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NEW DELHI: Top Indian players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma could be left stranded in pandemic-stricken Mumbai when senior players start training again, an official has warned. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) could allow outdoor training as early as next week when a further easing of …

TEHRAN: According to a report, Portugal’s S.L. Benfica is trying to sign with Iranian futsal player Hossein Tayyebi for the next season. According to ZeroZero, Benfica aims to enhance its power with the hiring of the Iranian player. Tayyebi, 31, is under the contract of Kazakhstan’s Kairat Almaty. He also …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named veteran batsman Babar Azam the new One Day International (ODI) cricket captain for Pakistan on Wednesday. The PCB made the disclosure while announcing its list of centrally contracted players. In its press release, the PCB confirmed that the Test and T20I captaincy will …

KARACHI: A cricket museum based in India has bought a bat auctioned by Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali to raise funds for the needy during the ongoing crisis of Covid-19 pandemic. Azhar had put two of his precious belongings — the bat he used to score 302 runs against the …

FIFA says that teams will be allowed up to 5 substitutions per-match as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion amid the coronavirus pandemic, and competitions can also choose to stop using the Video Assistant Referee. The change in the rules from the usual 3 to 5 …

LAHORE: Two Pakistanis competed in the first ever Virtual International Laser run event organized online by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne from May 4 to 7. Overall 50 countries took part in the first edition of the event. From Pakistan, in junior category Sarmad Nawaz Malik competed in Under-19 …

Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) disciplinary panel on Friday released its detailed verdict in batsman Umar Akmal’s case, reiterating that he neither showed remorse nor sought an apology for not reporting that he had been approached to fix a match. Justice (retd) Fazal-e-Miran Chauhan, the panel’s chairman, has imposed a ban …

TEHRAN: FIFA says that an initial meeting has been held to discuss the situation over holding the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup and the final decision will soon be announced. The event was due to be held from September 12 to October 4 in Lithuania, however, the coronavirus outbreak has …

ROME: FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani has said that moving the European soccer season to the calendar year is a ‘possibility to be discussed’ in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic which has brought football to a standstill around the world. In an interview with Italy’s Radio Sportiva, Montagliani said the …

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi on Friday said that he was ready to help the former pacer Shoaib Akhtar and Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) legal advisor Tafazzul Rizvi reach an amicable to end their conflict. Afridi, in a tweet, said: “Shoaib Akhtar was one of Pakistan’s best-ever bowlers and match winners. …