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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has opened its archive of match footages, providing fans with an opportunity to relive some of the greatest cricketing moments, including India's World Cup triumphs as people stay indoors to fight COVID-19 pandemic. The move will enable fans around the world to watch memorable cricket matches, highlights and ICC films at a time live sport programming stands disrupted. ICC events dating back to 1975, including the men's and women's ODI and T20 World Cups, the Champions Trophy as well as the U19 World Cups have been made available to its broadcast partners. "We are facing unprecedented times as a sports industry and the need to connect with our fan communities is perhaps greater than ever," ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney said. "With no live cricket to unite our fans around the world, we thought the next best thing would be to release our archive to broadcast partners so fans can enjoy some magnificent memories....

Lahore : In a heart-warming gesture, Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar is offering free food at his restaurant here for all those rendered jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pakistan is under a lockdown right now fighting the coronavirus outbreak after recording more than 1,000 positive cases. #CoronaVirus pic.twitter.com/9DwLg6imuL — Aleem Dar 🇵🇰 (@AleemDarUmpire) March 23, 2020 "During this lockdown, people have become jobless. I own a restaurant named Dar's Delighto on Pia Road in Lahore. People who are jobless can come there and eat food for free," Dar, an ICC elite panel umpire, said in video message posted on Twitter. Former captain Shahid Afridi is also carrying out extensive relief work through his charity foundation. The 51-year-old Dar has officiated in close to 400 international games. "Coronavirus has spread all over the world, and its effects are now being seen in Pakistan as well," said the former first-class cricketer. "The provincial ...

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New Delhi: Former India cricketer Laxmi Ratan Shukla, who is currently the sports minister of West Bengal, has donated his three months' MLA salary along with BCCI pension for the same period to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. As of now, 735 have tested positive in India with Bengal recording 10 such cases along with one death. The national death toll has touched 17 in the deadly outbreak, which has killed more than 24,000 globally. "It is the need of the hour that we all contribute to the best of our abilities. I have already donated three months of my MLA salary to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Also, I get pension from BCCI. I have donated three months of my BCCI pension," Shukla told PTI on Friday. Shukla, played three ODIs for India in 1999 before ankle injury cut short his career. A respected all-rounder in domestic cricket, he represented Bengal and East Zone in over 100 first-class matches and has also been a part of IPL-winning Kolkata Kni...

Kapil Dev asked Indians to see the positive side of the lockdown and enjoy the time spent with family, urging them to stay at home to help fight the coronavirus crisis. from Latest Cricket News, Cricket Info, Sports News Updates - NDTVSports.com https://ift.tt/3bqT8VB

As India continues its fight against the deadly coronavirus that has spread all across the globe, Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das has decided to donate her one months's salary to Assam's COVID-19 relief fund. from Zee News :Sports https://ift.tt/3brRtiu

With India going into a three-week lockdown starting on March 5, there is now uncertainty if the organisers will be able to start the tournament after April 15. from Top CricketNext News- News18.com https://ift.tt/2UElKnl