after the leave india comment, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is once again facing a social media backlash for wearing shorts during the toss in the practice game vs Cricket Australia XI in Sydney. Many slammed VK on social media for disrespecting the game and questioned his attitude. 

Indian shuttler&nbsp;Jwala Gutta&nbsp;who is half Indian and half Chinese has been subject to racial abuse very often.&nbsp;In her column for the Indian Express, Jwala&nbsp;wrote that she has been called&nbsp;China ka maal, half Chinese and even&nbsp;chinki&nbsp;on social media whenever she&nbsp;disagrees with a majority view on something. But since the outbreak of the coronavirus,&nbsp;the trolling has escalated. The 36-year-old added that there has been a new addition. Since Covid-19 originated from China and Jwala's&nbsp;mother is Chinese, the badminton star is now also referred to as half corona. Jwala&nbsp;though said that she treats everyone equally and doesn't&nbsp;see religious or caste distinctions as she has a broader perspective.

On Sunday, Manchester City became the first Premier&nbsp;League club to pledge publicly that they will not furlough any of their non-playing staff during the pandemic scare. The club announced that it had no intention of leaning on the state for financial assistance.&nbsp; City's decision will garner more criticism&nbsp;for the table-topping&nbsp;Liverpool who&nbsp;took advantage of the government's job retention scheme and became the 5th club on Saturday to announce a pay cut&nbsp;for their non-playing staff.&nbsp;Tottenham, Newcastle, Norwich, and Bournemouth were the other 4 clubs who were in line with Liverpool's decision.

After nine years of winning the World Cup, Master Blaster Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar&nbsp;revealed his strategy that helped India to register the win even after losing the early wickets.&nbsp;Tendulkar&nbsp;and Sehwag&nbsp;speaking to Times of India recalled how in a short span of time the&nbsp;meticulous idea&nbsp;of sending the out of form wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni ahead of an in-form&nbsp;Yuvraj&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;worked for the Indian team. While revealing the reason behind it, Tendulkar&nbsp;said that had left-hander&nbsp;Gambhir&nbsp;got out, left-hander&nbsp;Yuvraj&nbsp;would have gone in and if right-hander&nbsp;Virat&nbsp;got out Dhoni&nbsp;would have gone to bat. After Virat&nbsp;was out in the 22nd over, Dhoni&nbsp;who agreed to the suggestion marched in which at first&nbsp;stunned the spectators but later turned out crucial for India who then easily beat&nbsp;Sri&nbsp;Lanka&nbsp;by 6 wickets&nbsp;to become the first country to win the&nbsp;World Cup at home.

With the Formula One season suspended indefinitely due to the Covid-19 scare, fans may be deprived of real racing action but they have something to rejoice as&nbsp;Esports Virtual Grand Prix&nbsp;is there to keep the fans entertained. The 2nd virtual race took place on Sunday with&nbsp;Ferrari's Charles Leclerc&nbsp;finishing on top of the podium. Apart from a number of current stars, England's World Cup hero Ben Stokes was also on the track. He though had a tough&nbsp;time behind the wheel and sadly finished last.

An inspiring tale of New Orleans Saints legendary&nbsp;placekicker, Tom Dempsey ended on Sunday as he died due to&nbsp;Covid-19. The 73-year-old who had an extraordinary career in NFL&nbsp;was also suffering from Alzheimer's&nbsp;and Dementia since 2012 and was diagnosed with coronavirus&nbsp;on March 25. The American football player, Dempsey&nbsp;who was born without toes in his right foot and fingers&nbsp;in his right hand, had set&nbsp;the record for the longest NFL&nbsp;field goal&nbsp;with a 63-yard kick in 1970 which was later beaten in 2013.

Bulgaria's boxer&nbsp;Kubrat&nbsp;Pulev&nbsp;has pledged to donate half of his purse from the world heavyweight title fight against&nbsp;the current champion&nbsp;Anthony Joshua to help in the battle against Covid-19. The 38-year-old is expected to earn around $5 million from the fight which was originally scheduled for June 20 at the Tottenham&nbsp;Hotspurs&nbsp;stadium but was indefinitely postponed due to the outbreak. Pulev who is waiting for the mandatory IBF&nbsp;title challenger has a record of 28 wins out of his 29 fights.&nbsp;

While the number of deaths due to Covid-19 is still rising, Bundesliga&nbsp;champions,&nbsp;Bayern&nbsp;Munich on Sunday announced that the players will resume training from Monday. The club confirmed that the players will train in small groups and it will be done in coordination with the government guidelines. This will be the first time that the German football club would be returning to the ground after Bundesliga&nbsp;was suspended on March 13th due to the virus outbreak.

With dark clouds looming over the future of the&nbsp;13th edition of the Indian Premier League, former Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals' coach Paddy Upton believes that fringe players and players who were just starting in their careers would feel the pinch of this forced break. In an interview to the Times of India, Upton said that for athletes, there would be a range of experiences, from welcome relief for the established to anxiety and insecurity, both professionally and financially, for possibly a greater number. The 51-year-old South African added that&nbsp;IPL is a huge highlight on the calendar for many cricketers, and a cash cow. Those players who have very recently broken through to the next level, would naturally be feeling this break very disruptive.

Manchester City's defender Kyle Walker is facing disciplinary action from his club after the England international reportedly broke lockdown rules as he allegedly hosted a party which involved two sex workers.&nbsp;In a statement, City said that Walker's actions had directly contravened his responsibility as a role model and the club will hold an investigation. The 29-year-old though apologised for his actions and urged people to stay home and stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.

Honouring Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi's&nbsp;appeal to switch off the lights and light candles and diyas&nbsp;at 9 PM on Sunday, Indian sports fraternity joined the initiative in order to show solidarity in the fight against the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;shared a picture with his wife Anushka&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;and wrote that a prayer in unity does make a difference. Master Blaster Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar too lit candles with his family and thanked the selfless Sanitation Warriors&nbsp;for their selfless services in their attempt to limit the spread of the virus. From Rohit&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;to Saina&nbsp;Nehwal, may other sports stars too joined the cause.

Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh&nbsp;on Sunday participated&nbsp;in Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi's appeal to light candles and diyas&nbsp;and also pledged to donate Rs. 50 lakh&nbsp;to the PM-CARES fund to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Yuvi&nbsp;tweeted to say that we are stronger when we stand together.

While interviewing former Australia batsman Dean Jones in his Youtube channel, former Pakistan captain Wasim&nbsp;Akram&nbsp;gave Pakistan Cricket team an interesting football comparison. He called Pakistan&nbsp;the Brazil of cricket when it comes to producing young cricketers. During the interview Dean Jones said that cricketers in Australia come up in international circuit only after a certain age but in Pakistan young kids take over the world.

Even though most sporting events around the world are on hold because of the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic,&nbsp;WWE&rsquo;s&nbsp;trademark event&nbsp;Wrestlemania went head as a 2-day event.&nbsp;However, for the safety of their audience, the show was recorded last behind closed doors in WWE&rsquo;s training center near Orlando. The show was decided to be aired without the usual spectacular, stadium-size ring entrances. WWE had earlier made it clear that they wanted go ahead with&nbsp;Wrestlemania&nbsp;to help people get away from the tense situation and put it behind them.

Former England captain opened up on the controversy&nbsp;between him and Kevin Pietersen&nbsp;and feels that he could have managed&nbsp;it better. In a podcast with Sky sports, Strauss said that he feels like he didn't do enough work with KP. There came a time where some of the people Pietersen was close to in the team, either retired or got dropped, there was an opportunity to not bring him in, but spend time with him and make sure his views were considered. Strauss added that if him&nbsp;and the management had time to think it out clearly, they could have managed it better. Tensions between Strauss and Pietersen&nbsp;had left a dent on England cricket during the 2012-13 season which saw the&nbsp;latter being permanently sacked&nbsp;from the national side.&nbsp;

With opening 8 races of the 2020 Formula One season been either cancelled or postponed, former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone feels that&nbsp;this season's championship should be cancelled because it appears unlikely that enough races can be completed due to the coronavirus pandemic crisis. A minimum of 8 races are required for the championship to be valid but with the deadly virus bringing the sporting calendar to a standstill, dark clouds now loom over&nbsp;the remaining 14 F1 races as well.

Spain may be in lockdown&nbsp;due to the Covid-19 pandemic but that hasn't stopped many footballers from training, even though it is in their own backyard. On Saturday,&nbsp;Barcelona&rsquo;s teenage forward&nbsp;Ansu Fati&nbsp;recorded a video of his training drills at home. The 17-year-old sensation had scored 4 goals and had 1 assist from 16 top-flight games before his splendid&nbsp;run came to an end when all football activities were brought to a standstill&nbsp;due to the virus outbreak.

Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen&nbsp;left fans in splits as he shared a&nbsp;hilarious video of a man who manages to enjoy cricket even during lockdown. Pietersen&nbsp;even called the man a&nbsp;genius.

With top-flight clubs meet with representatives of players and managers to discuss possible wage cuts during the suspended football season, Liverpool&nbsp;decided to place non-playing staff on temporary leave amid coronavirus crisis. However, the Premier League&nbsp;club announced that the staff members affected by this decision will be allowed to take 80% of their salary through the UK government's job retention scheme, with the club willing to complete the remaining salary&nbsp;to ensure financial damage is limited. Liverpool have followed the steps of other clubs&nbsp;like Newcastle, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Norwich, who have already taken the same decision.

BCCI&nbsp;president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;extended his support for those affected by the coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. Dada&nbsp;visited the ISKCON city centre in Kolkata&nbsp;which was feeding 10,000 people daily and helped them to&nbsp;double their capacity to 20,000 people every day. Thanking Ganguly,&nbsp;spokesperson and vice-president of ISKCON's&nbsp;Kolkata centre&nbsp;Radharaman Das&nbsp;tweeted to say that&nbsp;under&nbsp;dada&nbsp;ISKCON were confident to fight the battle of hunger for many families. He even called it as the best innings played by Ganguly.

Brazilian footballer Neymar has donated $1 million to his country to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic according to some local reports in Brazil. While the world's third highest-paid footballer's office declined to comment about it, the report further confirmed that half of the money was donated to UNICEF and the rest to a charitable fund in Brazil. The 28-year-old Paris Saint Germain star followed the example of his teammate Kylian Mbappe, who last month donated an undisclosed major amount to a French charity to help fight the deadly pandemic.

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