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Won't restart football anytime soon due to Covid-19 crisis, says Argentina

We cannot think about allowing football to be played in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area or anywhere else in the country in the near term, says Argentina health minister Gines Gonzalez

La Liga to file charges against fan who invaded field during Barca's match

Barcelona vs Mallorca's match was played without fans but the fan wearing an Argentina soccer jersey made it past security and took a photo of himself a few meters in front of Barcelona defender Alba

Gareth Bale completes 250 appearances for Spanish club Real Madrid

After the match, the club's president gave Bale a commemorative jersey

Ravi Shastri delighted to see 'great team' Barcelona back in action

Barcelona registered a comfortable 4-0 win away on Saturday night

Table-toppers Barcelona, Real Madrid continue their charge for LaLiga title

Real Madrid hold the second spot on the La Liga points table with 59 points, just two points behind the top-placed club, Barcelona

Premier League allows kneeling protests, 'Black Lives Matter' on shirts

All players from the 20 clubs also released their joint official statement saying that they all stand towards eradicating racial prejudice

Beijing suspends all sports events after two new Covid-19 cases reported

Due to changes in the situation of epidemic prevention and control in Beijing, all kinds of sports events will be suspended in the city from now, says Beijing's Municipal Sports Administrator notice

IPL in October looks difficult, can be held in Lanka in September: Gavaskar

After the announcement by the Australian government, there seems to be a possibility of conducting a World T20 in October, says Sunil Gavaskar

Pakistani cricketers mentally strong, can adjust to Covid-19 rules: Misbah

England will host Pakistan in bio-secure environment due to the health risk posed by coronavirus pandemic

England board admits 'systemic racism' exists, cricket not immune to it

In a statement on Friday, the ECB said it must learn from the 'Black Lives Matter' movement erupted after the killing of African-American George Floyd by a white policeman in Minneapolis

Don't think it is safe to play cricket until October: Sunil Gavaskar

Gavaskar said \while the Test series between England and West Indies next month in a bio-secure environment will be a good indicator

Chances of T20 WC improve as Australia allows limited crowds at stadiums

initially, stadiums with a capacity below 40,000 will be allowed to house up to 10,000 fans, leaving out iconic cricket grounds like MCG, SCG and Adelaide Oval, says Australian PM

On this day 21 years ago, Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh and the 1999 World Cup

'How does it feel to drop the World Cup, Herschelle?' Waugh had famously asked Gibbs after the dropped catch

In a first, Indian cricketers get Nada notice; BCCI cites 'password glitch'

BCCI's explanation will be discussed as to whether it will be counted as one of three filing failures or not, says Nada DG Navin Agarwal

Covid-19: Shahid Afridi tests positive, seeks prayers for speedy recovery

Afridi played for Pakistan between 1998 and 2018, featuring in 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 T20 Internationals'

Akhtar praises Ganguly, says he was the bravest batsman I ever bowled to

Despite having limited strokes whenever the ball was aimed at his body, Sourav Ganguly never backed away, says Shoaib Akhtar

Vasant Raiji, India's oldest cricketer, dies at 100; condolences pour in

A right-handed batsman, Vasant Raiji played nine first-class matches in the 1940s and scored a total 277 runs

Dhoni biggest superstar! Bravo attributes CSK's success to these three

Chennai Super Kings has won the IPL thrice (2010, 2011 and 2018) and all the titles have come under the leadership of MS Dhoni

Irfan Pathan retained fierce passion for cricket despite challenges: Laxman

Irfan Pathan was considered by many as the most lethal swing and seam bowler to emerge for India after Kapil Dev

Gilchrist lauds efforts of Indian nurse in Australia amid Covid-19 pandemic

Gilchrist thanked Sharon Varghese, an Indian student who did her Bachelors in Nursing from the University of Wollongong