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Venus Williams joins World TeamTennis; season starts in July

Venus Williams has signed up to play World TeamTennis for the 15th time, the league announced.

BCCI GM Cricket Operations Saba Karim's position under scanner: Report

Throwing further light on the issues that have been raised, a functionary said that the women's team which is under the purview of Karim has time and again raised their concerns with the board.

Covid-19: Hockey teams focussing on strength training during stay at home

The Indian men's and women's hockey teams have been spending quality time with their families after being given a month-long break last week.

This day 21 yrs ago, Mithali Raj made international debut with a classy ton

Playing against Ireland in an ODI game at Milton Keynes, Mithali opened the batting alongside other debutant Reshma Gandhi

World Athletics launches 'Road to Tokyo' qualification tracking tool

Searchable by discipline, country and qualification status, the tool will provide a real time view of each event over the course of the Tokyo 2020 qualification period which ends on June 29, 2021

Pak vs Eng: PCB conducts 3rd round of Covid-19 test, results on June 27

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday confirmed five reserve players and a backup player support personnel have undergone Covid-19 tests.

Pro Kabaddi League not shifting season 8 to Sri Lanka, says organisers

The league is usually held between July and October with matches hosted by different cities across the country

Indian tennis association eyes resumption of players' training in September

The national governing body for tennis informed Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju of its plan in a meeting he had with presidents and secretary generals of 15 National Sports Federations

Fifa approves $1.5 billion Covid-19 relief fund for world football

Fifa said that each of the 211 member associations will get a one million dollars payment, part of which will be granted in July this year, while the rest in January next year

Rohit Sharma starts outdoor training, says 'good to be back on the park'

Star India opener Rohit Sharma has hit the greens and as per his social media post India's white-ball vice-captain had his first outdoor training session post relaxation of COVID-19 lockdown.

Manchester City manager congratulates Liverpool after his team's reign ends

It was a day Pep Guardiola saw coming a long time ago, as early as the first weeks of the longest season in the history of English football

ICC Board Meet: Chairman's nomination process may be finalised next week

The ICC Board met via video-conference on Thursday with key point in the agenda was whether to adopt a process that selects or elects the new Chairman

Australia, New Zealand win joint bid to host 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup

The island neighbours beat Colombia 22-13 on Thursday in a vote by the Fifa Council

Brazil soccer championship to kick off in August despite Covid-19 pandemic

The top-flight competition was initially scheduled to begin in May but was postponed because of the outbreak of Covid-19

Share trophy if game is tied, Super Over not needed in ODIs: Ross Taylor

ICC had attracted a barrage of criticism after England were declared winners in 2019 World Cup final against New Zealand on boundary countback after tie in regulation period and subsequent Super Over

Jofra Archer tests negative for Covid-19, to join England's training camp

Archer was on Thursday cleared to join his teammates at Southampton's Ageas Bowl ahead of the three-Test series against West Indies after he was tested Covid-19 negative for the second time

Former cricketer Robin Singh fined, car seized for violating lockdown

The 56-year-old former Tamil Nadu player had gone by car to purchase vegetables and was caught by police personnel for the violation

PCB disappointed with Mohammad Hafeez for making Covid-19 result public

Hafeez took to Twitter to share the report of the personal test that he got done a day after PCB's test. He had also shared the photo of his report which had come out as negative

US Open 2020 tourney from Sep 10 to 13, to include wheelchair tennis

The 2020 US Open Wheelchair Competition will feature men's and women's singles and doubles and quad singles and doubles, with draw sizes similar to past US Opens

India celebrates 37th anniversary of 1983 WC; here's what cricketers said

There is no pressure on the current Indian team, in my opinion, they are doing well, it's not like that you need to win a World Cup to be called a good team, says Kapil Dev