Новости за 05.07.2020

With the England vs West Indies Test series, cricket is finally set to make a return after almost three months of inactivity due to Covid-19 outbreak. Along with the game, all eyes will be set on how playing inside the bio-secure bubble will work, and will the temporary setup be a success.

India now has the third highest Covid-19 caseload in the world after overtaking Russia on Sunday, even as new infections in the country rose to another record high of nearly 25,000 during the day. India also recorded 421 new deaths from the virus, taking the toll to over 2,300 in the five days of this month alone.

Two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists who were killed in an encounter on Saturday were found to be carrying coronavirus according to their test reports which came in on Sunday. The terrorists, identified as Ali Bhai alias Abu Okasha and Hilal Ahmad, were killed in an operation in Arrah in Kulgam district.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is eligible to be one of the directors of the merged Indian Super League (ISL) franchise ATK-Mohun Bagan ahead of the upcoming season, by virtue of him being one of the team co-owners.

Newcastle United twice came back from a goal down as they grabbed a 2-2 Premier League draw with West Ham United on Sunday, robbing the visitors of the chance to put some more daylight between themselves and the relegation zone.

Actor Arjun Bijlani says he was shocked when he heard the news of legendary choreographer Saroj Khan passing away due to cardiac arrest. R

Valtteri Bottas stayed calm in a stormy race on Sunday to claim a measured victory for Mercedes as Formula One returned with a bang in a belated, dramatic and incident-strewn 2020 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

The BCCI will work on finalising India's revised Future Tours Program and the domestic season when it conducts its fourth Apex Council meeting on July 17. The meeting, like the last emergent meeting on May 6, will be held online amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The nine-member Council could also discuss the raging issue of Chinese sponsorship in the IPL.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah on Sunday tweeted a photo of the new Motera Stadium, officially called the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium.

While all major historical monuments across the nation are set to open on Monday, Taj Mahal and other world famous monuments in Agra will not reopen till further orders, as they fall in the buffer zone areas outside the containment zone. Any movement of tourists in these areas could spread the coronavirus infection.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju was among those who wished badminton world champion PV Sindhu on her birthday. Sindhu turned 25 on Sunday.

Six times world champion Lewis Hamilton and a majority of Formula One's 20 drivers took a knee on the starting grid before Sunday's season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

“Pakistan obviously wants to fish even more in troubled waters- it wants to push as many terrorists as possible across the LoC, under with the cover of cross-border firings, at a time when our attention is diverted towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China,” said a senior officer. Intelligence reports suggest 280 to 300 heavily-armed terrorists are waiting for an opportune time to infiltrate into Kashmir.

Avinash Mukherjee, who got back to shooting after almost three months, says that the show's team has ensured that all the safety measures are in place as they resume shooting amid the pandemic

Romanian women's world number two Simona Halep hopes to take part in next month's Palermo Open, the first WTA event to be held after the shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, she said on Sunday.

Television actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee has completed nine years in the industry. She shared many photos of her cutting cakes and also sharing them with her pet dog. Devoleena had spread all the cakes and flowers on the bed and looked ecstatic. The cake had '9 years of queen' written on it.

Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh called on Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday, hours after the state government revoked the home department's order for transfer of 10 DCPs in the city. The developments have once again triggered talks about the lack of coordination between Shiv Sena and NCP, two of the three constituents of the Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt.

BCCI ethics officer DK Jain on Sunday said he is examining a conflict of interest complaint against Virat Kohli from MP Cricket Association life member Sanjeev Gupta. Gupta has alleged that Kohli is conflicted as he occupies two posts -- captain of Indian team and director of a venture which has co-directors linked to a company that has on board, several of his teammates.

Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 10 is among the most-loved reality shows on the Indian television. Its high-octane action sequences and a mix of comedy, fun banter between the contestants and the host Rohit Shetty, gives the audience a perfect dose of entertainment.

The objective, as the hashtag suggests, is to help the song "Bhula dunga" scale 100 million hits on social media.

Over a week now, Ganguly has been aggressively demanding Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the untimely demise of Sushant. Her Twitter timeline has been flooding with the hashtag #cbiforsushant.

Neither equipped with any arms or ammunition nor anticipating that they would face an "encounter-like" situation in Kanpur's Bikhru village, police personnel headed unprepared towards the trap laid by gangster Vikas Dubey at his mansion, said a policeman who survived the ambush in which eight of his colleagues were killed.

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As Jonny Bairstow was not picked in the England squad for the first Test against West Indies, national selector Ed Smith said that no doors have been closed on the duo. He also suggested that both the players would be seen in action in white-ball cricket.