Новости за 31.03.2020

Indian women U-17 World Cup football team's Swedish coach Thomas Dennerby will leave for his home country from Goa on Wednesday as the training of the players have been stopped due to the 21-day lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Not lack of medical equipments, beds or adequate testing facilities, but fake news was identified by the Centre on Tuesday as the biggest impediment in fighting Covid-19 pandemic and sought a direction from the SC to media not to indulge in such panic creating activity. The Centre said circulating fake news is categorised as an offence under Disaster Management Act, 2005.

Player salaries for the South African 2020-21 cricket season are safe, but the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic could mean the country's cricketers earn less in the future, Cricket South Africa Acting CEO Jacques Faul has said.

The government has decided not to issue tourist visa to any foreigner who wishes to visit India and take part in Tablighi activities, officials said on Tuesday. The decision has been taken after it was found that about 2,100 foreigners have come to India since January 1 and indulged in Tablighi activities in different parts of the country. Many of them have tested coronavirus positive.

Due to the lockdown, everyone has been indoors and helping their family members with the household chores. Actors, who couldn't do the household duties because of the hectic schedule, have resorted to cooking, cleaning and many unleashing their hidden talents.

Tamil Nadu on Tuesday evening announced that 50 more patients tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number of cases in the state to 124. Earlier in the day, seven people tested positive. Among the 50 patients who tested positive, 45 people had travelled to Delhi to attend a conference conducted by the Tablighi Jamaat.

Former India captain Anil Kumble on Tuesday joined the bandwagon to help India fight the coronavirus pandemic as the legendary leg-spinner made his contributions to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund as well Karnataka Chief Minister's Relief Fund.

Tottenham Hotspur have imposed a 20% pay cut on 550 non-playing staff in April and May due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Delhi police on Tuesday booked Maulana Saad, the cleric who led a huge religious congregation in Nizamuddin West earlier this month under sections of Epidemic Disease Act and other sections of the IPC for violating govt orders on the management of the Markaz in relation to a social, political or religious gathering. The centre had organised the event from March 1-15.

The England Cricket Board (ECB) has banned cricketers from wearing smartwatches on the field of play in all upcoming fixtures, tightening its anti-corruption regulations in the wake of live streaming in county cricket.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Tuesday surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to grab the title of most valued firm by market capitalisation. At close of trade, the market capitalisation (m-cap) of RIL was Rs 7,05,211.81 crore, which was Rs 21,133.32 crore more than that of Tata Consultancy Services' Rs 6,84,078.49 crore valuation on the BSE.

In a big relief to the shuttlers, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has decided to freeze world rankings in the senior and junior categories until further notice. As reported by ToI, last week, the BWF took this decision due to the unprecedented situation across the world.

No play, no pay. This could well be the fate of players, who have signed up for this year's IPL, which has been postponed and seems unlikely to go ahead unless BCCI figures an alternate window later in the year, compromising a few bilateral commitments.

Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested extending the time span of the ICC World Test Championship with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing all cricketing activities to a halt and potentially throwing the international schedule haywire.

Confined to their hostel rooms at NIS Patiala amid the coronavirus-forced lockdown, some athletes, led by star sprinter Hima Das, have requested the sports ministry to allow them to train outdoors within the campus, which is out of bounds for outsiders right now.

The actress tried her hand at it, and made it for herself and hubby Gurmeet Choudhary. The two shared pictures, where they can be seen relishing the drink. Debina called it 'yum and super fun to make'.

Kevin Pietersen, Graham Gooch and Andrew Flintoff are among the England players to feature in Shane Warne's greatest Ashes XI consisting of players he had faced and played with in his illustrious 15-year-career.

Without transport and export options, fish going to waste at Kanyakumari harbour

Amid apprehensions of the substantial spread of Covid-19 after a religions congregation in Nizamuddin left many infected with the virus, the health ministry said it was not the time to find faults but to take action. Twenty-four people who took part in the congregation have tested positive while 700 have been quarantined while 335 have been admitted to hospitals.

Bigg Boss 12 was known for TV actress Dipika Kakar Ibrahim and Sreesanth's inseparable brother-sister bond. They even stayed in touch with each other after coming out of the show and Sreesanth visited her house for dinner with his family.

Now that TV celebs have some free time, they are reliving their good old days through photos and videos. Krushna Abhishek, who is currently seen in The Kapil Sharma show, recently got a still from Govinda mama's old film in which he can be seen holding his leg.

Joint Secretary in Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said 227 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours and he attributed the increase to "lack of people's support and delay in timely detection" of the cases. He further said wherever even a single case of Covid-19 is reported it is as good as a hotspot for the govt who is using cluster containment strategies.

With the covid-19 outbreak bringing the world to a standstill, sporting events across the world have either been postponed or cancelled, and BCCI is now looking at the Oct-Nov window to host the 13th Indian Premier League (IPL). But the move can only be possible if the ICC decides to postpone the men's T20 World Cup that is to be held later in the year.