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March 16, 2020 2:36 PM

Coronavirus: IOC to hold crisis talks with sports bodies

With less than five months to go for the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach plans emergency talks with member organizations, sources close to the IOC said in Lausanne, Switzerland yesterday. A Spokesman said that IOC will take stock of the actions taken to respond ...

March 16, 2020 9:24 AM

Ezequiel Garay among five Valencia staff found to be positive for Coronavirus

Spanish football club Valencia confirmed the five players and staff have tested positive for coronavirus, including Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay. Valencia said all those affected were now at home, in good health and obeying self-isolation measures. Garay, who was set to miss the rest of the s...

March 15, 2020 8:57 PM

Achanta Sharath Kamal clinches men's singles title of Oman Open

Ace Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal wins the ITTF Challenger Plus Oman Open. The 37-year-old Indian veteran beat top-seeded Marcos Freitas of Portugal 4-2 in the final played in Muscat on Sunday evening. Earlier, in the semi-final today, fourth-seeded Achanta pulled off a stunning seven-set vic...

March 15, 2020 8:03 AM

BCCI decides to hold truncated IPL this year

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly has said that this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) will be a truncated affair.  The season was due to start on March 29 but has since been deferred to April 15 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the cou...

March 14, 2020 4:40 PM

MCA suspends all matches till 31st March due to Coronavirus

In view of the Coronavirus situation in Maharashtra, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has decided to suspend all its matches till the 31st of March.  An apex council member of the city's cricket body said that Mumbai Cricket Association has decided to postpone all its cricket matches, w...

March 14, 2020 12:50 PM

COVID-19 threat: Virat Kohli urges people to take all necessary precautions

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has urged his countrymen to take all necessary precautions in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed the lives of over 4000 people across the globe.   Kohli in his tweet said, let's stay strong and fight the COVID19 outbreak by taki...

March 13, 2020 8:55 PM

ATK and Chennaiyin FC to seek hat-trick of ISL football titles tomorrow

ATK and Chennaiyin FC will seek a hat-trick of ISL football titles at Margaon tomorrow when they meet in the 6th edition's final, which will be played without spectators owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. ATK in 2014 and 2016  while  Chennaiyin in 2015 and 2017-18  have won the ISL twice alrea...

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