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Virat Kohli’s India look to avoid first ‘whitewash’ Down Under in 20 years

02 Dec 2020 09:09 AM IST

If Australia, who are leading the three-match series 2-0, win the final match today, it will be the first time they will sweep an ODI series against India at home in two decades. Virat & boys toiling hard as they play for pride

PREGNANT ANUSHKA PERFORMS ‘SHIRSHASANA’ WITH VIRAT’S SUPPORT

02 Dec 2020 08:56 AM IST

Actress Anushka Sharma and her husband, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli, are expecting their first child. On Tuesday, Anushka shared that she is doing yoga regularly even during pregnancy, except the ones restricted by her doctor. Anushka has shared a photograph on her verified Instagram account where she can be

GIANT OLYMPIC RINGS RETURN TO TOKYO BAY

02 Dec 2020 08:33 AM IST

The giant Olympic rings returned to Tokyo Bay on Tuesday four months after being removed for safety and maintenance checks. The Olympic Symbol, which is 32.6 meters wide and 15.3 meters high and weighs 69 tons, was brought back by a salvage barge to Tokyo’s waterfront and reinstalled in the

MANCHESTER CITY KEEPER EDERSON PUTS HAND UP FOR PENALTY DUTY

02 Dec 2020 08:31 AM IST

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson says he is the best penalty taker at the club but that manager Pep Guardiola will not give him the responsibility. City have struggled to find a regular penalty scorer with Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Ilkay Gundogan, Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne all missing from

‘PLAYERS WILL SKIP AUSTRALIAN OPEN IF BLOCKED FROM TRAINING IN QUARANTINE’

02 Dec 2020 08:30 AM IST

Players will skip the Australian Open if they are not allowed to practise during their mandatory two-week quarantine due to the risk of injury, Daniel Vallverdu, who has coached some of the biggest names on the ATP Tour, told Reuters. Tennis Australia (TA) have been in talks with the Victoria

Hard for bowlers to adapt to ODI format: Iyer

02 Dec 2020 08:11 AM IST

Middle-order batsman Shreyas Iyer has admitted that the Indian bowlers have struggled to adapt to the 50-over format from the 20-over format in the first two ODIs against Australia. He, however, added that the workload on bowlers has been immense in recent times. India lost the first two ODI matches

LANGER UNCERTAIN OF WARNER’S FITNESS FOR ADELAIDE TEST

02 Dec 2020 08:08 AM IST

SYDNEY: Australia head coach Justin Langer has stated that he’s not “holding his breath” that opener David Warner will be fit for the first Test of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India. Warner has been ruled out of the remaining white-ball matches against India after injuring his groin during the

IS MESSI AKIN TO MARADONA OFF THE FIELD?

01 Dec 2020 07:39 AM IST

Lionel Messi is the only Argentine to truly live up to being described as the next Diego Maradona so it was little surprise the Barcelona captain should dedicate his goal in Sunday’s 4-0 Liga win over Osasuna to his late compatriot. Argentina’s two iconic players may be contrasting characters but

OLYMPICS: COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES TO COST 0 MILLION

OLYMPICS: COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES TO COST $960 MILLION

01 Dec 2020 07:29 AM IST

Tokyo Games organisers estimate the cost of COVID-19 countermeasures for next year’s rearranged Olympics will run to around 100 billion yen ($960 million), Kyodo News reported on Monday. Japanese media had reported a day earlier that the total costs of delaying the Games for a year would run to 200

KLOPP SAYS LIVERPOOL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS TO ROTATE

01 Dec 2020 07:27 AM IST

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says his mounting injury list ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Ajax Amsterdam means he does not have enough fit players to rotate his squad. The latest player to be sidelined at Anfield is utility man James Milner who suffered a hamstring injury in Saturday’s

Fear of reinjury may be hurting Bumrah: Prabhakar

01 Dec 2020 07:25 AM IST

Jasprit Bumrah’s poor form in ODIs from early this year has continued to chase him in Australia despite his impressive showing for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League T20 over the last couple of months. The right-arm pace bowler has not just failed to pick enough wickets in