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    Cheerleaders perform during a cricket match in Colombo. AFP PhotoSports
    Abandoned England tour of Sri Lanka rescheduled to January, claims SLC...

    It needs a lot of juggling as England are scheduled to tour India in January for a five-Test series

    2 May 2020 11:20 AM IST

    One vial of the drug Remdesivir. (AFP)World
    US allows use of remdesivir to help virus recovery

    No drugs are currently FDA-approved for treating the coronavirus, and remdesivir will still need formal approval

    2 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

    Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra.Sports
    India to step up campaign for 2032 Olympics after pandemic: sports...

    India faces competition from Thailand, Russia and Colombia for the 2026 event; Australia, China and Koreas are also in...

    2 May 2020 11:00 AM IST

    A health worker collects a swab sample of a man for Covid19 test in a swab collection booth in Vijawayada. PTI PhotoIndia
    Covid-19 death toll stands at 1,218; total cases cross 37K

    Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Assam have reported one fatality each.

    2 May 2020 10:58 AM IST

    Britains Andy Murray at a post match news conference at the Wimbledon Championships. AFP PhotoSports
    Many top male players support ATP-WTA merger: Andy Murray

    20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer renewed the call for merger of the men's and women's governing bodies

    2 May 2020 10:41 AM IST

    Health workers wearing protective suits are seen in the premises of LNJP Hospital during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi. (PTI photo)India
    Covid-19: 137 pilgrims who returned from Huzur Sahib in Nanded test...

    Meanwhile, Punjab on Friday reported 105 new Covid-19 cases

    2 May 2020 10:29 AM IST

    A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)World
    Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

    The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at...

    2 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

    A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)World
    Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

    WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO's timely actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international...

    2 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea on May 1st. (Released from North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency)World
    Kim Jong Un reappears in public after weeks of health rumours

    The leader's recent absence from public events had triggered a series of fevered rumours and unconfirmed reports over...

    2 May 2020 9:42 AM IST

    HANDS IN GLOVES: Ball-boys and girls do stretching exercises at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. AP PhotoSports
    Covid-19 effect: No shaking, no sharing, no showering in tennis

    ITF issued a set of guidelines which include arriving at a venue already dressed and leaving immediately after the...

    2 May 2020 9:31 AM IST

    German tennis player Jan Choinski serves the ball during a pro-tennis tournament at a local base tennis academy in Hoehr-Grenzhausen, western Germany, Friday, May 1, 2020. The professional tennis exhibition in the small village in the Westerwald is a rare exception to the global shutdown of sports during the coronavirus pandemic. Matches are played without line judges and without spectators, and broadcasted by remote cameras worldwide. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)Sports
    Tennis pros take first swings at coronavirus-era exhibitions

    There were no fans, no ball boys or girls and no line judges. Only a chair umpire

    2 May 2020 9:24 AM IST

    Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany (R) leads the start ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton of Britain at the start of the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring racetrack near Budapest, Hungary. AP PhotoSports
    Spectators ruled out of Hungarian GP race in August

    According to Hungarian PM, restrictions on movement in Budapest and surroundings would not be eased until the fatality...

    2 May 2020 9:16 AM IST

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