One of the oldest rivalries in cricket 'The Ashes' resumes on Thursday, as Australia take on England in the 1st Test in Birmingham. Fresh from their maiden World Cup triumph, the 3 Lions will look to bring the urn back home. The Aussies may have won just 1 Test series since thumping England 4-0 in the last Ashes, but with the return of David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, the Kangaroos are stronger than the last time. But history backs the hosts, as England haven't lost to Australia at home in almost 2 decades. With both sides evenly matched on paper, fasten your seat belts for a rollercoaster&nbsp;Ashes ride.

One of the oldest rivalries in cricket 'The Ashes' resumes on Thursday, as Australia take on England in the 1st Test in Birmingham. Fresh from their maiden World Cup triumph, the 3 Lions will look to bring the urn back home. The Aussies may have won just 1 Test series since thumping England 4-0 in the last Ashes, but with the return of David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, the Kangaroos are stronger than the last time. But history backs the hosts, as England haven't lost to Australia at home in almost 2 decades. With both sides evenly matched on paper, fasten your seat belts for a rollercoaster Ashes ride.

Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa&nbsp;has opened up about his depression and the kind of suicidal thoughts the now&nbsp;Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals batsman had to battle. As the 34-year-old spoke in a session 'Mind, Body and Soul' he&nbsp;said that he remembered his toughest phase from 2009 to 2011 when he was clinically depressed and the suicidal thoughts were constant which he would face on a daily basis. while he said that cricket would keep his mind-off these things but it was really difficult for him to cope up on non-match days. He further added that he did not regret his negative experiences as life is about both positive and negative and a lopsided life will not be great.

Many experts have regarded&nbsp;Virat&nbsp;Kohli and Rohit&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;as the best batting pair in modern-day cricket but Virat takes an upper hand for Brad Hogg. During his YouTube show, the former Australian cricketer was asked to make his choice between&nbsp;the two in white-ball cricket and Hogg&nbsp;picked Kohli. He said that Virat&nbsp;is more consistent during big run chases. When India is batting second, he stands up and delivers. Hogg&nbsp;though added that&nbsp;the two cannot be compared as they have different roles. Rohit&rsquo;s role is to be aggressive against the new ball bowlers when field restrictions are at their least and Virat&rsquo;s role is to bat through the innings and make sure he&rsquo;s there at the end, so they complement each other.

An irresponsible remark on Yuzvendra Chahal &amp; Kuldeep Yadav, by former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has landed him in trouble. The left-hander could face some serious charges for his comments during a Tiktok chat with India opener Rohit Sharma. During the interaction, Yuvraj made a casteist remark against the wrist spin duo. These comments have not gone down well with a Dalit rights activist and advocate Rajat Kalsan, who lodged a complaint against Yuvraj in Hisar. Fans have called out Yuvraj for his insensitive comment, asking him to apologise.

National capital New Delhi's prestigious Delhi Golf Club laid off 66 employees amidst the slowdown due to covid-19. According to various reports, all employees released, worked in the food and beverage department as the club plans to outsource it now. This layoff comes despite PM Narendra Modi's request to not layoff staff during this crisis as the former employees have now written to the PM requesting for a solution. Some of the club's prestigious members including former Delhi&nbsp;lieutenant governor&nbsp;Najeevb Jung wrote to the club authorities urging them to take back their decision. According to various reports, the club has around 70 crore in fixed deposits and earns close to 18 crore a year approximately through subscriptions, despite paying just a little over 2 crore to the government for the lease of the grounds in the heart of the national capital.

With the protests in support of&nbsp;racial unity and justice getting stronger,&nbsp;NBA stars Stephen Curry,&nbsp;Klay Thompson and several of their Golden State Warriors teammates took part in a unity march in Oakland, California on Wednesday.&nbsp;The Walking in Unity protest event was organised by Warriors forward Juan Toscano-Anderson and took place around the city's Lake Merrit area, where the team held parades and rallies afer winning its four recent NBA championships.

Whenever there's a countdown for the top goals of 2020,&nbsp;Lucas Fernandes'&nbsp;magical strike against&nbsp;Gil Vicente will surely stand out. His 30-metre wonder strike marked the first goal of Portuguese Primeira Liga's&nbsp;return from the coronavirus&nbsp;suspension. It also proved to be the lone goal if the game as it helped&nbsp;relegation-threatened Portimonense&nbsp;claim a 1-0 victory on Wednesday.

The Turkish League leaders Trabzonspor have been handed a 1-year ban from the European competitions by the UEFA&nbsp;on Wednesday. UEFA said that the Turkish club will be barred from competition once the team qualifies for the UEFA&nbsp;Champions League or the Europa&nbsp;League.&nbsp;The ban came after the club broke UEFA's&nbsp;financial&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;rules. The club has confirmed that it will appeal against the UEFA&nbsp;sanction within 10 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;

In January 2019, Indian cricketer Hardik&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;was under fire for his infamous&nbsp;comments made on a&nbsp;chat show called Koffee&nbsp;with Karan. While talking about the same with Harsha&nbsp;Bhogle,&nbsp;Pandya&nbsp;admitted that his family got abused and went on to say that his actions caused problems to his family which was not acceptable to him. However, Pandya&nbsp;feels that the incident made him wiser, he accepts his mistake and that phase does not bother him anymore.&nbsp;

The Athletics Federation of India has&nbsp;recommended star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. It is the 3rd consecutive year that the 22-year-old has been nominated for the&nbsp;country&rsquo;s highest sporting honour.&nbsp;Neeraj&nbsp;has put forward phenomenal performances over the years and clinched gold in 2018 Commonwealth as well as the Asian Games. He has already qualified for the postponed Tokyo Olympics. Apart from him, sprinter&nbsp;Dutee Chand,&nbsp;Asian Games gold medallists Arpinder Singh&nbsp;and Manjit Singh&nbsp;and reigning Asian champion middle distance runner P U Chitra were recommended for the Arjuna Award.&nbsp;

While the future of postponed Tokyo Olympics is in troubled waters,&nbsp;Japan is considering the option of having a simplified event next year to avoid the chances of cancellation, a local Japanese newspaper reported on Thursday. A simplified Olympic event would mean fewer&nbsp;spectators and mandatory Covid-19 testing for all. International Olympic Committee said that if the pandemic is not eradicated, the organisers will start planning for a very different kind of Olympics for the next year. Originally Tokyo Olympics was scheduled to begin in July 2020 but the games were delayed by a year due to the pandemic scare.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Cricket West Indies has decided to back its cricketers, stakeholders, sportsmen and sportswomen in speaking out against all forms of discrimination in the society. The board released an official statement in support of all sporting icons and role models who are leading the way in&nbsp;peacefully protesting and standing against racism.&nbsp;Recently, West Indies cricketers, Chris Gayle and Darren Sammy also openly condemned the injustice caused to George Floyd who died because of police brutality and the incident has now sparked widespread protests.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

NBA&nbsp;Commissioner&nbsp;Adam Silver has presented a detailed plan for restarting the league at the earliest to the 22 teams. The plan is now with NBA's&nbsp;board of directors and is likely to be approved soon. According to the plan, 22 teams from both Eastern and Western conferences will be stationed at the Disney campus in&nbsp;Florida and will play 8 games to determine the playoff seedings. The aim is to create a bio-secure environment with the teams in Florida. Upon arrival, all teams will be under a compulsory 14 quarantine period and detailed health checks along with rigorous testing will be mandatory at the facility.&nbsp;

Following the footsteps of NBA, America's Major League Soccer too might head to Disney World facility in Florida to finish the remainder of their season. According to reports in the American press, the MLS&nbsp;had signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' association which will run through the 2025 season.&nbsp;Once the final plans are approved, the teams are likely to make their way thought to Florida where they will spend 2 weeks in Quarantine before playing the matches in empty stadiums for the television audience. MLS&nbsp;was suspended in March this year as all teams have played just two games each.

Kobe Bryant who died in a helicopter crash earlier this year was honoured by a school in Bosnia as it unveiled a giant mural of the former Los&nbsp;Angeles&nbsp;Lakers' star. A group of fans started this mural in February but it was delayed due to the outbreak of the deadly virus as the painting was completed on Wednesday. The basketball star along with 9 others including his daughter&nbsp;died in the crash on 26th January in Los&nbsp;Angeles.&nbsp;

Premier League giants Tottenham confirmed on that one person in their club has tested positive for Covid-19. The club chose not to reveal the identity fo the person as the league plans a restart on 17th June after a 3-month break due to the global pandemic.&nbsp;Almost 1200 players &amp; staff in the Premier League teams were tested earlier this week and only 1 result has come out positive. The League returns without fans in the stadium as defending champions Manchester City play Arsenal on 17th June along with Aston Villa playing Sheffield United.&nbsp;

Portuguese side FC Porto's fans were out in huge numbers as they supported their team in&nbsp;Primeira Liga. No social distancing was maintained as the fans also set off flares to support their team which travelled to rivals&nbsp;Famalicao's home ground. Despite&nbsp;being an away fixture for Porto, almost 300 fans turned up outside the stadium. Porto&nbsp;eventually lost the match which slashed their lead on top of the&nbsp;Primeira Liga&nbsp;to just 1 point.&nbsp;

While the fate of cricket in the near future is unknown and the recent ban on saliva has left the bowlers worried and out of options, ICC Cricket Committee Chairman Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;had something to offer.&nbsp;As he talked&nbsp;about a helpful pitch,&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;said that for a better balance between ball and bat, teams can probably leave grass on the surface or even rough it up and went on to give the idea of getting spinners back in a Test match. The 49-year-old who is more worried about restarting the sport than the knick-knacks&nbsp;involved feels that there will be no need for any artificial substance for the bowlers and that once cricket resumes everything will fall into place.&nbsp;

Contrary to earlier estimates, Cricket Australia has further estimated a plunge of about 50% to their revenues this year and has warned the players' association of further pay cuts. The players' union also confirmed that they've received a report from Cricket Australia about the drop in revenues and are going to discuss it. Cricket Australia&nbsp;earlier projected&nbsp;A$400 million revenue pool but it could go down further as the chances of them hosting the World T20 are also reducing due to Covid-19. This shortfall is not just impacting the international Aussie stars but domestic players as well. Cricket Australia is now desperate to host India for a full Test tour as it may inject almost A$400 million back in the system.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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With cricket set to return with the West Indies tour of England in July, 3 Windies&nbsp;players&nbsp;Darren Bravo,&nbsp;Shimron Hetmyer&nbsp;and&nbsp;Keemo Paul have decided not to be a part of the tour due to the fear of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. Cricket West Indies though has said that they fully respect their decision and as previously stated, the board will not hold this decision against them when considering future selection. West Indies&nbsp;will fly to England on June 8 on private chartered planes&nbsp;after being tested for Covid-19. First of the 4 Tests starts July 8&nbsp;without fans in Hampshire.

Despite the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, Rafael Nadal&nbsp;had a very special 34th birthday. On Wednesday, over 70 players from his academy in&nbsp;Mallorca, Spain welcomed the world number 2 on center court while the youngsters sang the birthday song. Interestingly, all the players followed social distancing and were seated away from each other. 19-time Grand slam champion Nadal&nbsp;was also gifted a cake to mark the occasion.

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