Name: Abhinav Bindra gets highest shooting honour
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Description: Abhinav Bindra has been awarded 'The Blue Cross' by the ISSF which is the world body for shooting sports. Bindra remember is the only Indian to win an individual Gold AT the olympics. The Blue Cross is the highest honour given by the parent body of International Shooting.

Abhinav Bindra has been awarded 'The Blue Cross' by the ISSF which is the world body for shooting sports. Bindra remember is the only Indian to win an individual Gold AT the olympics. The Blue Cross is the highest honour given by the parent body of International Shooting.

FIFA&nbsp;has charged English club Arsenal with a fine of 40,000 Swiss Francs and also issued a warning to the club regarding player transfer in relation to&nbsp;2 deals.&nbsp;FIFA&nbsp;investigated the 2018 transfer of Chuba&nbsp;Akpom&nbsp;to Greek club PAOK&nbsp;and Joel Campbell's transfer to Italy's Frosinone. FIFA&nbsp;has claimed that the sell-on clause for both transfers was variable,&nbsp;which means that if either returned to clubs in Britain, Arsenal would receive a larger fee. According to Arsenal's contract, the club would receive 40% of the fee if Akpom&nbsp;was sold to a British club and 30% for any other team. In response to FIFA's&nbsp;charges, Arsenal&nbsp;said that they had not broken any rules and were waiting for FIFA's&nbsp;full-written reasons.

Seven-time cup series champion Jimmie Johnson has backed out from the Indianapolis Motor&nbsp;Speedway's&nbsp;Brickyard 400 competition after he tested positive for Covid-19, the officials confirmed on Friday. The American driver who is asymptomatic for Covid-19 got himself tested after his wife's result turned out to be positive for the virus.&nbsp;While he was set to compete in Sunday's race, he can now only&nbsp;return to the competition after he clears 2 Covid-19 tests, at least 24 hrs apart following which the&nbsp;NASCAR&nbsp;physicians also need to clear him. The officials announced that Justin Allgaier&nbsp;will drive on Sunday as his replacement.

China's badminton superstar Lin Dan has announced his retirement. The 36-year-old is a 2-time Olympic Gold Medallist and a 5-time World Champion and one of the most decorated players in the modern era. Super Dan as he is famously called put up a social media post to announce his future plans. Apart from Olympic and World Championship glory, Lin Dan has been a 5-time Sudirman&nbsp;Cup winner &amp; has won 6 gold medals at the Thomas Cup. Lin Dan is the first and only one to win all 9 major titles in the badminton world &amp; was the first&nbsp;men's singles player to retain the Olympic gold after successfully defended his 2008 win with a gold in 2012 London Olympics.&nbsp;

Everybody wants to see MS Dhoni&nbsp;play again, but former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey&nbsp;feels that it completely depends on Dhoni&nbsp;himself if he wants to play for his country at the international level or not. As he went on to heap praises on India's World Cup-winning captain, Hussey&nbsp;said that one should never write off champions. Speaking in the Hotspot&nbsp;podcast,&nbsp;Hussey&nbsp;added that Dhoni&nbsp;has given so much to the country as a player and as a leader &amp; has a great understanding of his game. The former Aussie batsman and Dhoni's&nbsp;teammate in Chennai Super Kings said that he&nbsp;is least worried about Dhoni&nbsp;from the perspective of skills. Dhoni&nbsp;who last played for India in the semi-final of 2019 World Cup was scheduled to play for CSK&nbsp;in the IPL&nbsp;13 which has been postponed indefinitely because of the pandemic.&nbsp;

English cricketer Sam Curran has tested negative for Covid-19 and will now resume training confirmed the England and Wales Cricket Board. The 22-year-old who gave his sample on Thursday was self-isolating himself at his hotel room after he complained of illness. He will now appear for the 2nd test along with the rest of the squad on Sunday.&nbsp;ECB&nbsp;also informed that Curran had missed the 3-day practice match due to the same reason. Before he fell ill, the all-rounder was present on the first day of England's&nbsp;warm-up match. The Test series between England and West Indies that starts on July 8 will mark the end of over 3 month-long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Just like the rest of the country, Indian skipper, Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;too is stuck at his home but that does not deter the fitness freak in him. The 31-year-old on Friday took to his Instagram&nbsp;to post a video in which he can be seen doing the power-snatch exercise. In his caption, Kohli&nbsp;wrote, 'If I had to make a choice of one exercise to do every day, this would be it.' Since the beginning&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Lockdown, Kohli&nbsp;did not fail his fans and has constantly posted images and videos of him working out at his home in Mumbai.&nbsp;&nbsp;

German Winger Leroy Sane has finally completed his much-awaited move from Manchester City to Bayern&nbsp;Munich. Bayern&nbsp;has reportedly paid around $67m for the 24-year-old who had spent 4 years with the English football club. He has now signed a five-year contract with the Bundesliga champions till&nbsp;June 2025. City Manager Pep Guardiola&nbsp;who wanted the&nbsp;former Schalke&nbsp;player to stay said that Sane had rejected 2 or 3 offers for extending his contract. However,&nbsp;he cannot play for the club until next season and will also not appear in their remaining Champion's league fixtures when the competition restarts in August.&nbsp;

Sri Lankan&nbsp;police on Friday confirmed that they've dropped the probe on the 2011 World Cup final fixing allegations due to lack of evidence. Former selector Arjuna&nbsp;Ranatunga, former skipper Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardene&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Upul&nbsp;Tharanga&nbsp;were questioned by the police as the probe was launched after the sports minister alleged fixing charges against the team. The police after speaking to all 4 cricketers decided to drop the charges confirmed that they were satisfied with their explanations. Hosts India had beaten Sri&nbsp;Lanka in the 2011 World Cup final and according to many conspiracy theories, the final was fixed as Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;made 4 changes to the side for the last game.&nbsp;

Pakistan Cricket Board and the Pakistan&nbsp;national team have declined to comment on their national team's former batting coach Grant Flower's charges against ex-skipper Younis&nbsp;Khan. In a shocking revelation in a cricket podcast,&nbsp;the 49-year-old claimed that Khan once held a knife to his throat after Flower gave him unwanted advice during his term with Pakistan from 2014 to 2019. A source from PCB revealed to PTI&nbsp;said that the incident was a friendly banter and Younis&nbsp;Khan&nbsp;had jokingly picked up a butter knife on the breakfast table and waved it around Flower asking him to let him have his breakfast and not give advice while eating.&nbsp;

Indian cricketer&nbsp;Mohammed Shami&nbsp;took to his social media on Thursday to share a video clip where he can be seen bowling at his farmhouse in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh. Shami&nbsp;resumed practice after a&nbsp;break of more than 3 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 29-year-old fast bowler who last appeared for the 2-match Test series in New Zealand&nbsp;showed off his fitness and rhythm with his ball on the ground. Recently a lot of Indian cricketers including&nbsp;Rohit&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ishant Sharma&nbsp;have resumed individual training&nbsp;as the country progressed in its unlock phases.&nbsp;

Contrary to earlier reports which suggested that the 2020 French Open may be held behind closed doors, the organisers confirmed on Thursday that up to 60% of the usual capacity will be allowed inside for the 2020 edition despite the Covid-19 crisis. Fans though will have to follow strict social distancing norms.&nbsp;Apart from&nbsp;mandatory face masks,&nbsp;a maximum of 4 people could sit together with an empty seat between groups on the main courts and on the other courts, one seat out of 2 will be empty,&nbsp;French federation president Bernard Giudicelli told a news conference. French Open starts on September 27.
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Ever since&nbsp;Jasprit Bumrah&nbsp;burst on to the international stage, he has been a nightmare for many batsmen around the world. He may have quickly become the spearhead of Indian pace attack but&nbsp;former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop feels that he needs to manage his workload. During a Sony Ten chat show, Bishop said that&nbsp;Bumrah is one of the small group of bowlers who transcend the various formats of the game but you can't expect him to last if he is playing every game in every format. The human body cannot do that. The 52-year-old added that you have to manage these precious resources because he is a generational talent.&nbsp;

The England and Wales Cricket Board on Thursday announced that the English cricketers will join the Windies&nbsp;in&nbsp;wearing &ldquo;Black Lives Matter&rdquo; logos on their shirts during their 3-match Test series. The visitors had previously announced that they will don the logo to show solidarity towards black lives. ECB&nbsp;in a statement said that there can be no place for racism in society or sport, and we must do more to tackle it.&nbsp;Last month, Black Lives Matter&nbsp;protests erupted across the world following the death of&nbsp;an African American George Floyd because of police brutality.&nbsp;

As the Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;government continues to probe the match-fixing allegation for the 2011 World cup final, the former&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;cricketer&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;Sangakkara&nbsp;also faced the brunt. On Thursday, Sangakkara who led his team in the 2011 World Cup finals was grilled by the Sri&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;police for at least&nbsp;10 hours. While this did not go down well with&nbsp;Sangakkara's&nbsp;fans, they&nbsp;staged a protest outside the&nbsp;Lankan&nbsp;Cricket board's office on Thursday blaming them for the 42-year-old's&nbsp;harassment. The investigating Unit also revealed that the then vice-captain,&nbsp;Mahela&nbsp;Jayawardena&nbsp;will be questioned next on Friday. Earlier, ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had&nbsp;alleged that their national cricket team had sold the game to India as the 2011 World Cup final was fixed by certain parties.

While the F1 resumption date is&nbsp;nearing, 6 time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is preparing himself for another title this year as he feels that winning this would mean more to him. As he referred&nbsp;to his fight against inequality and injustice, the defending champion said that it is such a momentous year, and winning a world title during this period of time would be more important than before. As the season starts all the drivers are expected to take a knee to show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter campaign which erupted after the death of George Floyd. If the Mercedes' British racer wins his 7th title this season, he will be at par with the legendary Michael Schumacher&nbsp;in the record books.&nbsp;

Barcelona star Lionel&nbsp;Messi&nbsp;has called off his negotiations with the club for renewing his contract for the next season, a Spanish radio station reported on Thursday. The contract of the Argentine that he signed in 2017 expires next year and he was expected to sign a new deal to extend the same until 2023. According to the report, Messi&nbsp;was angry about the media leaks that blame him as a troublemaker in the organisation. Earlier,&nbsp;Messi&nbsp;was being held responsible for the January sacking of coach Ernesto Valverde&nbsp;and that he was unhappy about the squad's lack of quality. Messi&nbsp;who has been the club's all-time top-scorer has&nbsp;recently blamed the Spanish club constantly for mismanagement.

Real Madrid earned a hard fought 1-0 win against 6th placed&nbsp;Getafe&nbsp;to strengthen their top spot in La Liga.&nbsp;Zinedine Zidane's&nbsp;men are now 4 points clear of second placed Barcelona. The game was moving towards a goalless draw before&nbsp;Sergio Ramos converted from the sport&nbsp;and scored his 21st consecutive penalty. The lone goal proved to be the winner as&nbsp;Real Madrid now need to win 4 of their remaining 5 games to finish above Barca for their second La Liga title since 2012.

Having lost all 3 games after Premier League's restart without scoring a goal,&nbsp;Sheffield United was finally back to its best as they beat Tottenham&nbsp;3-1 on Thursday night.&nbsp;Blades' record signing Sander Berge&nbsp;put his side ahead in the 31st minute.&nbsp;Harry Kane had a tough night as after&nbsp;his first strike was controversially ruled out by VAR, his second goal was also disallowed&nbsp;for offside at 2-0. Kane though finally had a legal goal in the 90th minute but it was a little too late.&nbsp;Sheffield United extended their top-flight unbeaten run at home&nbsp;against Tottenham&nbsp;to 6 games, whereas&nbsp;Jose Mourinho has now lost 7 Premier League games as Tottenham manager, 1 more defeat than he suffered in his first two seasons in the competition combined as Chelsea boss.

England all-rounder Sam Curran underwent a covid-19 test on Thursday after he fell ill and is currently self-isolating in his hotel room at the Ageas Bowl. As a result, he will not take any further part in the intra-squad warm-up game. the England and Wales Cricket Board in a statement also said that Curran is being monitored by the team doctor throughout. Englnd&nbsp;cricketers were gearing up to take n the Windies&nbsp;in first of the 3 Tests starting July 8.

Liverpool which&nbsp;ended a 30-year English Premier League title drought when Manchester City lost to Chelsea last week, had a forgettable&nbsp;return to action&nbsp;as The Citizens&nbsp;thrashed&nbsp;Jurgen Klopp's&nbsp;men 4-0&nbsp;on Thursday night.&nbsp;The Reds, who were given a guard of honour by the hosts before kick-off had a disastrous first half which saw City score thrice courtesy a goal each by Kevin de Bruyne,&nbsp;Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden. An own goal by&nbsp;Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 66th minute then&nbsp;made it 4-0 for City at the&nbsp;Etihad Stadium. As a result, where&nbsp;Manchester City have now won their past 4 home Premier League games, Liverpool suffered the joint-heaviest defeat by a side already crowned Premier League champions in a season.

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