After losing to Tottenham in the premier league, Chelsea are back to winning ways as they registered a thumping 4-0 win over Greek football club PAOK Salonika 4-0 at Stamford Bridge. Olivier Giroud scored a first half brace followed by goals in the 2nd half from Callum Hudson-Odoi & Alvaro Morata ensured that Chelsea remained unbeaten in Europa league this season. The blues lead Group L with 5 wins in as many games 

New Zealand Cricket on Friday admitted that their upcoming tours to Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands and West Indies slated in June and July are unlikely to take place. The Kiwis were to play 3 ODIs and 3T20Is in West Indies which will likely be cancelled due to the pandemic scare. Chief executive of New Zealand&nbsp;Cricket David White said that their August trip to Bangladesh was also in doubt. White also confirmed that the women's tour of Sri Lanka that was scheduled for later this month was postponed as the country goes under a 4-week lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.

In a bid to help the nation, India's lone woman&nbsp;Paralympic medalist, Deepa Malik has started an initiative 'Happy Janta Kitchen' to provide cooked food to daily wagers amid the ongoing lockdown. Her NGO, Wheeling Happiness foundation is actively involved in the initiative which has been serving food in Kanpur and is set to start operations in Amethi and Noida. With the help of local volunteers, the 49 years old who won a silver in shot put at the 2016 Rio Games said that they distribute a minimum of 100 packets daily in Kanpur with the help of authorities and is looking forward to doing the same in different cities.&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi on Friday did a video call with top sports stars of the nation. Stars like PV Sindhu, Mirabai&nbsp;Chanu&nbsp;&amp; former cricketers Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar, Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly, Yuvraj&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;were in attendance&nbsp;as the group spoke about the challenges of fighting the Coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. A total of 40 sports tars attended the conference call as India battles the pandemic with a rising number of positive cases in the country. According to various reports, the Prime Minister has urged the Sports stars to motivate their fans through social media.&nbsp;

With BCCI&nbsp;struggling to find a suitable window&nbsp;for&nbsp;the 13th edition of the IPL, former England captain Michael Vaughan&nbsp;has a suggestion. He proposed a shortened&nbsp;IPL of 5 weeks just before the T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in October-November.&nbsp;Vaughan further said that the short IPL will act as a great warm-up for the players leading up to the World Cup. However, India is scheduled to play the Asia Cup in September and will host England for 3 T20I and ODI matches after that.

Footballer&nbsp;Robin van Persie may have retired&nbsp;but the former Netherlands international has lost none of his skills.&nbsp;The 36-year-old showed off his fancy footwork and had a perfect partner in his son. The duo is clearly making good use of the lockdown for&nbsp;a nice father-son bonding time.

England Cricketer Ben Stokes' driving skills will be put to test as the 2019 World Cup hero is gearing up to race in Forula&nbsp;One's 2nd virtual Grand Prix this weekend. Stokes will team up with Red Bull's Thai racer Alexander Albon&nbsp;for his first esports competition and will race against&nbsp; 5 Formula 1 drivers, including Ferrari&rsquo;s Charles Leclerc. In the absence of any real life action due to the coronavirus pandemic, Formula 1 has come up with virtual Grand Prix to provide some light entertainment.

Atletico Madrid players have agreed to take a 70% pay cut to help&nbsp;supplement the salary of 430 non-playing staff during Spain's state of emergency amid the Covid-19 Pandemic.&nbsp;All the members of the first team, along with the women's team and Atletico Madrid B, have agreed to the reduction in the salaries during the crisis.&nbsp;

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach thanked Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;for his support for the Tokyo Olympics which has now been pushed to 2021 amid the coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak. In his letter to Modi&nbsp;dated April 1, Bach wrote that he was grateful&nbsp;to his&nbsp;support for the Games during the recent G20 Leaders' Summit which was held via video conferencing. PM Modi had&nbsp;commended the International Olympic Committee for contributing to the containment of the COVID-19 virus.
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They&rsquo;ve reached the final of the Indian Premier League thrice but Virat Kohli&rsquo;s Royal Challengers Bangalore have never won the title. In a chat with Kevin Pietersen on Instagram, Virat revealed that he feels his team plays very good cricket and deserve to win the title. The RCB skipper added that despite losing thrice in the finals, his team is very motivated to win the IPL crown.

In a career that has already spanned over a decade, Virat Kohli has seen plenty of ups and downs. In an interview with former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen, Virat revealed that winning the World Cup in 2011 was his best memory but being unable to perform in the 2014 Test tour of England was the lowest point of his career. Kohli averaged just 13.50 in 5 Tests across 10 innings as his highest score during that disastrous tour was just 39.

Ronaldo or Messi &ndash; That&rsquo;s the debate which keeps most football fans busy and now Indian skipper Virat Kohli has revealed his favourite. Kohli in an interview with Kevin Pietersen revealed that he prefers Cristiano Ronaldo over Lionel Messi due to his work ethic. Kohli added that Ronaldo&rsquo;s style of play and ethics made his a more attractive player than Messi. Being a die-hard football fan himself, Kohli&rsquo;s revelation might just swing the battle towards Ronaldo in this debate. &nbsp;

England's limited-overs&nbsp;captain Eoin Morgan feels that sport will have a huge role in uplifting spirits around the world once things get under control. The 2019 World Cup-winning captain said that isolation encourages idle minds. Sports can create that theatre and that level of expectation around what it's like to be outside again and be active. Morgan also praised Joss Buttler's gesture of raising &pound;65,000 by auctioning his World cup winning shirt and later directing the money towards a hospital to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic effectively.

Tennis' most prestigious event Wimbledon getting cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic&nbsp; has left Swiss&nbsp;Maestro Roger Federer devastated. The 8-time Wimbledon champion&nbsp;reacted to the news by putting up a GIF&nbsp;on twitter that said, 'no GIF for the things that he was feeling'.&nbsp;Serena Williams, who has won the only grass-court Grand Slam 7 times also fell short of words as she reacted by just writing 'shocked' on her twitter account.&nbsp;Wimbledon was due to start from June 29 but the tournament getting cancelled means that both tennis greats Federer&nbsp;and Serena will be&nbsp;nearly 40 by the time Wilmbledon starts in&nbsp;2021.

With all innovative ideas being put to work to raise money for the fight against Covid-19, former English athlete, James Campbell on his 32nd birthday on Wednesday raised more than 18,000 British pounds after he completed a five-hour-long marathon by performing 6-metre shuttles in his small garden. The money will be offered to Britain's National Health Service to help battle against the pandemic. The effort that was labelled as the #6metregardenmarathon&nbsp;was a well-calculated one, Campbell had earlier figured out that he would have to run through his yard at least 7,000 times to reach 42.2 kilometres.

MS Dhoni's&nbsp;six that helped India clinch the 2011 World Cup is cherished as an everlasting memory by the cricket fans across the nation. On the occasion of that historic victory's 9th anniversary, Gautam&nbsp;Gambhir&nbsp;who himself smashed a match-winning 97 in the final against Sri&nbsp;Lanka pointed out that the 2011 World Cup was won by the efforts of the entire team. Replying to a tweet, Gauti&nbsp;reminded the cricket portal that the tournament&nbsp;was won by the entire Indian team and&nbsp;all the support staff. Gambhir&nbsp;even said that it was high time they hit their obsession for a six.

The much anticipated Khabib Nurmagomedov's UFC bout against Tony Ferguson will now not take place on April 18 and has been postponed for the fifth time. While rebuking people who expected him to fight during these difficult times, Nurmagomedov informed through his Instagram that he will not be defending his lightweight belt at UFC 249 in New York since he is stuck in Russia due to travel restrictions imposed by the country to control the spread of the pandemic. The previously planned bouts between the two were postponed because of injuries and health issues.

Major League Baseball has decided to postpone&nbsp;the planned London games between the Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals in June due to the rising fear of the Covid-19.&nbsp;The rivals were due to play a 2-game series at West Ham's London Stadium on June 13th and 14th but both games have now been suspended.

April 2 holds a very special place in every Indian's heart as 9 year ago on this day the men in blue lifted the cricket World Cup after 28 years and become the first ever team to achieve the incredible feat on home soil. The moment was a bit more memorable for&nbsp;Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar. The final was to be Tendulkar's last World Cup appearance, and the master blaster finally won cricket's ultimate&nbsp;prize in his 6th attempt.

Many sports stars around the world have been asked to&nbsp;take pay cuts ever since the coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak brought sports to a standstill but not Indian cricketers.&nbsp;Speaking to IANS,&nbsp;BCCI&nbsp;Treasurer Arun Dhumal&nbsp;said that there was no such thought process about pay-cut at present. He added that any step taken needs to be thought out and the board will go about this in a way that nobody gets affected. His comments came just a day after&nbsp;Indian Cricketers Association President Ashok Malhotra&nbsp;had said that Indian cricketers might face a pay cut owing to the pandemic.

As the COVID-19 crisis is now hitting the sports fraternities financially across the world, the BCCI could also take a decision of reducing salaries of the Indian cricketers. With uncertainty looming over the lucrative Indian Premier League and International Cricket coming to a standstill Indian Cricketers Association President Ashok Malhotra said that Indian cricketers, some of the richest in sports might face a pay cut owing to the pandemic. He further added that the pay cut will be applicable for all, from the elite to the domestic players.&nbsp;

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