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MUMBAI: Star India batsman Rohit Sharma has taken second spot among Indian sportspersons in contributing to the national fight against the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. The vice-captain of the Indian ODI team has committed Rs 8 million as his personal contribution to the national effort, saying the onus is on the citizens to…

NEW DELHI: Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Keeping social media repercussions front and centre, and staying clear of which cricketer donated how much for the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, India skipper Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma on Monday pledged their support to the Prime Minster and the Maharashtra…

MUMBAI: There is nothing official about it. Yet! But the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League is set to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic which has gripped the entire world, Indian Express reports. 

The report adds that the Indian cricket board is only awaiting an announcement from the Indian…

TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo and his Juventus FC teammates, along with coach Maurizio Sarri, agreed to forgo ‎€90 million ($100 million) in wages on Saturday to help the club during the coronavirus crisis. 

The Italian football giants said the money amounted to four months worth of wages, a third of players' annual salaries.…

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, the Tokyo Metropolitan government and the government of Japan Monday agreed new dates for the Games of the XXII Olympiad, in 2021. The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be celebrated from 23 July to 8…

LAUSANNE: On Sunday 29 March 2020, the ITTF executive committee met to discuss further the effects of COVID-19 on the international table tennis event schedule.

MUMBAI: With live cricket put on hold, cricket fans can still relive their favourite memories of 12 editions of the Indian Premier League as host broadcaster Star Sports has secured permission from the BCCI to air “highlights of 50 of the best matches of the VIVO IPL from the previous seasons” at 8 pm daily.

MUMBAI: Cricbuzz has launched a new show ‘Strategic Timeout’ which features videos from cricketing celebrities as they practise social distancing. The celebs answer a bunch of interesting, and more importantly lockdown-related questions.

WIMBLEDON, THE TENNIS calendar's only grass court Grand Slam, scheduled to begin in London on June 29, will in all likelihood NOT be held for the first time since 1945, when there was no event due to World War II.

Wimbledon will be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to German Tennis Federation (DTB) vice-…

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will donate Rs 510 million to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund to help fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country.