Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka, plagued by suspension of players due to breaching of Covid-19 protocol and injury withdrawals, are an unknown side that the Indian team here hasn’t yet planned against, ahead of…
By Khurram Habib New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India and Pakistan are set to play again in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a region that has hosted eye-ball grabbing, crazily oscillating matches in the 1980s…
Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Batsman Lahiru Udara, pace bowler Shiran Fernando and all-rounder Ishan Jayaratne – who are all uncapped — have been included in a 25-member Sri Lanka squad for the six-match limited-overs series…
Mumbai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day before their departure to Tokyo for the Olympic Games, the men’s hockey team, the men’s double pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, and gymnast Pranati Nayak had their…
Durham, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India may have to summon batsman KL Rahul for wicket-keeping duties in a three-day warm-up match against a County XI, beginning here on July 20, if Rishabh Pant doesn’t return negative…
Tokyo, July 16 (IOANS) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, India’s lone contestant in weightlifting and a top medal contender in women’s 49kg, reached Tokyo on Friday and settled down in the Olympic Village. Mirabai, who had a…
Mumbai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has signed in Sports For All (SFA), a fully integrated digital plus on-ground multi-sport platform, as Official Partner of the Indian Olympic contingent for Tokyo Olympics…
New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s second-highest ranked singles tennis player Sumit Nagal on Friday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after the organisers lowered the cut-off due to a spate of withdrawals. The 23-year-old Nagal,…
Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka, plagued by suspension of players due to breaching of Covid-19 protocol and injury withdrawals, are an unknown side that the Indian team here hasn’t yet planned against ahead of…
Mumbai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed hockey teams to expand their squads to 18 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the same consideration is not given to goalkeepers. The IOC…
Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka, plagued by suspension of players due to breaching of Covid-19 protocol and injury withdrawals, are an unknown quantity that the Indian team here hasn’t yet planned against for the…
Sydney, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) confirmed on Friday that tennis player Alex De Minaur has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. As Australia’s top-ranked men’s player,…
Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ahead of Sunday’s tour opening ODI, the Indian limited-overs team vice-captain and new-ball bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has termed the Sri Lankan team an unknown quantity that they haven’t yet planned against….
By Arun Lakshman Chennai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Padmashri V. Baskaran was the captain when India last won a gold medal in hockey at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. A highly skilled left-half in his…
New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has roped in Sports For All (SFA) as the official partner of the Indian Olympic contingent for the Tokyo Olympics. Founded in 2015, SFA has…
Mumbai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Though the Covid-19 regulations for team sports at the Olympics specify disqualification of a team if three or more players test positive for Covid-19, the international hockey federation (FIH) on Friday…
Hyderabad, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Super League (ISL) side Hyderabad FC (HFC) have retained Brazilian midfielder Joao Victor, who signed a two-year extension on Friday till the end of the 2022/23 campaign. The 32-year-old was…
Colombo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Top Sri Lankan cricketer Kusal Perera has been ruled out of the white-ball series against the Shikhar Dhawan-led India due to a right-shoulder sprain, according to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on…
Dubai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) India and Pakistan have been drawn together in Super 12, or the second stage, of the men’s T20 World Cup as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the groups…
Osaka, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) A Ugandan weightlifter, who was training in western Japan ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympics next Friday, has gone missing. Yahoo Japan reported on Friday that the authorities are…