The Indian cricket board is unlikely to hire a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in near future even though Santosh Rangnekar resigned from the post six months back.
While BCCI CEO Rahul Johri was asked to take back his resignation and continue till the end of his tenure (2021), it is learnt that the top brass feels there is no immediate requirement of a CFO as the treasurer is their point person.
"The BCCI is unlikely to recruit a CFO any time soon. If you read the new constitution carefully, there is a mandatory provision for a Chief Executive Officer but there is no mention that you need to have a CFO," a senior BCCI official privy to the development told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
It was Committee of Administrators (CoA) which had recruited Rangnekar and the move was seen as a deliberate ploy to undermine the then treasurer's authority.
Once the BCCI had the democratic set up back in place and powers of treasurer restored, the post of CFO became redundant.
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BCCI unlikely to recruit CFO for time being

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Hockey India on Wednesday ruled out shifting the Olympic-bound men's and women's hockey teams from the Sports Authority of India's Bengaluru centre despite the death of a coronavirus-positive cook employed there as he had no access to the players.
The cook died of a cardiac arrest and later tested positive for COVID-19, according to a top official, who said there was no reason to panic as the deceased had no access to the players' accommodation zone.
"The question of moving out the teams from Bengaluru doesn't arise because it's the best facility in the country," HI CEO Elena Norman told PTI.
"Even if we think of such a move, it is practically impossible because of the nationwide lockdown."
A top SAI official said that the cook had not gone beyond the gate area since March 10.
"A cook, part of around 60 employees, who were asked to stay at home since March 10 because of their old age, died of cardiac arrest at a hospital," the official told PTI.
"He went to the hospital for the birth .

COVID positive cook at Bengaluru SAI centre had no access to hockey players; HI won't shift them

Cricket Australia will seek the ICC's permission to use disinfectants on match balls to understand if it can help reduce the health risk to players as the game gears up for a new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cricket Australia's Sports Science and Sports Medicine Manager Alex Kountouris said they have drawn up a set of overall guidelines for players to safely return to training though competitive cricket is likely to be played only later this year.
With the ICC's Cricket Committee proposing a ban on players using saliva to shine the ball, Kountouris said testing will soon commence on whether disinfecting the ball during a match will also be an effective way to minimise the health risks.
"Disinfecting the ball is a consideration," Koumtoris was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
...we'd have to speak to the ICC and get permission, there's a lot of things (to consider). And whether it's effective or not. The ball being leather, it's harder to disinfect because it's got little ...

Using disinfectants on match balls is under consideration: Kountouris

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his runaway leaders will cope without the "best kick in your ass" of their Anfield crowd should the Premier League season resume.
English top-flight players are set to be back in training this week after a Premier League meeting on Monday gave the go-ahead to the first stage of the return to play protocols.
If matches do eventually take place again this season, they will be behind closed doors and possibly at neutral venues.
Liverpool were left 25 points clear at the top of the table when the coronavirus saw the season suspended in March.
They now need just two more wins to claim a first English title in 30 years and German boss Klopp, having watched his native Bundesliga resume last weekend without spectators at matches, is confident his players can motivate themselves without a crowd.
"The competition will make the intensity," he told Liverpool's website.
"So it's not about 'oh, Liverpool have to win two games'.
"By the way, we have to win two 

Klopp backs Liverpool to manage without 'Anfield boost'

German FA president Fritz Keller and Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge want to propose a salary cap to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, it has been revealed.
"There are absurd salaries and transfer fees that are no longer credible," Keller, boss of the German Football Association (DFB), told reporters.
"We have to talk about salary caps. I am glad that I agree with Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on this point.
"Therefore we will write a letter to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin." Rummenigge touted the idea at the weekend in an interview with broadcaster Sky.
"(Former UEFA president) Michel Platini had the idea years ago to introduce a salary cap in Europe based on the American model," Rummenigge said.  While the Frenchman allegedly had the support "of all the big clubs in Europe. However, we were told from the outset that this could not be brought into line with competition laws," Rummenigge added.
Now Keller wants to write a combined letter to persuade Ceferin.  The restricting 

German FA, Bayern want salary cap for 'credible' football

Whenever Joey Logano doesn't cross the finish line first at a NASCAR Cup Series race, he says he tends to have the same thought: Golly, I wish I could do that again.
The 2018 NASCAR champion and rest of the field will get to do it again: They will run the Toyota 500 (that's kilometers, not miles) on Wednesday night at Darlington Raceway just three days after the sport got back to racing after 10 weeks away due to the coronavirus pandemic.
NASCAR teams are creatures of habit with a well-worn routine of mechanical sessions, strategy meetings and track breakdowns and tendencies for wherever they're headed.
While each season typically sees a Monday race due to bad weather, the pandemic has forced NASCAR to add a couple of weeknights into its schedule as it tries to make up the eight races it missed.
This will be NASCAR's first Cup Series race on a Wednesday night in 36 years  and that one was pretty historic as Richard Petty won his 200th career Cup race at Daytona International ...

Primetime: NASCAR set for first Wednesday start since 1984

Slovenia's Football Association (NZS) has announced that top flight matches will resume on June 5 after a two-month interruption caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
"The NZS expects all the measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 will be put in place before the competition resumes," the NZS said in a statement, without specifying if first league matches will be played behind close doors.
It added a detailed calendar of the remaining matches will be published next week.  The Slovenian federation interrupted the league on March 12 as the country of two million moved into a coronavirus lockdown.
At that point 25 rounds out of 36 in the season had been played.
Currently Ljubljana's Olimpija is at the top of the league table with 50 points, ahead of Celje and Aluminij who have 45 points apiece.
The NZS also announced that the cup competition will resume in June with the final to be held behind closed doors on June 24.
Slovenia declared last week the epidemic in the country was over ..

Slovenia's football league to restart on June 5

Several races will be staged in the run up to the rescheduled Tour de France which starts at the end of August, an updated cycling calendar revealed.
As the ban on the sport is lifted the first race in France will be the Route d'Occitanie between August 1-4 followed by a one day mountain challenge at Mont Ventoux and then the Tour de l'Ain from August 7-9.
Also packed into the programme is the shortened Criterium de Dauphine between 12-16 August and then the four-day Tour du Limousin from August 18.
The International Cycling Union insisted the dates would be constantly evaluated according to the health situation regarding the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
The Tour has been rescheduled to embark from Nice on August 29 from its original June start date in an attempt to make sure the sport's central financial pillar can be staged this season.

Tour de France preceded by several warm up races

With the German Bundesliga having become the first major European league to resume following the two-month coronavirus shutdown and more and more countries now planning to follow suit, AFP Sport casts a glance at the situation across the continent:
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The German Bundesliga returned at the weekend to play out the final nine rounds of the season with all matches going ahead behind closed doors.
It was not the first European league to return, however. That honour went to the Faroe Islands, which resumed its league a week earlier. Not forgetting Belarus, which was the only European country where football carried on throughout the last two months.
On Tuesday football also returned in Estonia, with the top-flight Meistriliiga making its comeback behind closed doors.
Here are confirmed restart dates elsewhere: Czech Republic -- May 23
Denmark -- May 28
Serbia -- May 30
Austria -- June 2
Portugal -- June 4
Slovenia -- June 5
Croatia -- June 6
Turkey .

League-by-league guide to the return of football around Europe

Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan was named as one of six individuals at three Premier League clubs to have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The results came after the Premier League announced earlier Tuesday that it had tested a total of 748 players and club staff for COVID-19 on Sunday and Monday.
Premier League officials did not name the individuals concerned but a Burnley statement said: "Burnley Football Club can confirm that after completing a COVID-19 test on Sunday, 17th May, assistant manager Ian Woan has tested positive."
"In line with strict Premier League requirements and following a positive test, Ian will now self-isolate for a period of seven days, with a view to being tested again week commencing Monday, 25th May.
"Ian is asymptomatic and is currently safe and well at home. He will remain in close communication with club personnel regarding his re-engagement in training once he is clear of the virus."
Premier League clubs began returning to training in small ...

Burnley's Woan among six positive COVID-19 tests at Premier League clubs

Women's World Cup star Megan Rapinoe, long an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, says she wouldn't rule out running for America's highest office herself one day.
In excerpts from an interview with Vice TV that were released on Tuesday, Rapinoe branded Trump a "white nationalist" and said she didn't think his policies had helped Americans.
"Now, obviously, we have a white nationalist -- I think -- in the White House and the spewing of hate and the 'othering' of the rest of the country has only led to more rift between people and more despair and more anxiety and more fear going forward," Rapinoe said.
"There's been no sort of path forward." Rapinoe, who starred in the United States' 2019 World Cup triumph, said inclusion -- of racial minorities and women -- is key to progress.
She has been a vocal advocate for women's and LGBTQ rights and has joined in the demonstrations of kneeling for the US national anthem to protest racial inequality.
Asked if she would consider running ...

US World Cup star Rapinoe blasts Trump, doesn't rule out run for office

Marseille have offered coach Andre Villas-Boas a two-year contract extension, the French club announced, amid widespread reports that the Portuguese is set to leave after just one season in charge.
A Marseille statement said the club wished to put right "erroneous" media reports about a new contract offer and confirmed Villas-Boas -- whose existing deal runs until the end of next season -- had been offered the extension which would tie him to the Velodrome until 2023.
It would also carry the option of a further season if they qualify for the Champions League in that campaign.
It comes after the 42-year-old led the former European champions to second place behind Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 season which was ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Marseille, who are owned by American tycoon Frank McCourt, are therefore set to feature in the Champions League next season for the first time since 2013/14.
The statement said the contract offer showed "the club's willingness .

Marseille offer coach Villas-Boas new contract amid doubts over future

Major League Soccer's All-Star Game has been canceled for the first time in its quarter-century history because of the coronavirus pandemic.
MLS All-Stars had been scheduled to play counterparts from Mexico's Liga MX on July 29 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles. MLS said Tuesday that the 2021 game will take place at Banc of California Stadium, most likely against All-Stars from Liga MX.
The third Campeones Cup between the MLS and Liga MX champions also was canceled, along with the second edition of the Leagues Cup between teams from those two leagues.
MLS was stopped two games into its season in mid-March because of the pandemic. The league is considering having all 26 teams resume play with a tournament at Walt Disney World outside Orlando, Florida.
The league and the MLS Players Association have exchanged proposals on how to resume play. The union estimates the league's offer would cost players USD 220 million over time and that its proposal would cut USD 100 million from 

MLS All-Star Game in LA canceled due to pandemic

Former World Wrestling Entertainment pro Shad Gaspard was still missing after he was swept out to sea in Southern California last weekend while swimming with his young son.
Gaspard's 10-year-old son, Aryeh, was rescued and several other swimmers made it out of the water safely after they were caught in a rip current Sunday afternoon at Venice Beach in Los Angeles.
"When last seen by the lifeguard, a wave had crashed over Mr. Shad Gaspard and he was swept out to sea," Los Angeles police said in a statement Monday.
Gaspard, 39, was about 50 yards (46 meters) from shore when he was last spotted, police said.
His wife, Siliana Gaspard, issued a statement Tuesday thanking authorities and fans.
"We would like to express our gratitude to the first responders who rescued Aryeh and to the lifeguards, coast guard, divers, fire and police departments for their continued efforts to help find our beloved Shad," the statement said.
The statement added: "Shad is a fighter, a warrior and a magical ...

WWE pro Shad Gaspard missing in ocean off California

Italy's Serie A teams have been given the green light to resume group training but will have to wait until May 28 to know whether the season can resume, Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said.
Spadafora told Italian television that government scientists had accepted the Italian football federation's (FIGC) revised health protocol.
"The Scientific Technical Committee have approved the FIGC protocol for the resumption of team training," Spadafora told Rai.
"It is excellent news, collective training can now resume." Spadafora said he has scheduled a meeting on May 28 with FIGC president Gabriele Gravina and Lega Serie A chief Paolo Dal Pino to decide on the return to competition.
"We will then decide if and when Serie A will restart," he said.
"The important thing will be to restart with the firm intention of completing the championship, then the federations will decide the modalities and formats to be adopted."
The minister said that a controversial measure of isolating team members ...

Serie A group training gets all clear, season decision May 28

Former men's basketball coach Dan Majerle has filed a lawsuit for breach of contract after being fired by Grand Canyon earlier this year.
In the lawsuit filed in Superior Court on Monday, Majerle seeks the full amount of a contract that ran through 2022-23 before he was fired after seven seasons on March 12.
The lawsuit claims GCU breached the employment agreement with Majerle by not honoring the contract's severance provision after firing him without written grounds for dismissal.
"Dan is disappointed that GCU has decided not to honor their contract," Majerle's attorney Dana Hooper said in an email.
"He simply wants what is fair and proper under the contract and the law."
Majerle was a fan favorite during seven seasons with the NBA's Phoenix Suns and was hired by Grand Canyon in 2013 on the recommendation of former Suns owner Jerry Colangelo.
Majerle was brought in to guide the Antelopes in their transition to Division I. Grand Canyon won at least 20 games its first two Division I ...

Fired coach Majerle sues GCU for breach of contract

The restart of the Bundesliga last weekend has drawn criticism from the sports community in football-mad Germany with world champion rower Oliver Zeidler branding it "a joke" and criticised an "insane system".
"It's a joke," Zeidler told AFP subsidiary SID.
"If children cannot go to daycare and caterers are not allowed to use their full capacity, then allowing millionaires on the pitch sends the wrong signal."
The 23-year-old, the 2019 world champion in single sculls, said he would like fans to turn their backs on the "insane system" and the "increasingly drifting parallel world" in which football exists.
The German Bundesliga became the first top European league to resume after the restart plan was approved by Angela Merkel's government.
Regular testing of players, games played behind closed doors and replacements wearing face masks are part of the strict hygiene measures.
Germany currently has 175,210 cases of the coronavirus, which has so far claimed over 8,000 lives.
However, ...

"A joke": Bundesliga restart draws criticism from German sports community

Six positive cases for coronavirus have been detected at three Premier League clubs after players and staff were tested ahead of a return to training, England's top flight said Tuesday.
"The Premier League can today confirm that, on Sunday 17 May and Monday 18 May, 748 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19," the league said in a statement.
"Of these, six have tested positive from three clubs."
No details were released over which individuals or clubs are affected.
"Players or club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for a period of seven days," added the league's statement.
Premier League clubs began returning to training in small groups on Tuesday after protocols on safety measures were signed off on Monday.
The number of positive cases represents just 0.8 percent of those tested and is consistent with similar widespread testing conducted by other major leagues hoping to complete the season.
Germany's top two divisions registered 10 positive cases out of ...

Six positive tests for coronavirus at Premier League clubs

Reigning Czech champions and current league leaders Slavia Prague said Tuesday the entire team will go into quarantine after a player tested positive for the coronavirus.
Suspended since mid-March, the country's top-flight First League is set to resume on Saturday, with Slavia due to travel to Mlada Boleslav for their opening game on May 26.
"The club is in quarantine until Thursday," tweeted Slavia director Jaroslav Tvrdik.
The League Football Association (LFA) said Tuesday it had tested 1,442 players from the top two divisions, with two testing positive -- the other from Slavia's next opponents Boleslav.
Slavia players will undergo control tests on Friday and Monday.
"The team expects to hold the first training session on Friday afternoon, depending on the outcome of the test," said Tvrdik.
"We want to play on Tuesday if the second test next Monday is negative," he added.
The Boleslav player who tested positive was due to undergo a control test on Tuesday, with results expected ...

Czech champions Slavia Prague to be quarantined after virus case

Six positive cases for coronavirus have been detected at three Premier League clubs after players and staff were tested ahead of a return to training.
"The Premier League can today confirm that, on Sunday 17 May and Monday 18 May, 748 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19.
Of these, six have tested positive from three clubs," the Premier League said in a statement on Tuesday.

Six positive tests for coronavirus at Premier League clubs - league

No handshakes or hugging, no spitting and no visits to salons during lockdown are among the strict guidelines issued by Athletics Federation of India to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, following government's decision to resume sporting activity without spectators.
After the Sports Ministry gave its go ahead to the resumption of training in its complexes and stadiums, the AFI on Tuesday issued its own Standard Operating Procedures for training of the campers.
The athletes at the NIS-Patiala and Sports Authority of India Centre in Bengaluru are, however, yet to resume outdoor training.
Through the document, the AFI directed the athletes to train under strict social distancing guidelines and also follow additional norms issued by the government "religiously".
According to the SOPs, the athletes are prohibited from training if they have flu-like symptoms such as sneezing, coughing, difficulty in breathing, fatigue, or if they have been in close contact with someone who showed such ...

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