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London:British-Pakistani boxer Aamir Khan placed his belief in a conspiracy theory that the coronavirus is “man-made” and resulted due to the building of 5G towers. In videos shared on Instagram, the two-time world champion said he did not believe that the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic was what it has been made out to be, saying that “it’s been put there for ...

NEW YORK: Davis Cup-winning former US captain Patrick McEnroe said Tuesday he has tested positive for coronavirus but is feeling well and no longer has symptoms. The 53-year-old younger brother of seven-time Grand Slam singles champion John McEnroe said in a video posting on Twitter that he was tested at a drive-up facility in Westchester County, the New York suburb ...

England’s cricket players must “realise the bigger picture” and will be expected to take a pay cut as the country’s cricket governing body (ECB) tries to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times here reported on Sunday. More than 662,700 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus across the world and 30,751 have died, according to a Reuters tally, ...

Roger Federer and his wife Mirka have donated 1m Swiss francs (£857,000) “for the most vulnerable families in Switzerland” and have called on others to add their support. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Switzerland has imposed a ban on all private and public events and has closed all non-essential businesses until at least 19 April. “These are challenging times for ...

London:It is too early to decide whether to cancel the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but “nobody is saying we’re going to the Games come what may,” says World Athletics chief Lord Coe. The International Olympic Committee has said the Games could still begin on 24 July despite the coronavirus pandemic. Coe told BBC Sport: “Let’s not make a precipitous decision when ...

Lahore:The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday confirmed that the 128 COVID-19 tests conducted on players who took part in PSL 2020 after a foreign player showed symptoms had all returned as negative. The board had conducted tests on the players, support staff, match officials, broadcasters and team owners on Tuesday, March 17 as part of the PCB’s duty of care ...

London: Surrey have announced that six of their players are self-isolating as a precautionary measure. The players involved have not been named. The club said that “not all six have reported symptoms”, but they had been told to remain at home for the rest of the week due to proximity amid fears about the spread of coronavirus in the UK. ...

Australia’s one-day international series against New Zealand has been postponed because of coronavirus. The series was already being played behind closed doors, with Australia winning the first match on Friday. However, the visitors have returned to New Zealand after a change to travel restrictions there. Two ODIs in Australia will not take place, and three Twenty20s between the teams in ...

India on Thursday ordered upcoming international cricket matches to be played in empty stadiums in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus. With just 68 confirmed cases and no deaths, India has so far been relatively unscathed by the virus compared to elsewhere in Asia, Europe and North America. But experts fear that its overstretched medical systems may not ...

PARIS: AFP looks at the effects on sport of the coronavirus, which by Wednesday had killed over 4,500 people while infecting more than 124,000 in 113 countries and territories. Football — In Italy, the hardest-hit European country with 827 deaths from COVID-19, all sporting events including Serie A have been suspended until April 3. The suspension amounts to the postponement ...