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FIFA collaborates with United Nations to tackle menace of match-fixing

March 16, 2021

Zurich [Switzerland], March 16 (ANI): FIFA on Tuesday announced its collaboration with the United Nations on Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to launch the Global Integrity Programme -- a comprehensive international programme aimed at providing all 211 member associations with enhanced knowledge and tools to fight and prevent match...

Words of President Ram Nath Kovind brought me to India: Igor Stimac

March 16, 2021

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): Indian football team head coach Igor Stimac has said that he has been "lucky enough to meet the new India." Speaking in a Webinar titled 'New India and its offerings to the World,' Stimac informed that the words of Ram Nath Kovind, the President...

Focus on ‘fitness and training’ is the mantra in Olympic year: Chirag Shetty

March 16, 2021

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): As the much-awaited Tokyo Olympics is around the corner, the athletes are giving it their all to bring out the best version of themselves at the showpiece event. In an interaction with ANI, Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty, who plays with his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy...

Janhvi Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao-starrer ‘Roohi’ rakes in Rs 1.35 crores on fifth day

March 16, 2021

New Delhi [Delhi], March 16 (ANI): Bollywood actors Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao's horror-comedy film 'Roohi', which had opened to mixed responses, witnessed a further decline in its fifth-day box office collection.The film, which also stars Varun Sharma, minted a total of Rs 1.35 crores on Monday, witnessing a drop...

Hockey India women academy national championships to kick off on Wednesday

March 16, 2021

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 16 (ANI): A total of 14 teams will vie for top honours at the 1st Hockey India junior women academy national championship 2021, while 10 teams will compete in the 1st Hockey India sub-junior women academy national championship 2021 that gets underway from Wednesday in Bhubaneswar.With...

ICC bans UAE players Naveed and Shaiman for eight years each

March 16, 2021

Dubai [UAE], March 16 (ANI): United Arab Emirates (UAE) players Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt on Tuesday were banned from all cricket for eight years each after the ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found them guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.The bans are backdated to 16 October 2019, when they...

Blue Tigers looking forward to international friendlies against Oman and UAE

March 16, 2021

New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The 27-member Indian senior national football squad which landed in Dubai on Sunday for the forthcoming back to back international friendlies against Oman (March 25) and UAE (March 29) have settled down, and are focussing on the priorities ahead.The entire squad had a meeting...

All England Open 2021: All eyes on Sindhu, Srikanth

March 16, 2021

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 16 (ANI): The All England Open is the oldest badminton tournament in the world and also one of the most prestigious. It has been the venue for some of the most iconic moments in badminton including the victory run by India's very own Prakash Padukone in...

Last two games have been more like us: Robertson wants Liverpool to ‘carry on’ with winning momentum

March 16, 2021

Wolverhampton [UK], March 16 (ANI): Liverpool's Andrew Robertson is pleased with the team's back-to-back victories and said that the "last two games have been more like us."Liverpool defeated RB Leipzig in the Champions League before registering a hard-fought 1-0 win over Wolves in the Premier League on Tuesday. Robertson's side...

Zim vs Afg: Mujeeb, Naib wait for ‘visa issue’ to be sorted before joining T20 squad

March 16, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 16 (ANI): Spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, fast bowler Hamid Hassan and all-rounder Gulbadin Naib are among the five Afghanistan cricketers who are awaiting the "visa issue" to get resolved so that they can join the squad for the upcoming T20I series against Zimbabwe.Afghanistan and Zimbabwe will lock...

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