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

T20 World Cup in India on track despite pandemic woes, says ICC

5:07 pm April 7, 2021

Dubai: The International Cricket Council does not yet see the need to activate its backup plan for the Twenty20 World Cup and is sticking to hosting the event in India later this year despite the country experiencing a record COVID-19 surge recently. India reported a record 115,736 new cases on Wednesday, a 13-fold increase in […]

Fakhar Zaman run-out: MCC says it’s up to umpires to decide if de Kock was at fault

7:42 pm April 5, 2021

London: Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman’s contentious run-out in the second ODI against South Africa has sparked a debate on spirit of the game with Marylebone Cricket Club saying it was ”up to the umpires to decide” if Quinton de Kock had attempted to mislead the batsman. In a stiff chase of 342, Zaman smashed a spectacular […]

Train crashes in eastern Taiwan, killing 36, injuring dozens

3:23 pm April 2, 2021

Taipei: A vehicle rolled down a hill and smashed into a passing train, partially derailing it outside a rail tunnel in Taiwan and killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens. Survivors climbed out windows and onto roofs to reach safety in Taiwan’s deadliest railway disaster. Officials in Hualien county said rescue efforts were continuing on the […]

Good Friday and virus lockdown empty Manila’s streets

3:15 pm April 2, 2021

Manila: Filipinos marked Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, with deserted streets and churches following a strict lockdown to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Major highways and roads were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were prohibited in metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces. The government placed the […]

Thai protest leader on hunger strike given IV drip in prison

2:41 pm April 2, 2021

Bangkok: One of the leaders of Thailand’s pro-democracy movement was being administered an intravenous fluid drip in prison on Friday after officers said they found him weakened because of a hunger strike that has lasted longer than two weeks. Parit Chiwarak, 22, was charged in February with sedition and defaming the monarchy for his role […]