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25 May

Eden Gardens Stadium to be used as a makeshift shelter for Cyclone Yaas

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Yaas, which is expected to make landfall on Wednesday according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), is predicted to hit Kolkata on Wednesday evening with a wind speed of 150 kmph-plus. As a result, thunderstorms and heavy rainfall is forecasted in Kolkata over the next few days due to cyclonic formation in the Bay of Bengal. Several sports clubs and institutions have their tents located in the region around Eden Gardens and neighbouring Maidan area and leaving many of them could be vulnerable and prone to high risk amidst the extreme weather. Therefore as a precautionary measure to deal with…

21 May

Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh shares experience after testing positive for COVID-19

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Milkha Singh, the 91-year-old former Commonwealth Games champion and 1960 Rome Olympian, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. However, none of the other family members including Singh’s wife and former India volleyball captain Nirmal Kaur, daughter-in-law Kudrat, and grandson Harjai Milkha Singh were tested positive. “Last evening (Wednesday), I underwent a test for COVID-19 and was tested positive. While I had a fever last night, my body temperature has returned to normal now. He said, “I have been reading old books and seeing my old pictures apart from taking an evening walk on our back lawn. I am thankful to my fans…

15 May

Arjan Bhullar is now the first Indian fighter to win a world title in MMA

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By defeating Vera, Bhullar ended the Filipino-American’s five-year championship-winning run. Bhullar completely dominated in the second round of the fight. “It’s the first time in my entire career that I felt gassed in the first round,” Vera said in the postmatch interview. “I’m in shape, we’ve been training, we’ve been working with the best people in the world. This is new for me.” A former wrestler, Bhullar had won the Commonwealth games gold medal in New Delhi back in 2010 and in 2012 in London he became the first Indian-origin freestyle wrestler to represent Canada at the Olympics. After his wrestling…

15 May

Indian football team to leave for Qatar on 19 May for World Cup Qualifiers

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The Indian football team will leave for Qatar on May 19 after the gulf country, in a big relief, accepted All India Football Federation's (AIFF) request to allow its players to train there ahead of the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers next month. Not only that, Qatar has even agreed to the AIFF's request to waive the mandatory 10-day hard quarantine after reaching there. The players will have a preparatory camp of nearly two weeks in a bio-bubble in Qatar before the first match on 3 June. "We are planning to fly the team on 19 May evening. There will be…

13 May

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard sets example for Transgender individuals: But controversy follows

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Laurel Hubbard is set to create history at the Tokyo Olympics this year by being the first transgender athlete to be participating in the Games. However, this has sharply divided opinion between those who see it as a step forward for trans athletes and those who say that Hubbard benefits from an unfair advantage. The New Zealand Olympic Committee said in a statement last week that Laurel Hubbard is one of the weightlifters who are likely to be allocated a spot for the Olympics. “The NZOC can confirm that revised International Federation (IF) qualification systems are very likely to see…

12 Jun

Direct impact on lives of cricketers if IPL doesn’t happen.

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BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal has said the the Indian Premier League is not just about entertainment, but also about economics as because there are number of lives that depend on it.Dhumal said holding the IPL 2020 will 'lift the mood' of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. He added that the BCCI would find it difficult to sustain cricketing activities in the country without the tournament.He says , "Some people say that BCCI is just bothered about IPL for the money involved and criticise us, but no one is putting their focus on the economics part of it. It’s not…