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Saina Nehwal has consented to participating in the Thomas and Uber Cup in Denmark.© AFP Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday raised safety concerns over conducting the Thomas and Uber Cup in Denmark amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nehwal said seven countries have already withdrawn from the tournament that is scheduled from October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark. Taking to Twitter Nehwal wrote, “7 countries have withdrawn from tournament cause of the pandemic…Is it safe enough to conduct this tournament during this time ??… (Thomas and Uber Cup 2020) #coronavirus.” India’s Uber Cup squad will be bolstered by the presence of both Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu after the latter consented to her availability at the insistence of BAIContinue Reading

David Bedingham fired in a quick throw, after fumbling the ball initially.© Twitter Leicestershire skipper Colin Ackermann was forced to walk back early to the pavilion, following an excellent throw by opposition wicketkeeper David Bedingham in England’s T20 league, the Vitality Blast. The dismissal was captured in a video posted on Twitter by the league’s official handle. “Incredible arm for this run out by David Bedingham. Would you have tried to take a single there?” the caption on the post read. Ackermann attempted a quick single, after missing the ball with Bedingham fumbling initially. However, the wicketkeeper soon recovered composure firing in a quick throw, with the ball going on to hit the stumps before the batsman could make the crease.Continue Reading

Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are likely to bat in the top order for CSK.© Chennai Super Kings/Instagram Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had to take extra precautions in the lead-up to the 13th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a spate of COVID-19-positive cases that affected their camp. Two players and several members of the support staff were found COVID-positive and that resulted in an extended quarantine for the whole camp. Therefore, there’s no room for complacency even while posing for photo shoots as Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson showed by maintain a “duo arm distance” from one another. CSK posted a picture showing Watson and du Plessis making an elbow-bump and smiling for theContinue Reading

Jamie Vardy scored twice from the spot in the last 16 minutes as Leicester beat West Brom 3-0.© AFP Leicester bounced back from a disappointing end to last season to get their new campaign off to a winning start as Jamie Vardy scored two penalties in a 3-0 win at West Brom. Belgian international Timothy Castagne opened the scoring on his debut as West Brom were given a harsh lesson on the step up in quality they face on their return to the Premier League. Leicester won just two of their last 10 games to miss out on a place in the Champions League on the last day of last season and Brendan Rodgers had voiced his frustration at aContinue Reading

Rashid Khan said he will focus on fitness during his quarantine period in the UAE.© Instagram After landing in the UAE to join the SunRisers Hyderabad squad ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Afghanistan stars Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan have said that they will focus on fitness during their mandatory six-day quarantine. Nabi and Rashid are coming from the Caribbean islands as they were representing St Lucia Zouks and Barbados Tridents in the now concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Both Rashid and Nabi will now be confined to their hotel room for six days as they undergo quarantine as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus. If the players return with three negative COVID-19 tests in this timeContinue Reading

ICC has charged the two cricketers on five counts of the anti-corruption code.© AFP Two United Arab Emirates (UAE) players, Amir Hayat and Ashfaq Ahmed, have been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with five counts of breaching ICC’s anti-corruption code. The players have been provisionally suspended with immediate effect, the ICC said in a media release on Sunday. Ashfaq was suspended by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) as well during the Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier in October last year. However, no charges have been brought upon the cricketer. Both players have been charged with the following breaches of the code:  Article 2.1.3 – Seeking, accepting, offering or agreeing to accept any bribe or other Reward to: (a) fixContinue Reading

KKR posted pictures of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine on their official Twitter handle.© Twitter Kolkata Knight Riders’ West Indian stars Andre Russell and Sunil Narine reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the IPL franchise welcoming them on Twitter on Sunday. KKR’s star duo arrived from the Caribbean a week before the start of IPL 2020, having taken part in the recently-concluded Caribbean Premier League. KKR posted pictures of the two on their official Twitter handle. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine will be in quarantine for at least six days before joining the squad for training. #CantKeepCalmhave arrived from the Caribbean!@Russell12A @SunilPNarine74#KKRHaiTaiyaar #Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/Udq9kaX0ab — KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) September 13, 2020 It is another shot in the arm for KolkataContinue Reading

Naomi Osaka won her third career Grand Slam title on Sunday.© Instagram Japan’s Naomi Osaka, who won the US Open title, wore a jersey of late former Basketball player Kobe Bryant during her post-match press conference. “After winning the 2020 #USOpen title, @naomiosaka wore a Kobe Bryant jersey in her post-match pressers,” US Open tweeted. US Open also tweeted a video of the press conference in which the tennis player said: “I just want to be the type of person that he thought I was going to be. He thought I was going to be great, so hopefully, I will be great in the future.” In January this year, Bryant, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were killed when aContinue Reading

McGregor held the UFC title for featherweights from 2015 to 2016 and lightweights from 2016 to 2018.© AFP Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor has been taken into police custody in Corsica on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure, the prosecutor’s office said on Saturday. “Following a complaint filed on September 10 denouncing acts that could be described as attempted sexual assault and sexual exhibition, Mr Conor Anthony Mac Gregor (sic) was the subject of a hearing by the gendarmerie services,” wrote the prosecutor’s office in a statement sent to AFP. The statement gave no details of the alleged offences committed by the 32-year-old McGregor. McGregor, an icon of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), who goes byContinue Reading

I regretfully must withdraw from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia due to an Achilles strain: Williams.© AFP Serena Williams withdrew from the WTA clay-court tournament that begins Monday in Rome due to a left Achilles tendon injury sustained in her US Open semi-final defeat, the tour announced Saturday. Williams, chasing her record-tying 24th Grand Slam single crown, lost to Victoria Azarenka in three sets on Thursday on the Arthur Ashe Stadium hardcourt. The former world number one, a four-time Rome champion, joins 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu and two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova in skipping the tuneup for the French Open, which begins on September 27. “I regretfully must withdraw from the Internazionali BNL d’Italia due to an Achilles strain,” WilliamsContinue Reading