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West Indies great Michael Holding named Best Pundit at British Sports Journalism Awards

Holding had delivered a powerful message against racism during last year's England-West Indies series, saying that blacks have been dehumanised and their accomplishments wiped off from a history "written by people who do the harm."

Olympic hopefuls to be given priority, says Swimming Federation after re-opening of pools gets green light

In the Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) latest guidelines on easing of lockdown restrictions, swimming pools being used for training of sports persons have been given permission to open across the country from 15 October.

Premier League: Diogo Jota scores first Liverpool goal as champions beat Arsenal; Fulham fall to third straight defeat

The champions' high-risk, high-reward strategy paid off in their come-from-behind 3-1 win over Arsenal on Monday in an open game featuring a late clinching goal by Diogo Jota in his first league start for Liverpool.

MLB India's representatives discuss ‘holiday-like’ cheer around baseball’s return, talk about league’s roadmap in country

Major League Baseball's (MLB) India representatives Ryo Takahashi and David Palese talk about the league's return to action and describe their journey since entering the cricket-mad nation in July 2019.

Formula 1 2020: Mercedes to switch to black-liveried cars in support of ‘Black Lives Matter’

Mercedes confirmed they will be switching to the black-liveried cars from their usual silver ones in support of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement starting with the Austrian Grand Prix.

Sports community platform Rooter raises $1.7 mn led by Paytm, leAD Sports and others

Sports community platform Rooter on Monday said it has raised $1.7 million (about Rs 13 crore) in funding from Paytm, leAD Sports, Rockstud Capital and Founder Bank Capital

Majority of Indians believe women athletes should receive equal pay as men, cites research

An overwhelming majority of Indians say women athletes should receive equal pay as the males but 38 percent believe that sports featuring women are not as entertaining as those featuring men, according to a BBC research.

Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell parts ways with tainted Chinese swimmer, says won’t support his appeal at Swiss court

Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell has cut ties with the Chinese Olympic champion following the swimmer’s eight-year ban for doping, Australian media reported on Sunday.

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Veda Krishnamurthy named captains of respective teams in upcoming T20 Challenger Trophy

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Veda Krishnamurthy will lead the India A, B and C teams respectively in the women's T20 Challenger Trophy to be played in Cuttack from 4 to 11 January.

Russia blames doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov for altering laboratory data meant for handover to WADA

Russia is blaming the World Anti-Doping Agency's star witness for modifying key laboratory data. His lawyer says that's nonsense.