Sports
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Kingsmead and Queen’s Park Oval outfields rated as “poor” by the match referees
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the outfields at Kingsmead, Durban, and Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, have been rated as “poor” by the match referees. Andy Pycroft and Ranjan Madugalle,... -
Maradona criticises Messi over retirement
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Argentina great Diego Maradona has criticised Lionel Messi, suggesting that the Barcelona star’s retirement from international football, and subsequent change of heart, was “staged”, reports BSS. “I don’t know whether this was staged to... -
Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player in Europe
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday after winning both last season’s Champions League and Euro 2016 with Portugal, reports BSS. Ronaldo, 31, received the accolade... -
Serena shoulders burden of history at US Open
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Serena Williams once again arrives at Flushing Meadows poised to rewrite the tennis record books — if her own troublesome right shoulder and increasingly emboldened rivals allow. The 34-year-old US superstar matched Steffi Graf’s... -
ICC punished Thisara Perera and Mitchell Starc for Code of Conduct breaches
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Sri Lankan allrounder Thisara Perera has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee while Mitchell Starc of Australia has received an official reprimand for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct in separate... -
Dilshan to retire from ODIs and T20Is
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who pioneered the “Dilscoop” flick over the wicketkeeper’s head, has announced his international retirement, reports BBC. Dilshan, 39, will step down after a final one-day international on Sunday and... -
England tour of Bangladesh to go ahead
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: England’s five-week tour of Bangladesh will proceed as planned starting in late September, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday after conducting a risk assessment, reports Reuters. Concerns were raised after... -
Over Rio performance Kenya removes their Olympics committee
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee because of the poor handling of their team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario confirmed on Thursday, reports Reuters Wario has set up a committee... -
Bangladesh team’s Kabaddi World Cup training preparation started
Aug 26, 2016News Hour: Bangladesh Kabaddi mail team is going to start their residential training camp for the 3rd Kabaddi World Cup. Selected and talented kabaddi players will begin the camp season on Saturday (August 27) at Kabaddi... -
Federer plans January return in Australia
Aug 25, 2016News Hour: Roger Federer, who is sidelined for the rest of the year, said on Wednesday he plans to return to competition in Australia in January at the Hopman Cup and the Australian Open, reports Reuters....
