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…
Bengaluru, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Indian hockey captain Bharat Chettri has said that the country had fielded a good team at the 2012 London Olympics but unfortunately it failed to put up a good performance,…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) During his school days, he used to have unlimited meals only after a race when the coach/manager took the boys to a hotel for lunch. “Otherwise, it was…
Sydney, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australian all-rounder Daniel Sams has said that he doesn’t regret missing out on his side’s white-ball tour to the West Indies, as he was finding life inside the bio-bubble tough to…
Chennai, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Attacking midfielder Rafael Crivellaro on Friday extended his stay at Indian Super League (ISL) side Chennaiyin FC (CFC) on a multi-year contract. The 32-year-old Brazilian, who captained the two-time ISL champions…
London, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six-time Grand Slam champion Sania Mirza’s video of her donning the new Indian Olympic team kit has become a hit on Instagram, grossing thousands of likes from fans and followers across…
Mangaluru, (Karnataka) July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dhanalakshmi S and Shubha V, from Alva’s College here, have confirmed their place in the 4x400m mixed relay event at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23. The inclusion of the…
London, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Youngsters James Bracey and Haseeb Hameed were amongst the 14-member squad for the County Select XI to face India next week in a three-day match at Durham. The squad will be…
By Ajai Masand New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) At 16, Deepika Kumari had established herself as the country’s ace recurve archer, winning gold in individual and team events at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New…
Johannesburg, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former South African pacer Roger Telemachus has said that during his playing days, his countrys cricket was controlled by a group of white players, who were referred to as ‘big five’….
London, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive, Tom Harrison has said that cricket will have to learn to live with the Covid-19 virus or else it risks compromising on the…
By Ajai Masand New Delhi, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian archery is finding its feet after a long time and two of the best exponents in the sport, Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das, are at the…
North Sound (Antigua), July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kyshona Knight made a maiden half-century for West Indies Women but the home team lost to Pakistan Women for the first time in the series, going down by four…
By Yajurvindra Singh In the silent and watchful year, 2020, people around the world were focussed on only one mission and that was to battle the dreaded Covid-19 epidemic. The virus that conquered the length…
Nottingham, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) England’s white-ball skipper Eoin Morgan has indicated that he is prepared to give fringe players opportunities in the three-match T20I series against Pakistan in order to fine-tune the squad for the…
Tokyo, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, has ended the uncertainty over his Olympics participation, confirming on Friday that he would be boarding the flight to Tokyo. In a…
Luz Ardiden (France), July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Overall leader Tadej Pogacar won Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday to further extend his lead in the prestigious cycling race. This was Pogacar’s third stage…
Tokyo, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) An overseas athlete has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games, organisers said on Thursday. The Tokyo 2020 organising committee said that the athlete, who…
Rome, July 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italy’s victory in the UEFA Euro 2020 football championship final on Sunday is likely to add 0.7 percent to the country’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year, local economists…