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New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) Former India captain and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly on Saturday recalled an instance when the Indian team played an April Fool's Day prank on him. |
30-May-2020 |
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Hyderabad, May 29 (TIWN): Batting great V.V.S. Laxman on Friday shared a memorable photo on social media where he is seen meeting former South Africa President and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in 1996. |
29-May-2020 |
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Madrid, May 29 (TIWN) The 2020-21 season of Spanish top-flight football league, LaLiga, will commence from September 12, according to President Javier Tebas. He also confirmed that the current football season will resume from June 11 after being suspended since March due to coronavirus pandemic. |
29-May-2020 |
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Panaji, May 29 (TIWN) Lives and health of people takes top priority over the National Games, Goa's Sports Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Friday, while reassuring that while the 36th National Games had to be postponed on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, they would eventually be held after the health crisis subsides. |
29-May-2020 |
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London, May 29 (TIWN) Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has slammed the club's approach in the transfer market during his time at helm. The Dutchman took over at Old Trafford in 2014 after leading Netherlands to World Cup third-place finish. |
29-May-2020 |
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Tokyo, May 29 (TIWN) Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said here on Thursday that October is not the time for the Olympics organizers to make a final decision on whether the Games can be held in 2021. |
29-May-2020 |
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Panaji, May 28 (TIWN) Goa is not willing to host the National Games this year on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant here on Thursday. |
28-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) Top Indian athletes, including the likes of Rohit Sharma, Hima Das, Nikhat Zareen, Manpreet Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Dipika Pallikal, Simranjit Kaur and Mirabai Chanu have come together to participate in worlds largest virtual sports event. |
28-May-2020 |
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Washington, May 28 (TIWN) The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) of the United States announced on Wednesday that the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup will mark the return to action for all nine clubs this summer. |
28-May-2020 |
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Berlin, May 28 (TIWN) Leaders Bayern Munich have opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the standings after Joshua Kimmich's sole goal was enough to down runners-up Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at the curtain raiser of the 28th round in Bundesliga. |
28-May-2020 |
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Madrid, May 28 (TIWN) Spain tennis star Rafael Nadal is back to training following the COVID-19 forced hiatus. He has started training in Mallorca at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar. |
28-May-2020 |
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Munich, May 27 (TIWN) An updated qualification system for sports shooting for the Tokyo Olympic Games has been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, the sport's governing body ISSF has announced. |
27-May-2020 |
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Washington, May 27 (TIWN) The National Hockey League (NHL) will give up the rest of the regular season and go straight to the 24-team playoffs instead of 16 teams if it is able to resume play, commissioner Gary Bettman has said. |
27-May-2020 |
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Buenos Aires, May 26 (TIWN) Argentina goalkeeper Willy Caballero has claimed he recieved death threats following his mistake against Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. |
26-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) India tennis star Sania Mirza greeted her followers on Eid-ul-Fitr but conceded it doesn't feel the same 'due to countless reasons'. Eid is being celebrated in most part of the country on Monday, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. |
26-May-2020 |
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Warsaw, May 26 (TIWN) Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has praised Borussia Dortmund counterpart Erling Haaland as a player with great potential, and advised the Norwegian to stay in the German Bundesliga. |
26-May-2020 |
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Tokyo, May 26 (TIWN) The Japanese baseball season is set for resumption after two teams reportedly held practice games on Monday. The league has been suspended since March 20 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus. |
26-May-2020 |
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Hyderabad, May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the world struggling to come to grips with the coronavirus pandemic and its effects, people have been going out of their way to help the poor and the needy in these tough times. And former India batsman V.V.S. Laxman hailed the effort of Syed Amjad who has been feeding lorry drivers and cleaners. |
26-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN) Hockey India has expressed condolences on the sad demise of legendary player Balbir Singh Sr who breathed his last on Monday morning in Mohali. The triple Olympic Champion and World Cup-winning team manager had been battling for life since May 8 when he was hospitalised. |
25-May-2020 |
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Sydney, May 24 (TIWN) Australia opener David Warner's social media antics continued unabated but this time the destructive southpaw posted a message saying he is bored of shadow batting in his backyard and cannot wait to get back on the field playing competitive cricket. |
24-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) India head coach Ravi Shastri has been spending lockdown days with his pet dogs at home. And in the wake of International Cricket Council (ICC) recently putting forward protocols that will have to be followed when cricketing action resumes, Shastri decided to follow the same while getting into a huddle with his dogs. |
24-May-2020 |
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London, May 24 (TIWN) The English Premier League confirmed that two more positive cases of COVID-19 were tested in the second round of testing. |
24-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has made it clear that under present circumstances, the country should be ready for sporting events to be held behind closed doors and the first thing that comes to mind is the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League as the BCCI is looking at a September 25 to November 1 window for the same. And the board is clear that fan safety is the priority as rightly pointed out by the sports minister. |
24-May-2020 |
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London, May 24 (TIWN) With the situation getting better in the UK, the England bowlers have started individual training and all-rounder Ben Stokes also posted a video where he is seen throwing a ball against the wall of his house and training. Interestingly, he also had an advice for all the married cricketers out there. |
24-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) London Olympics bronze medallist M.C. Mary Kom said that her only aim right now is to ensure that she wins an Olympic medal of a different colour in Tokyo next year. Mary became the first female boxer from India to win an Olympic medal when she won a bronze at London 2012. |
20-May-2020 |
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Dublin, May 20 (TIWN) The Dublin Marathon, which was due to take place on October 25, has been called off due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
20-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) India skipper Virat Kohli revealed how a priceless advice from his father helped in shaping up his career during an online video chat session hosted by India football captain Sunil Chhetri on popular social media platform Instagram on Sunday. |
20-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) Karnam Malleswari made history at the 2000 Sydney Olympics by becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal. To get there however, she had the challenge of dealing with societal taboos that come with being a woman in a sport like weightlifting apart from maneuvering the challenges that came in her sport itself. |
20-May-2020 |
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Seoul, May 20 (TIWN) The Korean LPGA Championship returned to action here on Sunday after the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly halted all sporting activities in March. The golf tournament grabbed global attention with very little live sports happening across the world. |
20-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN) Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar made a combined India and Pakistan XI out of players that he would love to see play. He admitted that this may not be the best eleven players that may have represented the two sides statistically but these are players that he would like to see playing together. |
19-May-2020 |
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Washington, May 18 (TIWN) The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has warned market participants to be prepared that certain commodity contracts may see possibly negative pricing and extreme volatility in the light the negative pricing of crude oil seen last month. |
18-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) His 100 hundreds on the international stage is spoken about every second minute by cricket fans across the globe, but not many know of some of Sachin Tendulkars favourite knocks which didnt culminate into centuries. |
17-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) India's limited-overs vice captain Rohit Sharma admitted that Bangladesh is the only place where the Indian team does not get too much support. The two neighbours have faced each other in bilateral series and ICC tournaments a number of times since Bangladesh were made a Full Member by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000. |
17-May-2020 |
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Beijing, May 16 (TIWN) Formula One's 2020 Chinese Grand Prix now looks set to take place on October 4, after the sport released its latest version of its 2020 schedule. |
16-May-2020 |
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Barcelona, May 15 (TIWN) Lionel Messi feels there is no point thinking too much about getting affected by coronavirus as there is risk everywhere. |
15-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) Youtube is filled with videos of football stars dribbling their way out of tight situations and doing a number of tricks with the ball while in training or during warm-ups and sometimes, in matches itself. However, it would be hard to find any videos of football stars juggling the ball while wearing high heels. |
15-May-2020 |
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London, May 15 (TIWN) As the world continues to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has come out with some advices for people in order to keep themselves mentally fit and healthy. |
15-May-2020 |
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Buenos Aires, May 15 (TIWN) Peruvian playmaker Christian Cueva would be a perfect fit for Boca Juniors as he attempts to jumpstart his stagnant career, according to compatriot Nolberto Solano. |
15-May-2020 |
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Mumbai, May 13 (TIWN) Tennis sensation Sania Mirza is not a morning person, and she has let that fact come out in the open with a funny video that has left her fans in splits. |
13-May-2020 |
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London, May 13 (TIWN) Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said that he is happy to get back to work whenever the Premier League restarts. Newcastle United defender Danny Rose and Manchester City stars Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling are among players who have publicly expressed concern if the league is to restart before a definitive solution is found to the coronavirus situation. |
13-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) Nepalese leg spinner Sandeep Lamichhane believes there is a huge amount of cricketing talent in his country and each and every player is eager to take the country forward in the global sport community. |
14-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) Team Indias journey to the final of the Womens World T20 in March in Australia was on the back of some quality performances by the whole team. But a few players who stood out were Shafali Verma, Poonam Yadav, Shikha Pandey and Deepti Sharma. And Shikha and Deeptis names have been suggested by BCCIs Cricket Operations team for this years Arjuna Awards. |
14-May-2020 |
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Kolkata, May 13 (TIWN) Mohun Bagan players have asked the club to clear their dues with the management requesting the I-League winning team's footballers to wait until the nationwide lockdown is lifted. |
13-May-2020 |
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Kolkata, May 12 (TIWN) Seasoned India pacewoman Jhulan Goswami has applauded Cricket Association of Bengal's (CAB) initiatives of keeping a close watch on proper diet of the players with the guidance of health experts to boost immunity along with online fitness session and classes. |
12-May-2020 |
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Mumbai, May 12 (TIWN) After a rousing reception to Cricket Connected, Star Sports now introduces a brand-new show ‘Cricket Connected: Chats that will help fans catch-up with their favourite super stars during the week. |
12-May-2020 |
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London, May 12 (TIWN) Australia Test skipper Tim Paine revealed a couple of days back that he soiled his pant during the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford last year and former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff isnt impressed. The former England international has in fact jokingly suggested an 18-month ban on the Australian. |
12-May-2020 |
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London, May 11 (TIWN) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has stated that it is working closely with the government in order to churn out a plan to safely resume cricket amid the global coronavirus pandemic. |
11-May-2020 |
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Rio de Janeiro, May 11 (TIWN) Olympic beach volleyball silver medallist Marcio Araujo has said that he is showing signs of improvement after falling ill with COVID-19. |
11-May-2020 |
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Lyon (France), May 11 (TIWN) French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) have issued a clarification, saying that no date has yet been fixed for their Champions League second-leg clash against Juventus. |
11-May-2020 |
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New Delhi, May 10 (TIWN) Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli were among India's cricket stars who took to social media to celebrate Mother's Day. With no cricket going on currently due to coronavirus pandemic, former and current players are keeping themselves busy by engaging with fans on social media. |
10-May-2020 |