Новости за 24.05.2020

Former Australia cricket captain Mark Taylor has urged the ICC to make a decision in the coming week on whether the men's Twenty20 World Cup will go ahead in Oct. The ICC board is due to meet on May 28 to discuss a number of issues related to the novel coronavirus outbreak and Taylor said he thought they should also address the World Cup scheduled for later this year.

India's sports minister Kiren Rijiju said any decision to allow the IPL to go ahead this year would be taken by the govt, not the BCCI, and would be based on how well the country has contained the novel coronavirus. The IPL was scheduled to start at the end of March but was indefinitely postponed because of the pandemic.

Bayern Munich striker Thomas Mueller expects sparks to fly in Tuesday's behind closed doors, top-of-the-table clash at Borussia Dortmund which could help settle this season's title race.

Olympic ski champion Anna Veith has twice returned to the top from serious knee injuries. A year after blowing out her knee for the third time, the 2014 super-G gold medalist from Austria is leaving the sport.

The US is pushing relations with China to "the brink of a new Cold War", the Chinese foreign minister said, with tensions soaring over coronavirus, Hong Kong's status and other issues. "It has come to our attention that some political forces in the US are taking China-US relations hostage and pushing our two countries to the brink of a new Cold War," he said.

The Spaniard, who will return to the Indianapolis oval for real in August to try to win the 500 and become only the second driver to seal the 'Triple Crown of Motorsport', beat Jenson Button by 0.037 seconds.

The digital space is alive and kicking like never before with sportspersons being the latest entrants since the lockdown was imposed earlier this March. Among the handful of sports which could afford organising online championships is wushu, a form of martial art.

Payments made by applicants for obtaining documents or availing services under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules such as for getting a new driving license or renewing an existing one, learners licence, international driving permit and for undertaking any test on or after February 1 won’t lapse till July 31.

Payments made by applicants for obtaining documents or availing services under the Central Motor Vehicle Rules such new or renewal of driving licence, learners licence, international driving permit and to undertake any test on or after February 1 won’t lapse till July 31.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that La Liga can resume from its coronavirus lockdown in the week of June 8.

A committee comprising the federation and SAI officials expressed satisfaction over the national teams’ performance under the Serbian and his initiative to improve the quality of coaching and fitness among the players in the last one year.

No fans allowed, no saliva on the ball and hand sanitisers on the boundary ropes. Welcome to cricket during coronavirus as it's being played out in the Caribbean this week. Six teams are taking part in the Vincy T10 Premier League at the picturesque Arnos Vale venue near Kingstown, the main city on St Vincent.

The National Cricket Academy recently conducted a web conference of all physios across the country, in which they discussed match data collected by physiotherapists for the last Ranji Trophy season.

No Eid prayers were offered for the second consecutive time in major mosques and shrines of Kashmir as police enforced restrictions in most parts of the valley including Srinagar city, officials said. People preferred to offer Eid prayers at home -- either individually or in small groups comprising family members, the officials said.

In a first for athletes in any sports discipline, the country’s elite boxers and coaching staff staff will be covered by a special Covid-19 health insurance policy during their stay at the national camp. They will be covered by a basic insurance amount of up to Rs 5 lakh. The top-up amount will be anywhere between 50 to 75% of the basic policy cover.

The Chinese virology institute in the city where Covid-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world. Scientists think Covid-19 -- which first emerged in Wuhan and has killed some 340,000 people worldwide -- originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal.

The Tami Nadu government has relaxed the restriction for the 17 industrial estates, including Guindy and Ambattur, in the Greater Chennai police jurisdiction to resume operations with 25% of their total workforce from Monday.

Anita Raaj, who is seen on the television show Choti Sardarni as Kulwant Kaur Dhillon, is fit and fabulous at 57. The actress keeps her fans inspired through her workout videos on social media, and the latest one sees her doing exercises for strength.

A fresh swarm of locusts that has reached Dausa district of Rajasthan is expected to affect 17 districts in Uttar Pradesh, including Agra.

Instead of the articles, photographs or graphics that normally appear on the front page of The New York Times, on Sunday, there is just a list: a long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic. As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States approaches 100,000, a number expected to be reached in the coming days, editors at the Times have been planning how to mark the grim milestone.

The disagreement between the Centre and the Maharashtra government over the date for restart of domestic flight operations is likely to hit thousands of passengers who have already booked tickets.