Cricket authorities said late last month they were still planning for the World Cup in October, although Cricket Australia has conceded the entire international schedule is up in the air due to the virus.

The ECB has already created a 61 million pound rescue package for the 18 county sides and has been offering grants and loans to recreational clubs, impacted by the outbreak.

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Wednesday held its first online interactive session for Bengal senior women's team as former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta was present during the session alongside senior Bengal coach Shib Shankar Paul and batting coach Charanjit Singh.

The start of the English cricket has been delayed until July 1 at the earliest by the pandemic, with the West Indies series already postponed from its original June dates.

With Britain currently in lockdown because of the coronavirus, a three-Test series against the West Indies scheduled for June has been postponed, with Pakistan due to visit later in a season whose start has now been delayed until July 1 at the earliest.

Dhumal said if the IPL doesn't take place, the board will take a hit of Rs 4000 crore.

Apart from the really stretched action sequence in the end, there isn’t a lot to complain about in Spider-Man: Far From Home.

On the technical front, the film is astutely mounted with all the trappings of an A-grade action film. The fight sequences are brilliantly choreographed, picturised and layered.

Mistress of Evil never manages to justify the return of all its characters and it delves deeper into its fantasy world.

Kaithi plays at multiple levels. Karthi's Dilli is a murder convict out on parole to meet his 10-year-old daughter whom he has never seen.

If you need a break from crime and thrillers, Out of Love should be accommodated on your watchlist before year end.

Deepika Padukone blends into Malti seamlessly, the star, rarely surfacing and director Meghna Gulzar constructs the balance with a seasoned hand. Read our full review of 'Chhapaak' below.

Navjot Kaur and Gurjit Kaur scored in Indian women's hockey team's 2-2 draw with Great Britain.

India make their debut at FIH Pro League against the Netherlands on January 18 and 19 at the Kalinga Stadium.

A 32-member core probable group for the men's national camp was announced by Hockey India, as they prepare for the tour to Germany and England for the FIH Hockey Pro League.

The Indian men's and women's hockey teams are locked inside the SAI centre in Bengaluru due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha came up with the idea of an obstacle course to keep her daughter occupied as well as fit during the coronavirus-lockdown.

Salima Tete said there was a lot of scope improvement for the Indian women's hockey team in the one year before the Tokyo Olympics.

Viren Rasquinha also stressed on the importance of sports psychologists for athletes in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics

List of novels by PD James which is a must read for all those who have interest in mystery and crime.

In this deeply passionate, and angry memoir, titled 'Caste Matters', writer and academic activist Suraj Yengde peels the layers of the deep-rooted caste system in India to show you how this impenetrable social divide has for centuries crushed human lives and is very similar to other forms of oppression, such as race, class and gender.

Trevor Cherry was a member of the Leeds United side that won the English top flight in 1973-74.

All the foreigners of the two renowned clubs were left stranded after the government enforced a nationwide lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

EFL said the decision was made independent of discussions regarding the potential restart of the season for the senior teams.

A look at some of the most memorable goals David Beckham has scored over the span of his brilliant career.

The stranded foreigners of East Bengal and Mohun Bagan will leave for home on Tuesday from Delhi.

JSW CEO Mustafa Ghouse said players of IPL side Delhi Capitals and ISL team Bengaluru FC are being monitored on a regular basis.

A 13-member group of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal coaches and players made a quiet exit from India in the wee hours of Tuesday by a specially-arranged Dutch Airlines flight from New Delhi

Flamengo conducted coronavirus tests on 293 employees, including all players, their families and their helps at home.

Formula E’s version also aims to raise funds for UNICEF after the announcement on Tuesday of a partnership with the U.N. children’s fund’s global coronavirus appeal.

The Monaco Grand Prix was canceled on March 19 because of the coronavirus outbreak, with the jewel in F1's crown removed for the first time in 66 years.

Local newspaper reported an unnamed Moenchengladbach player and physiotherapist had tested positive for the coronavirus.

The flight was part of the Vande Bharat mission which started on Thursday to bring back stranded Indian nationals home amid the novel coronavirus-induced lockdown.

The Forum has written a letter to Chief Secretary Rajiv Sinha, who assured that the government will do whatever is needed for the safety and security of the doctors and health care workers in Bengal.

Ashif Sheikh, who runs a group that works for the rights of excluded communities, said one needs industry, investors, labour unions, civil society members and labour department officials to work together to solve the problem.

The charge of provocation to cause riots has been levelled against the workers allegedly for helping the migrant workers.

The Indian Railways reaction came minutes after the TMC said they planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana over the next three days.

The labourers had managed to reach the temple town of Tarapith from Purba Bardhaman district during the lockdown and started on foot from there towards neighbouring Jharkhand on Friday night.

Ramanagara is one of the eight districts in Karnataka that had not seen a single coronavirus case until now, despite being close to the capital city and falling en route the two red zone districts of Bengaluru and Mysure.

Eight constables who tested positive for Covid-19 were posted in West Bengal, while one was stationed in Odisha.

Urging the TMC supremo 'to shun politics and confrontational approach', Jagdeep Dhankhar said her conduct is only compounding the miseries of the people of West Bengal.

In a five-page letter, Dhankhar responded to the CM, who accused him of 'forgetting' that she was the elected head of government in the state and he was merely a 'nominated' one.

The central teams have been visiting hospitals and quarantine centres and meeting officials in Kolkata and Siliguri.

BJP leaders Debasree Chaudhuri and another MP, Sukanta Majumdar, alleged that they were served with quarantine notices by the local administration so that they could not step outside to provide ration and other relief material to the masses.

BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, Bankura MP Subhas Sarkar, along with other leaders and workers, held placards in hand during the sit-in at their respective residences from 11 am to 1 pm.

Around 4,000-5,000 students hailing from West Bengal are staying in hostels and paying guest accommodations in Kota city, known for its coaching centres especially for engineering and medical aspirants.

While announcing a few relaxations in green zones, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said experts are of the opinion that restrictions should continue in Bengal till the end of May.

In an interview to News18, HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank said government is trying to use both digital and non-digital mechanism to transact the curriculum even as he appealed to companies and recruiters not to withdraw any job offers already extended to the students.

The rebuttal came after the governor shot off two letters to the chief minister last week amid the clash between the Raj Bhavan and Nabanna, the state secretariat, in the wake of West Bengal's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.