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There is a 9 out of 10 chance that India will make the trip Down Under for a four-Test series later this year, Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts said trying to downplay the uncertainty triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. CA is currently under a lot of financial stress and is desperate to have the India series, which will fill its coffers with AUD 300 million from broadcast rights after it had to cut costs due to the pandemic. The series is scheduled

The 2020 edition of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia is all set to be postponed. It will not be held in the October-November window, as scheduled, and an official announcement on these lines can be expected in the coming week. The question that cricket https://www.sportsmonks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/450x216_SWING_INTO_GOLF_banner133539421103193450-1.webpistrators, especially those who oversee the affairs at the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the host board Cricket Australia, are looking to answer right now is: When can this edition of the T20 World Cup be held next?Three options are in discussion right

Ronaldo Nazario has topped a list of the highest goalscorers in football history before the age of 21. The Brazilian exploded onto the scene with Cruzeiro in 1994 before making his way to Europe with PSV when he caught the eye of Europe's elite. In 185 appearances, he managed to net 167 goals for his clubs and the Brazilian national team. For context, Neymar comes in second place and played 42 games more while scoring 27 goals less. Check out the entire top ten below. 10.)

The 32-year-old Barcelona captain has had a heated rivalry with Juventus superstar Ronaldo on the field. When Messi was asked if he would pass to the 35-year-old Portuguese superstar, he admitted that he would eventually do so. "I guess so, in the end, yes," he told Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Ronaldo, who turned 35 in February, has been in fine goalscoring form as he has taken his tally to 25 in 32 appearances this season. And the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star

There is no better time for football fans to pick a Bundesliga club to support during the remaining eight rounds of the 2019/20 season. As top-level action returned to television screens, many fans, who may not have followed German football, found themselves drawn to Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. For supporters in Southeast Asia, who are more accustomed to cheering on teams like Johor Darul Ta'zim, Muangthong United and Tampines Rovers, it may not be immediately clear which team to support. Here to

Fast bowling great Michael Holding has alleged misuse of half a million US dollars that BCCI donated to Cricket West Indies besides raising serious questions on the financial management of the game's governing body in the island nations. On a YouTube show, Holding displayed the audit report of Pannell Kerr Foster (PKF) on cricket governance in the Caribbean and raised several red flags. He also touched upon the donation CWI received from the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for the benefit of its former

The German women’s championship will resume behind closed doors on May 29, the country’s football federation announced on Wednesday, after a suspension of almost three months due to the coronavirus. The men’s season resumed last weekend, also without fans and under strict health measures designed to minimise the threat from the virus. “I am very happy that the Bundesliga’s women’s clubs have come out in favour of the continuation of the season,” said DFB president Fritz Keller. “It’s precisely this unity that we

In words that would be music to all the fans and stakeholders in Indian cricket, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri on Wednesday said that plans are on to hold IPL-13, which has been postponed indefinitely because of Covid-19, with Indian and international players post monsoon season. The BCCI is banking heavily on the International Cricket Council (ICC) postponing the T20 World Cup in Australia, scheduled to be held from October 18 to November 15. "More people watched the IPL last year than those who

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) has decided to complete the Amir Cup for the current season. The QFA decision was conveyed to the clubs provided the dates of the remaining two phases are determined later. The competition stopped after the end of the quarter-finals while the semis and and final were scheduled to be held when coronavirus outbreak happened. Al Sadd meets Al Duhail and Al Arabi with Al Markhiya in the semifinals. Amir Cup is the season-ending tournament and was supposed to

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach says the Tokyo Games would have to be scrapped if the event cannot be held next year due to the COVID-19 crisis. In March, the IOC and Japanese government took the unprecedented decision to delay the Games, which had been due to start in July, for a year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. However, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said the multi-sports event cannot take place in 2021 unless the virus is contained and Bach said

Germany's Bundesliga became the first top European league to restart at the weekend with leaders Bayern Munich staying four points clear following a 2-0 win at Union Berlin behind closed doors. After a two-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, draconian hygiene measures were enforced at all nine matches. The players are being regularly tested for the virus and substitutes wore face masks while sitting spaced out on the benches. The games took place without fans with the players' voices audible inside the

Barbershops and salons remain closed in most parts of India despite an easing of lockdown restrictions, which might explain why legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar played hairstylist for son Arjun. Taking to Instagram, the batsman showed off his skills with a comb and scissors, trimming his 20-year-old son’s hair with the help of “hair salon assistant” — daughter Sara. He used a trimmer to complete the hairstyle and the video got over 3 million views in less than 24 hours. Posting the video, the cricketer wrote,

The coronavirus has made footballers cheap. At ProFootballDB, we have decided to see how much the value of individual players has been affected by the virus. Kylian Mbappe is the most valuable player while Neymar has been the most affected. There are more and more transfer stories these days and they are all about swap deals rather than multi-million euro signings due to the coronavirus crisis. Clubs have less money, but the players are also less valuable and at ProFootballDB we have decided to measure it.

The former Red Devils winger says that a fellow Portuguese would admit to having transfer thoughts long before a big-money deal was done Cristiano Ronaldo dropped hints about leaving Manchester United long before a record-breaking move to Real Madrid was pushed through, former team-mate Nani has revealed. The Portuguese superstar was snapped up by the Red Devils from Sporting in the summer of 2003. Six memorable years would be spent at Old Trafford, with a five-time Ballon d’Or winner collecting the first of his Golden Balls while in England – along with three

Actor Anushka Sharma took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video of her husband, cricketer Virat Kohli, pretending to be a dinosaur. Anushka captioned the post, “I spotted .... A Dinosaur on the loose.” In the video, Virat is seen entering the room, holding his arms near his chest and walking in an animated manner. He stops, turns to the camera, and lets out a screech. The post has been ‘liked’ nearly a million times. Anushka’s brother and producing partner Karnesh Ssharma wrote in the

One player and two staff at Watford and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan are among six positive Premier League tests for coronavirus. The other two are at a third club, the details of which have not been revealed. Players and staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for seven days. It comes as squads started non-contact training on Tuesday, as the Premier League steps up plans for a restart. A total of 748 players and staff from 19 clubs were tested. Norwich City did

With the Bundesliga back under way and with our brains reprogrammed solely onto German football for the time being, it may be simple for the new fans among us to assume that it's just Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund who have historically dominated the league in recent times. And to be honest, that's often fairly accurate...but occasionally, an underdog has come along and upset the status quo. It could even happen this campaign with Mönchengladbach and RB Leipzig in hot pursuit of the top

Bremen (Germany), May 19 Bayer Leverkusen cruised past Werder Bremen 4-1 as the Bundesliga completed its first full round of games on Monday after resuming competition. German soccer has so far avoided major pitfalls in three days of games following a two-month suspension for the coronavirus pandemic. Some of Leverkusen''s players clustered together after scoring in Werder''s empty stadium, rather than opting for the league''s recommended celebrations of minimal physical contact. Werder was without one player who was isolating at home after someone

Football is back and fans who have been starved of watching any live sport, can finally tune into their TV sets, grab a bowl of popcorn, and enjoy some live football action courtesy Bundesliga, the German football league. For a couple of months, fans and sport stars have been keeping themselves entertained through home videos and it is quite a coincidence that arguably the best football home video comes at a time when the actual sport is back live on television. A cat has

Top-flight football returned for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic brought the sporting calendar to a grinding halt across the globe. The Bundesliga returned in Germany in empty stadiums as sport-starved fans got a taste of what the future of sport would be like in the wake of the pandemic. Some of the big names, including leaders Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, were in action on the weekend of the league's restart. The games were played in front of empty stands in