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Organisers of US Open eye August 31 start despite coronavirus threat

Wimbledon 2020 was cancelled on Wednesday due to Covid-19 pandemic

Things end but memories last forever: Raina India's 2011 ODI World Cup win

In the tournament, Raina played just four matches, and he played a crucial unbeaten knock of 34 runs against Australia in the quarter-finals.

Virat Kohli to chat with Kevin Pieterson on Instagram live today at 7 pm

Pietersen has been doing social media lives with the likes of Kohli's limited-overs deputy Rohit Sharma and South Africa pace ace Dale Steyn over the past few days

Roger Federer 'devastated' after Wimbledon gets cancelled over Covid-19

This is the first time that Wimbledon has been cancelled since World War II

Tony Lewis of 'DLS method' used for limited over cricket passes away

Tony, alongside fellow mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the Duckworth-Lewis method which was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the International Cricket Council in 1999

2011 WC final: Gambhir loses his cool on Twitter for glorifying Dhoni's six

Gambhir and MS Dhoni have stitched a match-winning 109-run partnership. Gambhir perished after playing a knock of 97 runs, but in the end, Dhoni and Yuvraj took the team over the line by six wickets

On this day, 9 years ago, Dhoni's six helped India win the second ODI WC

India won its first World Cup in 1983 and then had to wait for 28 years to again lift the title

India-Aus Tests a bit like 'Ashes'; Smith, Warner to make difference: Paine

Under the captaincy of Paine, Australia for the first time in 71 years lost a home Test series against India 1-2 in the 2018-19 bilateral contest

Tokyo 2020: Olympic flame handed over to Fukushima in low-key ceremony

The flame will be on display in a lantern for the month of April in Fukushima after Tokyo Olympics, and with it the torch relay, got postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Bajrang assured of a top-four seeding in 65-kg category at Tokyo Olympics

The fast-rising Ravi Dahiya also seems set for a top-four billing at the mega-event, which will be held from July 23 to August 8 next year

Will not give up until I win gold at Olympics for India: Mary Kom

The ace Indian boxer had won bronze at the 2012 London Olympic Games in the 51-kg weight category. In 2016, she was unable to qualify for the Rio Games

Coronavirus: Confined to hostel, Hima writes to Rijiju for outdoor training

Deputy chief national athletics coach Radhakrishnan Nair said that the Hima-led campers at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) are expecting a reply from the ministry in a day or two

Coronavirus: ECB announces 61 mn pound package; no pay cut for cricketers

There were no plans to cut the pay of centrally contracted England players, though there would be more problems ahead if coronavirus caused the majority of summer to be wiped out, says ECB CEO

IPL 2020: Team owners turn to WhatsApp groups to answer player queries

some of the youngsters who were to play their first season of IPL this year have time and again been checking the status of the league and creating a group was the perfect solution, says a franchise

Jos Buttler auctions World Cup-winning shirt to raise funds for hospitals

Buttler also tagged a number of cricketers across the world including India skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma, Australian Steve Smith and teammate Eoin Morgan, to spread the message

Shortened IPL with just Indian players would be enough: Rajasthan Royals

With a nationwide lockdown in place to combat the spread of the disease, the event seems unlikely to go ahead unless the BCCI figures an alternate window later in the year

Will assess how Tokyo Olympics will affect Winter Games in 2022: Organisers

The Tokyo Olympics are now scheduled to run from July 23 to August 8, 2021 after they were put back a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cricket South Africa to advertise for selection convener, national coaches

CSA revealed its four-point plan to play it part in countering the Covid-19 or coronavirus pandemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives to date and brought the globe to a standstill

No ICC member asking for change in dates of ICC T20 World Cup 2020: Report

The ICC T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played between October 18 to November 15 at seven venues across Australia

England board bans cricketers from wearing smartwatches in field of play

England and Wales cricket board hoped the decision will ensure that the integrity of players are not in doubt