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Legendary Milkha Singh tests positive for COVID-19

2:59 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi/Chandigarh: Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation at his Chandigarh residence. The 91-year-old, popularly known as Flying Sikh, is asymptomatic and claims to be in “high spirits’”. “A couple of our helpers tested positive and so all the family members did the tests. Only I returned […]

Dravid to be head coach for India’s tour of Sri Lanka

2:46 pm May 20, 2021

New Delhi: National Cricket Academy chief and former India captain Rahul Dravid is set to be the head coach of the Indian white-ball squad that will tour Sri Lanka in July. Dravid, who stopped travelling with the India A and U-19 teams after taking over as NCA head in Bengaluru, will be the head coach […]

India’s Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

6:40 pm May 17, 2021

Dubai: The ICC on Monday dismissed claims made by news channel Al Jazeera that India’s Test matches against England (2016) and Australia (2017) were fixed, saying the passages of play identified as fixed were entirely predictable, and therefore ”implausible as a fix”. Al Jazeera in a documentary — ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers’ — released in 2018 […]

Gomathi’s appeal against doping ban rejected by CAS

8:50 pm May 5, 2021

New Delhi: The appeal of Indian middle distance runner Gomathi Marimuthu against her four-year suspension for doping in 2019 has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The 32-year-old Gomathi’s ban period will run till May 16, 2023, counting from date of her provisional suspension — May 17, 2019. Gomathi won 800m […]

Barty and Swiatek set up first-time clash on Madrid clay

10:30 pm May 1, 2021

MADRID: Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek, the two most recent champions of the French Open, will meet in the last 16 of the Madrid Open. They won their second-round matches on Saturday to set up the first-time meeting. The top-ranked Barty needed three sets to beat 80th-ranked Tamara Zidansek. Barty struggled with her first serves, […]