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Asuncion, Aug 25: Retired Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho was released from house arrest after spending five months detained in Paraguay for entering the country with a false passport. Paraguayan judge Gustavo Amarilla handed down a suspended sentence of two years in prison for Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto de Assis Moreira, and granted their release. The brothers will also have to pay a

Dubai, Aug 24: One mistake could "spoil" the entire tournament, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Monday warned his colleagues in the IPL's first virtual team meeting, while imploring them to do all they can to keep the bio-bubble secure. It was a team meeting like no other but Kohli meant business straightaway as he urged his colleagues to strictly follow the protocols put in

Dubai, Aug 24: Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting mentor VVS Laxman is confident the quality of cricket will not suffer even if the matches of the upcoming IPL are played in front of empty stands owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Moved out of India due to the health crisis, the 13th edition of the world's biggest T20 league will be played across the three venues of Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the UAE

New Delhi, Aug 22: The BCCI has congratulated limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma for winning the country's highest sporting honour -- the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award this year, saying the cricket body was proud of his achievements. "Congratulations @ImRo45 for being conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2020, India's highest sporting honour. He is only the fourth Indian

New Delhi, Aug 22: Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Saturday proposed a charity-cum-farewell match between the retired players and the current Indian side. His proposal comes on the back of growing calls for arranging farewell matches for the retired Indian players. Pathan also released his retired player's XI and it is as follows: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman

Tokyo, Aug 21: A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo Olympic Games to be cancelled or postponed again. Japan's Kyodo news agency said on Thursday that in the online survey by Tokyo Shoko Research covering 12,857 companies, 27.8 % want the Tokyo Games to be cancelled while 25.8%said the sporting event should be postponed again. That means a combined 53.6 % of

New Delhi, Aug 21: Applauding Suresh Raina on his glorious cricketing career, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the southpaw "lived and breathed cricket". In a tweet on Friday, Raina shared the letter of appreciation from PM Modi and wrote in the caption, "When we play, we give our blood & sweat for the nation. No better appreciation than being loved by the people of this country and even

New Delhi, Aug 20: Applauding Mahendra Singh Dhoni for his cricketing laurels through a letter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the "correct" way to assess the impact of "one of the most successful captains" is as a "phenomenon". In a tweet today, MS Dhoni shared the letter of appreciation sent in by the Prime Minister with a caption which read, "An Artist, Soldier, and Sportsperson what

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Veteran cricketer Gopalaswamy Kasturirangan died due to heart attack at his residence here on Wednesday. "G Kasturirangan passed away today morning. He died of heart attack at his residence in Chamarajapet," Karnataka State Cricket Association Treasurer and Spokesperson, Vinaya Mruthyunjaya told PTI. Kasturirangan, 89, was a former cricketer-administrator and the BCCI curator

Bengaluru, Aug 19: Wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul has said that the retirement of MS Dhoni was shocking as all the team-mates would have wanted to give the former skipper a big send-off. Dhoni had announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, calling time on his 16-year-long career. "It was quite shocking. I was honestly heartbroken. I'm sure all of us in the team or whoever