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World-record sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has tested positive for the coronavirus and is self-isolating at his home in Jamaica after last week celebrating his 34th birthday with a big bash mask-free. Jamaica’s health ministry confirmed late on Monday that Bolt, who holds world records in the […]

Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday gave a stern warning to his RCB teammates regarding breaching the bio-secure protocols in the UAE during the course of the Indian Premier League tournament. The IPL is set to begin next month and the players will be placed under a bio-secure bubble for the entire […]

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza tied the knot with Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik in 2010. Mirza, who made a name for herself in both singles and doubles recently spoke about her equation with the former Pakistan captain, before the two got married, in a Facebook chat with Sportskeeda. “Our relationship […]

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be used from the quarter-final stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League, Asia’s soccer governing body said on Monday. The technology was first used in Asian soccer last year from the last-eight stage of the AFC Asian Cup, which was held in the […]

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly started his Indian Premier League career as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders franchise in 2008. Playing at Eden Gardens in front of his home fans, the left-hander was one of the major faces of the franchise at the start of IPL. But unfortunately, KKR got off to […]

Former Australia captain and batting legend Ricky Ponting believes that there was a stark difference in leadership skills between him and former India captain MS Dhoni. Ponting, during his time as Australia skipper, led his team to back-to-back ODI World Cup wins. Dhoni, on the other hand, went on to become the only captain to win […]

There was no goal or scoring record for Robert Lewandowski, but the Polish striker got to lift the Champions League trophy for the first time. Lewandowski capped his spectacular season by winning his maiden European title after Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at the Stadium of Light on Sunday. […]

In terms of balance, skills, ability and temperament – the current Test side under Virat Kohli is the ‘best-ever Indian team,’ feels legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Under Kohli’s captaincy, India reached the top of ICC Test rankings and the team is currently at number one spot in the World Test Championship standings. The […]

The biggest conundrum heading into the 2019 Cricket World Cup was the no.4 spot. India had tried several batsmen in that position before 2019, with no one able to stamp his authority. Only one player was given an extended run in the position and it was Ambati Rayudu. He was […]

Former India fast bowler RP Singh recalled an instance from the first-ever T20 World Cup which convinced him of MS Dhoni’s strategic acumen. Singh, who is considered one of Dhoni’s closest friends in the cricketing circuit, was an integral part of the tournament in South Africa which India won. Even […]

Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni announced their retirement from international cricket on India’s 74th Independence Day. After a trophy-laden career, both players decided to call it quits. Both players played an important part in India’s triumph at the 2011 Cricket World Cup as Dhoni was the captain and Raina played crucial knocks in important […]

When the Indian Premier League was started in 2008 by the BCCI, one of the biggest craze was to see which Indian player goes on to represent which franchise. The fact that most of the Indian legends belonged to one of the cities that a franchise came from, it became […]

Pakistan bowling legend Shoaib Akhtar was known as ‘Rawalpindi Express’ for a reason. Akhtar’s strength on the cricket field was not only his ability to generate huge speed on his deliveries but the execution of it as well. The bounce and line-and-length at which Akhtar would bowl to batsmen would […]

Reigning FedExCup champion Rory McIlroy has been quiet since the PGA Tour’s restart in June but hopes to rekindle some TPC Boston magic at this week’s playoffs opener where Tiger Woods begins what could be a busy five-week stretch. McIlroy has yet to manage a top-10 finish since the PGA […]

Tiger Woods has been careful to manage his schedule to avoid playing too much as he tends to a lower back that has gone through four surgeries.Now the idea is to play as much as he can. “The plan is to play four out of five,” Woods said Wednesday after […]