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New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has said, "the World Test Championship has made Test cricket interesting & brought excitement in it."
The two teams are possibly to gather in Mumbai for a two-week quarantine on 19 May, although there were talks and supposition on Monday that the cyclone on the west coast may lag their arrival.
India Test opener Shiv Sundar Das has appointed batting coach. The England tour of the Indian women's team, led by newly appointed head coach Ramesh Powar, will begin on 16 June.
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Barcelona is the first club in Spain to win the WCL title. So far, it was dominated by seven-time champion Leon.
Australia's Michael Clarke has said, "he didn't think anybody should be surprised by Bancroft saying that more people knew in the team than the three who were eventually implicated and banned."
Lionel Messi's Barcelona are eliminated from the league title race due to a 2–1 loss to Celta Vigo. Atlético need a win in the final round to win the title, while Real Madrid will have to pray for Atletico's defeat.
"England and Sussex seamer Jofra Archer has been ruled out of the LV Insurance Test Series against New Zealand starting next month," the ECB said.
The 34-year-old who is known as 'King of Clay' won the Italian Open Tennis Tournament title by defeating the defending champion Novak Djokovic.
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Paine recently received trolling from fans for saying that the India are good at niggling & distracting others his team during the 2020/21 Test series.
Cricket Australia (CA) said it is open to new information on the 2018 ball-tampering scandal after Cameron Bancroft, who was at the centre of the incident, indicated that the bowlers were aware of the changes being made to the ball.
Rafael Nadal defeated Reilly Opelka of America 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets to enter the final of the Italian Open for the 12th time.
The Leicester's midfielder goal helped them to win their first-ever FA Cup finals at Wembley Stadium after losing four times in history.
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Vishwanathan Anand and other players have raised nearly Rs 37 lakh for India's fight against the corona pandemic by playing online exhibition matches.
Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj tweeted and congratulated the people on his behalf on the occasion of Eid. Siraj also mentioned the pain of his father's absence in his tweet.
FC Real Madrid kept the pressure on Atlético Madrid after beating Granada 4–1 in the Spanish Football League La Liga at the Nuevo Los Cármenes. They are now only two points behind Atletico.
Neetu David's selection committee and Madan Lal's CAC have come under the scanner of the BCCI after former opener WV Raman stepped down as the head coach of the Indian women's team.
BCCI has announced two teams for the tour of England. They will play one Test, three ODIs, and three T20 Internationals against the host.
Borussia Dortmund beat RB Leipzig 4-1 in the German Cup final for their fifth title in the event. The match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
"I hope the final will be a symbol of hope at the re-emergence of Europe from a difficult period and that the fans who travel to the game will once again be able to lend their voices to showcase this final as the best in the club football," says Ceferin.
The game has been moved from Turkey to the Portuguese city of Porto because of covid-19 restrictions. The UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement, "To deprive supporters of the chance to see the match in person was not an option and I am delighted that this compromise has been found".
Atletico have reached 80 points in 36 matches, four more than second-placed Barcelona and five points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid. They strengthened their hopes of becoming champions by defeating Real Sociedad 2–1.
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After Paine's statement, he is being trolled a lot on social media platforms. Australian Sports Journalist Brent Costelloe shared some screenshots of similar trolling. Replying to this tweet, Tim Paine wrote, 'I like their passion Brent, most of it I deserve.'
"India's 2-1 win over Australia and 3-1 win over England over the past year and New Zealand's 2-0 series wins over the West Indies and Pakistan have helped them keep ahead of the pack," said the ICC.
Gavaskar wrote in his column for Sportstar, “The standout team Delhi Capitals under young Rishabh Pant. By the sixth game, one could see that he was getting tired of being asked about being captain.
Barcelona were ahead 2–0 and then 3–2 at one time, but could not maintain their lead, while each of their players was well aware that the victory would lead their team to the top.
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav talked about his bad form said that he is missing Dhoni's advice. He has felt bad that he was not even included in the team selected for the finals of the World Championship.
"Our fast bowling unit is a great package where everyone works really hard while also understanding the other counterparts really well", Shami said.
Many cricketers have already started to express their views about this match. Former wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel told Star Sports, "I think it looks a really strong squad. If you want to compare India and New Zealand squad, we have covered all the bases".
"My biggest inspiration was Bhaichung bhai and Renedy Singh, especially Renedy bhai. Whenever I spoke to him there was never a dull moment. He always used to talk about giving back to the people, giving back to the society," Nirmal said.
Team India will tour England for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand as well as five Test matches against England, and after that team will visit Sri Lanka for The tour has been confirmed by Sourav Ganguly, Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket.
The havoc caused by the deadly coronavirus has frightened many as people are losing their loved ones and are feeling helpless. In this situation, the covid vaccine is a ray of hope that is making people strong enough to avoid or fight the virus.
Zverev made a tremendous comeback after losing the first set against number nine Italy's Matteo Berrettini in the final, winning 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 to win his second trophy of the season. In his title journey, Zverev defeated three players in the top ten.
"Sun TV Network is donating a sum of Rs.30 crores to provide relief to those affected by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be spent on several initiatives currently underway at various states of India.
"Our IPL players, along with the West Indians who were part of the TV production, are now safely back in the Caribbean. We are grateful to the BCCI and IPL Franchises for arranging their safe travel back to the Caribbean so quickly," the CWI tweeted on Sunday.
"India is supposed to go to Sri Lanka for three ODIs and five T20Is. There are lots of organizational hazards like 14-day quarantine. It [the IPL] can't happen in India [either]. This quarantine is tough to handle; too early to say how we can find a slot to complete the IPL", BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said.
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Diego Carlos' goal gained a point for Real Madrid against Sevilla as the defending champions were denied top spot in La Liga.
The 57-year old West Indies cricketer Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose described his words, "He is (going to take more than 400 Test wickets) as long as he can remain healthy, fit and play long enough.
Ronald Araujo says Barcelona will “fight until the end” to be crowned La Liga champions after Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Atletico at the Camp Nou.
Maharaj Kaushik is a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal winning Indian team, lost battle to covid-19 on Saturday evening at a city hospital.
Bayern top the points table by seven points from second-placed Leipzig with only two games left for Leipzig, reports DPA.
Hockey fraternity Pillai, Harendra took to twitter to share their grief on demise of Hockey Olympian Ravinder Pal Singh, who died of Covid-related symptoms in Lucknow on Saturday morning.
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Olympian Ravinder Pal Singh is the member of Indian team that won historic gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. He also represented the country at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
After a cameo win against Valencia and a full week of preparation in sunny Catalonia, Barcelona back to action for their game of the campaign, a season La Liga clash with Atlético Madrid at GSOE.
The Goa completed third in the Group E. They have three draws and three losses and could not clear it to the Round-of-16.
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