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Remove Simmons for moving out from bio-secure site: Windies board member

Cricket West Indies board member Conde Riley, who also heads the Barbados Cricket Association, called Simmons' actions reckless

Sangakkara asked to give statement in Sri Lanka's 2011 WC probe: Reports

Kumar Sangakkara was captain of the Sri Lankan team at that time

Liverpool captain Henderson dedicates EPL title to former skipper Gerrard

Liverpool recently ended its 30-year long wait for a top-flight title

Premier League: Pablo Moreno signs 4-year contract with Manchester City

Moreno will join Manchester City from Juventus, where he has been a part of the under-23 squad for the last two seasons

India files expression of interest for hosting 2027 AFC Asian Cup

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Wednesday confirmed it has received expressions of interest from five member associations, including India, to host the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.

IPL's Chinese sponsors: Call to be in best interest of cricket, says BCCI

As of now, no date has been decided for the IPL review meeting, says a BCCI official

Messi scores 700th goal but Barca's La Liga title hope hangs by a thread

Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal for club and country before Atletico Madrid came back to draw 2-2 in the Spanish league and deal Barcelona's title hopes a major blow. Barcelona's third draw in four rounds left it in second place, one point behind leader Real Madrid. Madrid hosts Getafe on Thursday with a chance to open up a four-point lead with five more matches remaining. Barcelona was two points ahead of Madrid when the league was halted in March because of the coronavirus outbreak. While Madrid has won five of five since the resumption after a three-month stoppage, Barcelona has only won three of six. The pressure is increasing on coach Quique Setin, who took over the team in mid-season with the task of rekindling its attacking spirit. "It is too bad because we keep dropping points and getting further and further away from the title," Setin said on Tuesday. "But we have to keep fighting." Barcelona struck first in the 11th minute on Tuesday when Atltico striker Diego

Serie A: Cristiano Ronaldo's rocket powers Juventus to 3-1 win at Genoa

Juventus still lead the Serie A table with 72 points after Tuesday's games, four points ahead of second-placed Lazio

Tennis: Sumit Nagal wins PSD Bank Nord Open tournament in Germany

Nagal, who is currently India's highest-ranked singles player at 127, recently defeated second seed German Daniel Masur 6-1, 6-3 in the final match at the tournament

Premier League: Fernandes nets twice in Man United's 3-0 win at Brighton

Bruno Fernandes scored twice to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 victory over Brighton to maintain its push for Champions League qualification

Had coronavirus in January but thought I had bad flu: Ian Botham

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham has claimed that he got infected by the dreaded coronavirus early this year but mistook it for "a bad case of flu". The contagious disease has infected over 10 million people worldwide, killing more than 500,000. "I think the thing to remember is that six months ago no-one even knew what this was, hadn't heard of it," Botham told Good Morning Britain. "I've actually had it. I had it at the end of December, beginning of January, and I thought I had a bad case of flu. It's amazing how long it has been around, we don't know all the details. It was very much a sort of in the dark, let's see what happens." Botham urged the people to show a bit of patience as he hoped things will improve in a couple of weeks. "I think people have been responding extremely well. I hope they show a bit more patience over the next couple of weeks or so, so we can get to a situation where everybody can move around," he said. While the three-Test series beginning July 8

Cricket South Africa gets Sports Ministry's approval for resume training

Cricket South Africa has received the go ahead from the country's Sports Ministry to resume players' training

Covid-19: Bangladesh board requests ICC to extend Test Championship cycle

Bangladesh were supposed to play one away match against Pakistan in April, a two-match series against Australia in June, two Tests against New Zealand along with three against Sri Lanka

Rohit Sharma is one of greatest ever ODI openers, reckons Srikkanth

Out of his 29 ODI centuries, 11 times Rohit has scored in excess of 140, including three double hundreds

Rijiju launches Nada app to help athletes stay updated on banned substances

The app aims to create a bridge between athletes and the Nada by providing easily accessible information on various aspects of sport

CPL: Pravin Tambe says Trinbago Knight Riders picked him, franchise unaware

In a bizarre turn of events, former Rajasthan Royals spinner Pravin Tambe has been caught on the wrong foot after claiming that he has been picked by Trinbago Knight Riders

Covid-19: Peru postpones football restart to August over hygiene protocols

The Liga 1 Apertura tournament - suspended on March 12 - will now restart on August 7, league boss Victor Villavicencio said

Dreams can't just be configured in the head, says Mayank Agarwal

Motivation can be hard to find during Covid-19 times. But Mayank Agarwal has chosen to share his thoughts about dreams which the India opener feels cannot be 'configured in the head'

Delayed county cricket season to begin on August 1: England cricket board

The delayed 2020 county cricket season will finally begin on August 1, announced the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday. The season, due to start in April, was suspended indefinitely in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, also pushing ECB's new tournament 'The Hundred' to 2021. The format of the County Championship will be decided by the 18 First-Class Counties in early July and subsequently, the new schedule will be announced. "A commitment to play women's domestic cricket in 2020 has also been made, but may differ from the planned rollout of the new women's elite domestic structure," said the ECB in a statement. "Preparation and planning for the season across the men's and women's domestic game remains subject to ongoing advice from Government and medical professionals with the safety of players, staff and officials the first priority." The players can also resume training "on or before July 1" and plans for the season include "options for red-ball and white-ball

Spanish club Valencia fires coach Albert Celades after poor streak

The announcement came a day after a 2-0 loss at Villarreal, the team's third Spanish league defeat following the pandemic break