NEW YORK: Charter flights to ferry US Open tennis players and limited entourages from Europe, South America and the Middle East to New York. Negative Covid-19 tests before traveling. Centralised housing. Daily temperature checks. No spectators. Fewer on-court officials. No locker-room access on practice days. All are among the scenarios being considered for the 2020 […]
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COLOMBO: A select group of Sri Lanka cricketers, mainly bowlers, will return to training on Monday, amid efforts to restart the game after the coronavirus shutdown, the cricket board said on Sunday. Cricket came to a halt on March 13 when the visiting England team pulled out on the second day of a four-day practice […]
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LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board will step up plans to restart the sport behind closed doors after the British government gave the green light to return to action. British government officials have confirmed cricket and other sports will be able to resume from Monday after the publication of health and safety guidelines designed […]
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board is currently working on various options to bring limited overs cricket to Pakistan this year as both World T20 and Asia Cup are unlikely to go ahead this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. learned through reliable sources that the PCB working on a plan to stage limited overs […]
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The national team’s bowling coach and former fast bowling legend, Waqar Younis, has called on Shahid Afridi and Gautam Gambhir to end their social media war, and for India and Pakistan to resume playing cricket. After being fierce on-field rivals, Pakistan’s Afridi and former Indian opener Gambhir have become involved in heated social media exchanges […]
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AGRA: A deadly thunderstorm that rolled across parts of northern India damaged sections of the Taj Mahal complex, including the main gate and a railing running below its five lofty domes, officials said on Sunday. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, India’s top tourist attraction has been shut since mid-March as part […]
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WASHINGTON: Most Americans do not want their government to take steps to curb online misinformation as they fear it could limit their freedoms, noted a report released by a US think tank this week. The report, a summary of various recent surveys on social media outlets, also found that Americans were more open to tech […]
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RIYADH: Mask-clad worshippers flocked to Saudi mosques that reopened nationwide on Sunday, except in the holy city of Makkah, more than two months after congregational prayers were halted under a coronavirus-triggered lockdown. Complying with stringent social distancing rules, worshippers kept a minimum distance of two metres between them as many voiced elation over the government […]
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Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protesters again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality. With the Trump administration branding instigators of six nights of rioting as domestic terrorists, there were more confrontations between protesters […]
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CAPE CANAVERAL: Just under 19 hours after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, marking the first US space capsule to do so with a crew since 2011. The launch on Saturday by SpaceX, the private rocket company […]
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