ease lockdown measures.
Step two of that plan - which will not be allowed to…
May 12, 2020 20:05
Sania wins Fed Cup Heart Award, donates prize money
NEW DELHI: Tennis ace Sania Mirza on Monday became the first Indian to win the Fed Cup Heart Award for her successful return to the court post motherhood.
Sania and Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova are among the players whose Fed Cup heroics this year have been honored in the public vote for the competition's Heart Awards,…
May 12, 2020 20:05
ICC postpones Women's Cricket World Cup qualifier
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council Tuesday announced the postponement of two further qualifying events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier and the U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Europe Division 2.
As part of the ICC’s comprehensive contingency planning process and after consultation…
May 12, 2020 20:05
CSK on Indians only IPL: Like playing Mushtaq Ali T20
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS have reacted less than enthusiastically to the idea of an Indian Premier League edition with only Indian players, given the unprecedented situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IPL, which is indefinitely postponed, can be held in the September-October window if the T20 World Cup in Australia which…