Premier League has confirmed 10 new Coronavirus cases after its latest round of testing. “The Premier League can today confirm that between Monday 23 November and Sunday 29 November, 1,381 players and club staff was tested for COVID-19. Of these, there were 10 new positive tests,” the league said on Monday. League said that the […]
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One additional member of the Pakistan Cricket squad tests Covid 19 positive in New Zealand
A seventh member of the Pakistan touring squad has tested positive for Covid after six members reported positive, said New Zealand’s Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. “One additional member of the Pakistan Cricket squad has today tested positive during routine testing. The remainder of the results from the squad’s Day 3 swab […]
Bruce Lee’s 80th birth anniversary: Read about his ‘jeet kune do’ legacy
Bruce Lee, the son of opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen, began his acting career with a minor role in the 1941 release Golden Gate Girl. He acted alongside his father in The Kid at the age of nine. He is widely credited for breaking stereotypes while giving the West its first major ‘Asian-American male hero’. Bruce […]
Napoli to rename San Paolo stadium after Maradona (1960-2020)
Naples city mayor Luigi De Magistris and Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis confirmed on Thursday that the San Paolo will be renamed in Maradona’s honour, combining his full iconic name with the ground’s current title. Maradona passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 60. The Italian club issued its […]
6 Pakistan cricketers touring New Zealand test Covid positive, have breached isolation rules
Six members of the Pakistan cricket team on a tour of New Zealand have tested positive for Covid-19, said the country’s cricket board on Thursday, throwing preparations for the five-match series into turmoil and causing a scare in a country that has largely eradicated the virus. According to an NZC release, four are new cases, […]
Sunil Gavaskar helps ailing hockey Olympian
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar’s ‘The CHAMPS Foundation’, has come to the aid of ailing hockey Olympian Mohinder Pal Singh. 58-year-old Singh has been suffering from a kidney ailment and is on dialysis waiting for a donor for transplant. He was recently also provided financial assistance by the sports ministry. “I had been reading in […]
Wrestlers Bajrang Punia & Sangeeta Phogat to have 8 pheras in their wedding
India’s wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sangeeta Phogat, who were engaged last year, will get married on November 25. They were engaged in November last year and were planning to get married after the Tokyo Olympics. Punia said that it was his father’s dream that he should get married after winning a medal for the country […]
Rafael Nadal becomes 4th player to win 1,000 matches
Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal has added yet another feather to his already illustrious cap by becoming only the fourth tennis player to register 1000 Open Era single wins. On Wednesday, Rafael Nadal defeated Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the third round of the ongoing Paris Masters. The Spaniard is the […]
Shane Watson announces retirement from all forms of cricket
With Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 adventure coming to an end, top Australian all-rounder Shane Watson on Tuesday announced his retirement from competitive cricket. The 39-year-old Shane Watson retired from international cricket in 2016 and bid adieu to the Australian Big Bash league last year. “It all started as a dream […]
Kiren Rijiju inaugurated Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju virtually inaugurated Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) new Regional Centre in Zirakpur, Punjab, on Monday which will now act as one of the main SAI centres for the northern belt of India. During the event, Kiren Rijiju congratulated the coaches and athletes who would be training […]