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Organized by the Tablighi Jamaat, a long-running Islamic missionary movement, the annual event was held in Delhi at the start of last month, despite widespread calls for people around the world to practice social distancing amid the coronavirus outbreak. As attendees made their way home from the congregation, however, states across India began to report dozens of positive coronavirus cases believed to be linked to the event, with more than 300 of the country’s roughly 2,500 cases believed to be linked to the gathering....

A mercurial striker who became a national champion in Wushu for four years running, Tomar has endured a savage gauntlet since transitioning to MMA and has shared the Cirlce with some elite competition since signing for ONE. Competing in the exciting Atomweight division, her record stands at 4-4 with the majority of her losses coming against some of the best female fighters in Asia. ‘True fighter’ is certainly a fair way to describe Tomar....

Let’s take a look at what is India’s strongest possible second choice playing XI in ODIs. #4 Openers Rishabh Pant (wk) Rishabh Pant had an astounding 2018 IPL wherein he was the second highest run-scorer. He got selected for the England tour and scored a century during the Oval Test. The southpaw put on a massive partnership with KL Rahul. Pant’s explosive batting, along with his wicket-keeping skills, are improving....

It was a shocking start for India as they lost Rohit Sharma for a duck in the first over. This was Rohit’s first ever ODI duck in India. Shikhar Dhawan and Ambati Rayudu got good starts but got out. India sent Vijay Shankar ahead of Kedar Jadhav and MS Dhoni. He responded really well with fluent 46 runs before he got run out in an unfortunate manner. India crumbled further as they lost both Dhoni and Jadhav in the same over....

Also see - IND vs WI schedule The background Agarwal made his Test debut for India in the Boxing Day match against Australia. The 28-year-old batsman showed no nerves at all as he played a fantastic knock of 76 in the first innings. In the very next match Agarwal registered another great innings, this time accumulating 77 precious runs. Though he had a quiet series in the Caribbean, the team management allowed him to continue as the Test opener for the home season....

After a disastrous Bangladesh trip, England were expected to be mere pushovers for an Indian juggernaut, cruising on the good form of Virat Kohli and R Ashwin. But England managed to find the fight in them and put up an admirable display at Rajkot to ensure a draw. They showed determination to survive at Vizag, bowling well and battling hard to save the Test in the second innings. But they found themselves falling short after Kohli and Pujara had put India on a perch with a fine partnership....

Batsman KL Rahul and pacers Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav were excluded from the squad while wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik and pacer Shardul Thakur made the cut. Indian ODI squad to face New Zealand: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzi Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur. There are a couple of slots in the team that are up for grabs and few players are competing to cement their places in the XI....

The first T20I of this series will take place tonight at the Baraspara Stadium in Guwahati, Assam. The head-to-head record between India and Sri Lanka is far from even. India have always had an upper hand against Sri Lanka, having won seven out of the eight bilateral T20I series played between the two teams. The Lankan Lions have been a shadow of their former selves after the retirement of their elite players, and that has reflected in their results....

Sri Lanka have a lot of problems to address with respect to the composition of their T20I side and with veteran Angelo Mathews returning to the squad, it will be interesting to see how the team lines up in the opening T20I versus India at Guwahati. Also see - India Australia schedule With the likes of Kusal Perera and Niroshan Dickwella present in the batting department, Sri Lanka have plenty of firepower to cause the hosts all sorts of problems....

Things got off a perfect start with senior seam bowler Ishant Sharma providing an early breakthrough to dismiss Rajendra Chandrika. However, the heavens opened up and offered some respite for the hosts while frustrating Indian skipper Virat Kohli. After keeping everyone on their toes with a stop-start approach, the thunderstorm eased a bit and Mohammed Shami duly utilized the inconsistent bounce on offer to rip the top-order apart. He was ably supported by Amit Mishra who induced an uncharacteristic loose shot from Kraigg Brathwaite....

Having begun the day on 126/1, Rahul got to his century quickly before Pujara was unfortunate to be run out just a few runs shy of a fifty. Kohli, who was coming on the back of his career-best first-class score, fell short of his fifty as well. At the end of the day, India lead by 162 runs and go into the third day with Ajinkya Rahane and Wriddhiman Saha at the crease and five wickets still in hand....

From India’s point of view, the Test series against Windies was an important one as they had to try a lot of things before going to the Down Under - Australia - in November this year. To be fair enough, India did try out a things or two in this series against Windies - Prithvi Shaw and Shardul Thakur were the key highlights of it. Although Thakur injured himself in the course of the game, it was good from India to bring a change in the second Test....

After two retests in the last 24 hours, Mohammad Abbas Wani, along with the Indian contingent, breathed a sigh of relief as the reports came back negative. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) confirmed the news on Thursday. IOA president Narinder Batra said: The multi-sporting event is scheduled to take place between February 4 and 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. However, some sporting events including curling and luge commenced on February 2, two days before the opening ceremony....

Needless to say, India’s bout against hosts Cambodia didn’t disappoint. An enthralling tie saw the away side pluck the plaudits with a 3-2 win over the onve Khmer ruled country’s Kouprey’s, on Wednesday, 22nd March. Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua and Sandesh Jhingan netted for Stephen Constantine’s men, while Khuon Laboravy and Chan Vanthanaka rifled in the goals for a defiant Blues’ side. Indian football’s firmly supportive Twitterati were out in force and were also in dissection mode, well before, during and after the match....

The match, which ended 1-1, was arranged as the Blue Tigers prepare to welcome Bangladesh to the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on October 15, for their third match in Group E of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asia qualifiers. Jhingan, who alongside Adil Khan, has formed a stable partnership at the heart of the defence for Igor Stimac, is now likely to be ruled out for several months after tearing his ACL while twisting his knee in an off-the-ball incident....

Barboza started his club career in Brazil and subsequently moved to clubs across central American countries like Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. After short stints in Laos and Cambodia, he shifted his loyalties to the Indian club. Although we are not familiar with his style of play, we can expect to witness a Brazilian flavour in Minerva Punjab’s game. Goal machine Orok Orok Essien is a familiar face having played in the I-League for Mumbai FC in the 2013-14 I-League....

Indore, Feb 1 (IANS) Rohan Bopanna and Saketh Myneni gave India an unassailable 3-0 lead against Chinese Taipei after clinching their doubles rubber in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Round 1 tie at the Indore Tennis Club here Saturday. Bopanna and Myneni won 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(2) against Hsien-Yin Peng and Hsin-Han Lee to put the Anand Amritraj-led team in Round 2 where they will take on South Korea April 4-6....

Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu gave India the perfect start they needed by winning the first two singles. But five-time champions Japan outplayed the hosts in the two doubles and third singles to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Earlier, 12-time and defending champions China thrashed South Korea 3-0 in a repeat of the final of the last two editions. Olympic champion Li Xuerui, World No.2 Shixian Wang and top doubles combine Yixin Bao and Jinhua Tang had no trouble in easing past South Korea to book a place in Saturday’s final....

India has just one WTA event – USD 125,000 Mumbai Open – but has a number of ITF 25k events, most of them hosted by MSLTA. Bhupathi cited example of Sania Mirza, who he says was their sole reason to bring Hyderabad Open in 2005. India also hosted WTA tier III Sunfeast Open from 2004 to 2008 but since then there are hardly any WTA events in country. “When Sania was playing, there were a lot of people watching....

Senior batsman Ross Taylor will lead the tourists in place of an ailing Williamson, whose absence represents a body blow to New Zealand’s hopes of levelling the series after their comprehensive defeat in the series opener in Kanpur. New Zealand made three changes to that side, bringing in Henry Nicholls, Matt Henry and Jeetan Patel for Williamson, off-spinner Mark Craig and leg-spinner Ish Sodhi. Craig has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour with a side strain he sustained in the first match of the three-test series....