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Football great Paolo Rossi's tale of redemption ends
In the 1982 tournament, Rossi and his rather unfavoured Italy's surprise success was one that created ripples in the country and outside it. The tournament started slowly for him individually and for the team as they scraped through the first round-robin stage, level on points with Cameroon, and just one point ahead of Peru and two points behind Poland.
Ahead of England tour of India, call for tempered bio-bubble models
Countries, other than Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand have not hosted international cricket for months with the Indian cricket board announcing on Thursday that England's matches would be played only at three venues -- Ahmedabad, Chennai and Pune. This will be the first series played in India in well over a year.
Court discharges Gautam Gambhir from all charges in cheating case
Gambhir was a director and brand ambassador of the joint project of Rudra Buildwell Realty Private Limited and HR Infracity Private Limited, against which a case was lodged in 2016 for allegedly duping people of crores of rupees on the pretext of booking apartments in the housing project.
Sri Lanka confirm tour of South Africa starting Dec 26
A statement from Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the development after Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had dilly-dallied over the tour and even considered playing it at their home after England pulled out of the ODI leg of South Africa tour.
Parthiv Patel joins Mumbai Indians as talent scout
Patel won three IPL titles -- with Chennai Super Kings in 2010 and MI in 2015 and 2017. In total, he played a total of 139 IPL matches, scoring 2848 runs with the help of 13 half centuries.
Kohli, Sharma continue to dominate ICC ODI rankings for batsmen
Skipper Kohli scored two half-centuries in the recently concluded three-match ODI series against Australia which India lost 1-2. Despite missing the ODI series against the Aaron Finch-led side owing to a hamstring injury, Sharma remains at number two, five points ahead of Babar Azam who is on third.
Indian Super League: Mumbai City beat Chennaiyin 2-1, rise atop
Smashing in a 75th-minute winning game after Hernan Santana, Adam Le Fodre cancelled Jakub Sylvestr's first goal deep into stoppage time during the first half. As result, Sergio Lobera's team won their continuous fourth game maintaining their spot atop in the ISL table.
23rd National Racing Championship to start on Friday
The two categories in this season are the National Championship Class in JK Formula LGB 4, an Indian manufactured single-seater racing car weighing 450 kg with a 1.3 litre engine, and JK Tyre Novice Cup for rookie drivers on a similar-looking formula 1300s but with different chassis design and suspension geometry. The former has attracted 26 of the country's best drivers while the latter has more than 20.
BCCI boss Ganguly & Co. to continue as SC defers hearing to 2021
The court vacated the restraint on other courts from entertaining any dispute linked to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and state cricket associations. In March 2019, the top court had restrained all courts from hearing any matter linked to BCCI and state associations till senior advocate P.S. Narasimha, amicus curiae and the SC-appointed mediator, submitted his report on pending disputes.
Rahul breaks into top 3 of T20I rankings, Kohli moves to no. 8
Rahul, who scored a fifty in the first T20I at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, has displaced Australia limited-overs skipper Aaron Finch at the number three spot. In the next two matches against the Aussies, Rahul returned with scores of 30 and 0.
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