"As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States,'' Trump told reporters Friday on Air Force One as he returned from Florida. Trump said he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action, insisting, "I have that authority.''
Former national football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia was a torchbearer in terms of Indians playing in foreign football leagues.
After a six-week break, the Indian men and women hockey campers will return to the Sports Authority of India, South Centre, on August 4. The players have been asked to report at SAI for the camp which runs until September 30.
With the Indian Premier League set to be staged in Dubai albeit inside a bio-secure bubble beginning September 19, this long inactivity does bother the world's best batsman Steve Smith, who also doubles up as the skipper for Rajasthan Royals. Smith's winning percentage stands at 75 (winning nine out of 13 games), is the best in the IPL.
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton said opening practice at the British Grand Prix on Friday had been "quite difficult, but not disastrous" before welcoming Lance Stroll's success in topping the times for Racing Point.
Brendon Todd used a red-hot putter to claim sole ownership of the lead at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis on Friday, sitting two strokes ahead of Rickie Fowler after the second round.
The 2020-21 Belgian football season will begin next weekend, the Pro League announced on Friday after weeks of controversy and legal action, with with 18 teams instead of 16 taking part in the top division.
A flawless, six-under-par round propelled Danielle Kang into a first-round lead at the LPGA's inaugural Drive On Championship in Toledo, Ohio, heading into Saturday one stroke ahead of Jodi Ewart Shadoff.
The UAE government, in the middle of putting their own Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place for this year's edition, will make it compulsory for any overseas traveller arriving there to undergo a week's quarantine, including two Covid tests. These are among the multiple precautionary measures that are being planned for the tournament as the threat of the virus remains.
Pablo Sarabia scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out as Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for their assault on the Champions League in Lisbon by defeating Lyon in Friday's French League Cup final to claim another domestic treble.
Buddy the seven-year-old German shepherd became sick in April, around the same time his owner Robert Mahoney was recovering from Covid-19, according to the magazine this week. Buddy seemed to have a stuffed nose and difficulty breathing, and his condition only worsened over the following weeks and months.
Since the start of the millennium, no other side has enjoyed as much success in the FA Cup than the two teams who will contest Saturday's final at Wembley Stadium.
F1 driver Sergio Perez will miss Sunday's British GP after testing positive for COVID-19. Perez, who is the first driver to test positive since the pandemic-hit season started this month, was 'physically well and in good spirits'. With Britain extending the virus isolation period to 10 days from seven on Thursday, Perez also looks set to miss the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, the following weekend.
An IPL franchise generally has 25-28 players in its squad and at least 10-15 members in support staff besides the executives. TOI understands that each IPL franchise will have to organize its own bio-bubble upon reaching UAE about month ahead of the tournament. In that case, limiting the squad could be a bone of contention.
In a short e-mail (a copy is with TOI) to the Apex Council members of the BCCI (it's his second e-mail in this regard) recently, Sanjay Manjrekar has assured the Board mandarins that he would "stick to the guidelines laid out" by the BCCI. TOI tried to contact Manjrekar, but he wasn't available for comment.
World champions England defeated Ireland by 6 wickets in the first ODI at Southampton as white-ball cricket returned from the coronavirus lockdown. England, in their first home ODI since winning the World Cup, were in trouble at 78-4, chasing a modest 173 to win. But Sam Billings 67* and captain Eoin Morgan 36*, a former Ireland batsman, saw them to victory with more than 22 overs to spare.
NBA teams bowed their heads and knelt during the playing of the US national anthem while wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts on Thursday as the league returned for the first time since the coronavirus halted play in March.
A spike in infections in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas this month has overwhelmed hospitals. The rise has forced states to make a U-turn on reopening economies that were restricted by lockdowns in March and April to slow the spread of the virus.
There’s a possibility that the awards ceremony, traditionally held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, could either be entirely scrapped or postponed indefinitely as the government and the President’s House feel that the time isn’t right to host the ceremony for the country’s elite athletes and coaches during the peak pandemic, sources said.
World number one Ashleigh Barty pulled out of the US Open Thursday over fears about the coronavirus pandemic in a major blow for the Grand Slam, which is scheduled to start in New York on Aug 31. The Australian is the biggest name so far to withdraw from the tournament, with her decision coming as the US marked a grim milestone when its COVID-19 deaths topped 150,000.
Football coach Prasad Bhosale, who was employed by a top school chain as the physical education instructor, was asked to quit his position a couple of months ago. Since then, he has sold vegetables in Kandivli and also worked as a driver briefly
Juventus crashed to a humiliating 2-0 defeat at Cagliari on Wednesday days after sealing their ninth consecutive Serie A title, with their Champions League last 16 return leg looming.
When the West Indies arrived in England for a three-Test series, many observers wondered if their batsmen could give a talented attack enough runs to play with.
Nick Kyrgios has slammed Borna Coric for having an "intellectual level of zero" after the Croat said he doesn't care about criticism from the Australian over Novak Djokovic's ill-fated Adria Tour tennis exhibition.
AC Milan's veteran forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice and Gianluigi Donnarumma saved a penalty as they won 4-1 at Sampdoria on Wednesday to stay unbeaten since the Serie A season restarted.
The threat from the Communist Party of China is very real, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday asserting that the Trump administration has begun to take all the "right actions" to rebalance the relationship with Beijing in a way that protects and secures freedom for Americans.A spike in infections in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas this month has overwhelmed hospitals. The rise has forced states to make a U-turn on reopening economies that were restricted by lockdowns in March and April to slow the spread of the virus.
A Japanese court on Wednesday for the first time recognized people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell after the 1945 US atomic attack on Hiroshima as atomic bomb survivors, ordering the city and the prefecture to provide the same government medical benefits as given to other survivors. The court said all 84 plaintiffs also developed radiation-induced illnesses and should be certified as atomic bomb victims.The threat from the Communist Party of China is very real, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday asserting that the Trump administration has begun to take all the "right actions" to rebalance the relationship with Beijing in a way that protects and secures freedom for Americans.
The Indian Premier League governing council is contemplating postponing the date of the tournament’s final from November 8 to 10 and allow its stakeholders – especially broadcaster Star India – to make further use of the Diwali week. A final decision in this regard will be taken when the GC meets in the next three days.
California, Florida and Texas, the three most-populous states, reported one-day record spikes in deaths on Tuesday, together accounting for 584 of the 1,292 new deaths. Arkansas, Montana and Oregon also had one-day record increases in COVID-19 fatalities.
Florida has emerged as a major new epicenter of the US coronavirus battle, but two key weapons in the state's fight are misfiring badly: testing and contact tracing.
Drafted in NBA’s G-League, the hoopster from the Dera Baba Nanak village in Gurdaspur district is now the fourth Indian -- after Satnam Singh, Palpreet Singh Brar and Amjyot Singh Gill -- in the elite list.
Former India cricketer and legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar has hailed Stuart Broad for his 'terrific achievement'. Broad on Tuesday became the second bowler from England to register 500 Test wickets. The achievement came after he dismissed Kraigg Brathwaite in the 14th over of the Windies' second innings.
The 24-year-old German international, who won all the major titles with City barring the Champions League, spoke about why he left the Manchester club, City manager Pep Guardiola’s influence on him and his expectations from the reigning Bundesliga champions during a media interaction.
Inter Milan eased past Napoli 2-0 to hold on to second place in Serie A on Tuesday ahead of Atalanta who earlier fought back to beat Parma.
Manchester City showed a "blatant disregard" for UEFA's investigation into alleged Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but European football's governing body failed to prove City had disguised funding from the club's owners as sponsorship income.
The grand old man of MP cricket is hurt by the ongoing controversy over the appointment of Chandrakant Pandit as head coach of the Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy team.
Four months after COVID-19 sent basketball into an unprecedented shutdown, the NBA takes a leap into the unknown on Thursday as the league bids to resurrect its season at Disney World in Florida.
The start of the 2021 Tour de France has been brought forward to June 26 to allow cyclists to take part in the Tokyo Olympics with its Mount Fuji road race.
The United States Tuesday recorded 1,592 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in 2.5 months, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally.