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ESL: Financial sanctions on 9 clubs; 3 face UEFA clampdown

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May 10, 2021 12:05

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THE NOOSE IS TIGHTENING FOR the three clubs who were a core part of the original "Dirty Dozen" that constituted the founding members of the still-born European Super League.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are the only clubs from the initial 12 yet to withdraw from the defunct ESL, and now face disciplinary action from Europe's football governing body UEFA.

May 10, 2021 11:05

Ganguly rules out IPL 2021 remainder happening in India

MUMBAI: In the increasingly unlikely event that the BCCI does manage to carve out a window for the remaining 31 games of the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, it will have to be played outside the country, board president Sourav Ganguly has acknowledged.

May 10, 2021 09:05

CSK donates 450 oxygen concentrators to TN government

CHENNAI: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings has pledged to donate 450 oxygen concentrators to the Tamil Nadu government in support of the ongoing fight against tha COVID-19 pandemic.

May 10, 2021 08:05

Veteran Indian football administrator Lavinio Rebello no more

NEW DELHI: Lavinio Rebello, the senior vice president of the Goa Football Association, breathed his last in Goa on Sunday.

May 10, 2021 07:05

Covid claims 2 India hockey Olympic Gold medal winners

NEW DELHI: Two members of India’s last Olympic Gold medal-winning hockey team in Moscow 1980, Ravindra Pal Singh and Maharaj Krishan Kaushik, died from coronavirus on Saturday. While 66-year-old MK Kaushik passed away in the capital, 62-year-old Ravinder Pal Singh passed away in Lucknow.

May 10, 2021 07:05

India 'b' team to tour Lanka in July for white ball series

MUMBAI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited overs bilateral series. Big names such as skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour as they will be engaged in a marquee five-match Test series in England.

May 10, 2021 07:05

AFC Cup: BFC in protocol breach, team told to leave Male

BENGALURU FC'S AFC CUP play-off match against Eagles FC, which was scheduled for Tuesday, May 11, in Male, is in doubt after host country Maldives' sports minister ordered the ISL side to leave the island nation, citing breach of COVID-19 protocols. Maldives sports minister Ahmed Mahloof termed the actions of three of BFC's foreign players/staff as "unacceptable", a sentiment echoed by club owner Parth Jindal.

May 07, 2021 18:05

After IPL suspension, SA's T20I tour to India in Sep under cloud

MUMBAI: After the 2021 Indian Premier League was suspended indefinitely, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's focus has been fixed firmly on the possibilities of completing the remainder of the IPL in the September window after England’s tour of India is complete and before the T20 World Cup scheduled in India for October-November.

May 07, 2021 16:05

Malaysia Open put off; Saina, Srikanth's Tokyo 2020 hopes over?

KUALA LUMPUR: Tournament organisers Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and Badminton World Federation have jointly agreed to postpone the CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2021, scheduled for 25-30 May.

May 07, 2021 13:05

2 Kolkata football clubs join hands in Covid vaccination drive

NEW DELHI: As a devastating second wave of the COVID-19 virus has spread across the country, two clubs from Kolkata have joined the fight against the pandemic, arranging free vaccinations for the people.

May 07, 2021 13:05

'Virushka' donate Rs20m, aim to raise Rs70m for Covid relief

MUMBAI: Indian sports and entertainment power couple Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma have pledged Rs 20 million of their personal funds towards Covid-19 relief and have declared they aim to raise Rs 70 million via a fundraiser #InThisTogether.

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