Coronavirus hits cricketers hard, all eyes on IPL now

07 May 2020 01:37 AM IST

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, sports, especially cricket, have come to an unprecedented standstill. Leagues have been postponed indefinitely, or in the worst cases, called off. Earlier this year, both the semi-finals and finals of the Pakistan Super League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league, were postponed. Later ‘The Hundred’, a dream

Will corona tsunami engulf world sports?

06 May 2020 01:56 AM IST

With steep rise in coronavirus cases, there has been massive disruption in the sporting calendar worldwide this year.

Ashwin is best off-spinner currently: Harbhajan Singh

06 May 2020 01:52 AM IST

Ace spinner Harbhajan Singh has called Ravichandran Ashwin the best offspinner who is playing the game currently. He also said that there is no jealousy between him and Ashwin. The India spinner was doing an Instagram Live session with Ashwin and it was then that Harbhajan complimented the fellow off-spinner.

Messi deserved Ballon D’Or award, says Jaap Stam

06 May 2020 01:49 AM IST

Former footballer Jaap Stam believes that it was the “right decision” to hand Barcelona’s Lionel Messi the Ballon d’Or in 2019 ahead of Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk. “Normally a defender is underestimated and people don’t think a lot about them. I think nowadays it is becoming better and people appreciate

‘Post lockdown, we need a month to get back in shape’

05 May 2020 02:10 AM IST

Cricket, IPL, World Cup can wait, says ace spinner Piyush Chawla.

Top athletes can resume practice by month end: Rijiju

05 May 2020 02:03 AM IST

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that elite athletes can return to their rigorous training for events, including the Tokyo Olympics, by the end of the month since they have not been included in the list of activities allowed yet. Speaking in a webinar organised by the FICCI sports committee

Potential effects of lockdown on cricketers

04 May 2020 02:18 AM IST

We must not rush our cricketers into international tournaments; they must first play a full season of domestic cricket and only then restart playing for the national team.

Spinners bat for bouncer rule to combat switch hits

04 May 2020 02:15 AM IST

When batsmen are allowed to switch hit the ball for a six, would bowlers be wrong in demanding to be allowed a variation of their own? Like bowl a bouncer to dissuade batsmen? The iTV Network’s panel of three spinners–Amit Mishra, Danish Kaneria and Monty Panesar–said spinners will bowl bouncers

Corona pauses India’s plan for Olympic glory

02 May 2020 07:11 AM IST

With sportspersons keen to better their London Olympics show in Tokyo, coaches say they will be in top form in a month’s time after lockdown’s lifted.

2021 Commonwealth Youth Games deferred

02 May 2020 07:10 AM IST

To avoid clashes between the games, Commonwealth Youth Games 2021 will be postponed possibly to 2023 as Tokyo Olympics are being postponed to next year, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced on Friday. The event was earlier scheduled to take place From August 1 to 7, 2021 in Trinidad and

Becker Lauds Roger for ‘Merger’ ID

02 May 2020 07:00 AM IST

Boris Becker, Six-time Grand Slam champion backed Roger Federer’s idea regarding the merger of men’s and women’s tennis governing bodies. “Roger Federer started the ball rolling with his splendid idea of joining forces and I think (Rafael) Nadal agrees. Not every top guy agrees, that’s fine, but I think Federer,

Contact sports will have issues post Covid: Azhar

01 May 2020 07:11 AM IST

Former Team India captain Mohammad Azharuddin spoke to The Daily Guardian on battling coronavirus and if the pandemic will change the nature of sports. Q: How has lockdown been for you? A: We have to help ourselves and each other. Humanity comes into play at this time. Q: How are