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ICC has charged 5 players for misconduct after the U19 World Cup final in Potchefstroom, South Africa on Sunday. Among the five players, two are from India, while three are from Bangladesh. Ravi Bishnoi and Akash Singh are the Indian players, while Md. Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Rakibul Hasan are the Bangladesh players who have been booked. "Five players have been found guilty of a Level 3 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Support Personnel … (they) were charged

Qatar will be celebrating its ninth edition of the National Sports Day on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. The National Sports Day has been celebrated across Qatar since 2012 and is an extremely popular day which aims to bring people together in celebration of sports, while encouraging people of all ages to stay fit and active. There will be a number of events happening in Qatar on National Sports Day ranging from athletics, basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, table tennis, boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, karate and judo.

The Kiwi U-19 team displayed yet another "Spirit of Cricket" Act in their U19 fixture against West Indies at Willowmoore Park in South Africa on Wednesday. Doing this, they followed the footsteps of Kane Williamson who himself set an example of the same in the 2019 World Cup final against England which was won by the latter. The Windies middle-order batsman Kirk McKenzie suffered severe cramps in his leg and was forced to retire hurt on 99. But soon he returned in the

The BCCI in their IPL GC meeting announced that the matches in IPL 2020 will begin from 8 pm, like the previous years and that only five double-headers will be played this year. They also announced that no-balls will be decided by television umpires, a move which was welcomed by players and captains after repeated errors by on-field umpires in judging no-balls over the years. The BCCI further announced that concussion substitutes will be allowed in the league starting this year. The board

Kobe Bryant, the NBA Most Valuable Player who had a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died on Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. His daughter Gianna, 13, was also on board and died along with seven others. Kobe Bryant's Death came as a huge shock to his fans when they found out that the champion was aging just 41 on his

New Zealand vs India third T20I will be played today in Hamilton. The hosts are trailing 2-0 in the five-match series and thus this match becomes a must-win for them to stay alive in the series. Team India, on the other hand, are comfortably placed in the series after two back to back wins in the first two games. Meanwhile, the New Zealand vs India third T20I is likely to be affected by rain as per Accuweather. The cloud cover will be somewhat

Russia’s Sergey Bida and Romania’s Ana Maria Popescu won gold medals in the respective men's and women's category at the 2020 Doha Epee Grand Prix. The event which is leading athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, featured 219 male and 176 female international fencers competing at Qatar’s Aspire Dome. In the Men's final event Russia's Bida faced Alexandre Bardenet, winning the event with a 15-6 score. Bardenet beat Italy’s Andrea Santarelli in the semifinal, 15-10, while Bida overcame Japan’s Masaru Yamada, 15-8

India won the second T20I against New Zealand in Auckland by 7 wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. KL Rahul (57) and Shreyas Iyer (44) added 104 runs for the third wicket to anchor the Indian chase. Both the young Indian batsmen have been in good form, which has been on show in the series so far. KL Rahul was adjudged the Man of the Match for his unbeaten knock as well. However, the Ravindra Jadeja-Sanjay Manjrekar twitter banter

The FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar will be the biggest sporting event to be held in the country in recent years. The country, therefore, is already underway with its preparations to make the global event a memorable one. However, like every other host nation, Qatar also has a few problems to tackle in order of the smooth conduct of the event and also make it a historic success. The path to achieve that ambitious goal started five years ago,

Kobe Bryant, the NBA Most Valuable Player who had a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died on Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed and burst into flames in the hills above Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. His daughter Gianna, 13, was also on board and died along with seven others. "The NBA family is devastated by the tragic passing of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

Qatar is all set to host 65 major sporting events in 2020 as per reported by the Peninsular on Thursday, January 23. The events include local, continental and international sporting events which will continue to demonstrate the nation's rise as a sporting powerhouse in the recent past. 65 events to be hosted in 2020 is eight more than the number of events hosted by the nation last year. With the country hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, this year will certainly help enhance

17-year old Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana bowled the fastest delivery in international cricket history after clocking a 175 kmph delivery against India in the U-19 World Cup game in Bloemfontein on Sunday. Resembling an action similar to that of legendary Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga, Pathirana bowled the delivery with almost identical action. This was India's first match in this edition of the tournament, where they are the current defending champions.  The incident happened in the last delivery of the fourth over

Australia recently was hugely affected by a bushfire attack causing grievous injury to the animals and the humans living in and around the area. The bushfires consumed nearly 18 million acres of land, causing thousands to evacuate and killing potentially millions of animals. The Australian state of New South Wales, where both Sydney and Canberra are located, declared a state of emergency this week, as worsening weather conditions could lead to even greater fire danger. The Bushfire Cricket Bash will be played to

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma is all set to feature in Jhulan Goswami's upcoming biopic, tentatively titled as Chakdah Express. The movie will be directed by Prosit Roy who worked with Anushka Sharma earlier in Pari. Anushka was seen to shoot for the same at the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. She looked in the groove for the role as she was shooting donning the Indian jersey and trying to emulate the walking style of the former legendary women's cricketer. The entire

England and South Africa are currently playing four-match Test series which is a part of the World Test Championship. The series is tied at 1-1 after England won the second Test match in Cape Town after the Proteas won the first Test in Centurion. However, the Centurion Test became a highlight for an entirely different reason. England players Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad were involved in a bitter on-field spat which became the talking point of the Test match. The spat happened on

After the incredible success of the recently concluded Qatar T10 League, the Qatar Cricket Association (QCA), led by the Presidency of Yousef Jeham Al Kuwari, is gearing upto stage the Four-nation Twenty20 International Tournament for women from January 16 to 22.  The participating teams are China, Kuwait, Oman and hosts Qatar. The round-robin cum knock-out event will end on January 22 with the third-place play-off and the final of the Four-nation Twenty20 International Tournament will be held at the Asian Town Cricket Stadium,

After dominating the world of cricket in the bygone decade (2010-2019), the Indian cricket team is all set to start a new decade aiming to maintain the domination. Year 2020 will be the first year of a new decade and the Indian cricket team have set their sights on winning the World T20 World Cup in Australia next year, which is the biggest cricketing event of the season. The Virat Kohli led team has been very consistent in the last three to four

The ATP Qatar Exxon Mobil Open 2020, also known as the Qatar Open is all set to be held in Doha from 6th to 11 January 2020. The tournament will see the best of Tennis superstars compete in the tournament for the much-coveted title. It will be the 28th edition of the Qatar Open, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2020 ATP Tour. It will take place at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha. The

South Africa registered their maiden win in the World Test Championship by beating England in the first Test of the four-Test match series in Centurion. A Dale-Steyn less attack humbled their counterparts by 107 runs with Quinton de Kock winning the Man of the Match award for his contribution with the bat (95 & 34) in both the innings. Besides that, he took eight catches in the Test match. Interestingly, this was the sixth straight win for the Proteasin Centurion, while England are