SEOUL: When South Korea’s domestic women’s golf tour held its premier event last week – without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic – no fewer than three of the world’s top 10 players took part. The country of 52 million people has a disproportionate share of the women’s world golf […]
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MILAN: Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini admires Uruguay forward Luis Suarez for biting him during a heated match at the 2014 World Cup, he said in his autobiography. Suarez, who escaped punishment during the game, was later banned for four months plus nine internationals – but Chiellini said he bore no […]
NEW YORK: Italy’s Danilo Gallinari likes the chances his Oklahoma City Thunder make a deep NBA playoff run if the season resumes, but says safety must be emphasized in any comeback plan. The 31-year-old forward, whose homeland was among the nations most severely struck by the coronavirus pandemic, calls home […]
MELBOURNE: Australia are a “nine out of 10” chance to host India for a test series in the home summer and could also tour England for limited overs series beforehand, Cricket Australia boss Kevin Roberts said. Cricket has been shut down since March due to the novel coronavirus outbreak and […]
REUTERS: International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to the COVID-19 crisis. In March, the IOC and Japanese government took the unprecedented decision to delay the Games, which had been due to […]
Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero have signed one-year contract extensions until the end of the 2020-21 season, the Premier League club have said. Chelsea forward Olivier Giroud and goalkeeper Willy Caballero have signed one-year contract extensions until the end of the 2020-21 season, the Premier League club […]
Robin Uthappa, one of the bowlers delegated by India in their first ever taste of the bowl-out, said MS Dhoni did something that Pakistan keeper Kamran Akmal did not, thus making it very easy for the Indian bowlers. MS Dhoni takes an unusual position directly behind the stumps to his […]
The revised lockdown guidelines on Sunday gave more than a hundred athletes, who have been confined to their rooms at the SAI Centres in Patiala and Bangalore since March 25, a glimmer of hope. That has now gradually given way to anxiety. Initial confusion over the government’s order and then […]
55-year-old Anna, as he was lovingly called, a cook at the SAI Bengaluru campus for the last 23 years, was found to have tested positive for Covid-19 post-death. Anju Bobby George remembers him as a caring soul always ready to fill athletes’ hungry stomachs. “He was feeding us for so […]
Merely banning bowlers from applying saliva to shine the ball might not be effective as testing protocols need to first be in place before resuming cricket. Why is ICC’s saliva ban a rather inconsequential move in ensuring a Covid-19 safe environment for cricketers? The virus causing the COVID-19 infection spreads […]