Sports Disputes
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Stand for national anthem or stay in locker room: NFL’s solution to player protests
The new policy removes allows players who do not wish to stand for the national anthem to remain in the locker room.
AFP
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Tearful Gerard Pique offers to quit Spanish national team after violent Catalonia clashes
The defender broke down in tears describing Barcelona’s 3-0 win over Las Palmas in an empty stadium as the ‘worst professional experience’ of his life.
AFP
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‘Leave The Boss out of your politricks’: Donald Trump roasted for Usain Bolt tweet
The US President attempt to co-opt sprint king Usain Bolt in his feud with NFL protesters drew a stinging response.
AFP
Trending
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Constitution does not allow preferential treatment for religious majority: SC judge BV Nagarathna
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Readers’ comments: ‘Most Kerala Hindus are already lost’
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Video: Watch this breakdancer’s amazing performance in sari and high heels
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Thailand Open 2023: PV Sindhu knocked out in opening round; Kiran George stuns world No 9 Shi Yu Qi
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Crime fiction: A detective’s holiday is cut short when strange bloody handprints appear on the walls
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Still black and white: Trump feud exposes racial divide in US sport
The US President has sought to reframe the meaning of the anthem protests as an unpatriotic gesture which shows disrespect towards the US and its flag.
AFP
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EA Sports’s Fifa 18 shows India map without Jammu and Kashmir: Report
A draft Bill in 2016 stipulated a fine of up to Rs 100 crore and seven years in jail for the wrong depiction of the Indian map.
Scroll Staff
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LeBron James has no regrets over calling divisive Donald Trump a ‘bum’
The NBA star had taken aim at Trump on Twitter after the president withdrew a White House invitation to Stephen Curry.
AFP
Video
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‘Carpet or road?’: Watch the freshly laid surface of a Maharashtra highway being peeled off
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Caught on TV: Joe Biden lets out a chuckle as a reporter asks if he will ever pardon Donald Trump
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Watch: Daily commuters cheer for a motorman of Mumbai local train on his last day of work
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Watch: How the sheriff’s team rescued a bear trapped inside a vehicle in Nevada, USA
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Watch: Performer with one leg gets standing ovation for dance on Britain’s Got Talent
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‘Leader of our country is acting like a jerk’: US sportspersons protest against Trump
Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James described the US leader as a “bum.”
AFP
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Pakistan Hockey Federation cries foul after being ignored for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
The Federation has called for the intervention of the Asian Hockey Federation.
Scroll Staff
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Financial difficulties force former Olympic champion Olga Korbut to sell medals
The cash-strapped gymnast, who had won two golds and a silver at the 1972 Munich games, sold the three medals for $333,500.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Chitrakut’ review: A wandering tour of complicated relationships
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Start the week with a film: The documentary ‘Tina’ is a tribute to an irrepressible spirit
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‘Citadel’ review: Secrets, lies and banality
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‘City of Dreams’ season 3 review: Political drama is running out of ways to deliver the shocks
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‘Jogira Sara Ra Ra’ review: Funny in bits and bobs
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BCCI is not alone. Around the world, courts are telling sports administrators how to do their job
The BCCI-Lodha tussle is only one in a long list of run-ins between sports and the courts in the US, England, China and Pakistan.
Bedbyas Datta
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Lodha panel row: 12 state bodies will not use BCCI funds until Supreme Court issues clearance
An affidavit issued by the Board of Cricket Control for India said the associations would keep the money in a term deposit.
Scroll Staff
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Lodha panel row: BCCI defers tender process for media rights for ten IPL seasons
In a letter, the cricket body told bidders that the events were unforeseen and not under its control.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Hockey Men’s Junior Asia Cup: Boby Singh Dhami nets hat-trick as India beat Korea 9-1 to reach final
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Cameo Super Kings: How CSK clinched a record-equalling fifth IPL title
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Thailand Open 2023: PV Sindhu knocked out in opening round; Kiran George stuns world No 9 Shi Yu Qi
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Sports world daily: Medvedev stunned at French Open; Roma take on Sevilla in Europa League final
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Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag return to a special event; Sindhu, Srikanth and Co in action