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Pakistan skipper Babar Azam in the same team next year with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) planning to revive the Afro-Asia Cup. The 50-overs series was first played in 2005 before being discontinued after its next edition in 2007 as relations between India and Pakistan soured.
The RT-PCR tests were conducted on Wednesday morning. The infected, who are suffering from mild symptoms, have been placed under isolation. "Two players and three members of the Support Staff of the Indian Men's Hockey team, currently preparing for the Commonwealth Games 2022 have tested positive for Covid-19," Hockey India said in the media release without naming anyone.
The FIH Women's Hockey World Cup 2022 will be co-hosted by the Netherlands and Spain from July 1 to 17. The Indian team is being led by goalkeeper Savita Punia, while talismanic striker Rani Rampal has not made the cut for the 18-member team due to doubts over her fitness. The Indian women's hockey team finished a creditable fourth in last year's Tokyo Olympics and that has raised hopes of a good performance in the upcoming tournament from the the Indian girls.
A coach attached with the Indian Under-17 women's football team has been suspended and called back from Norway for alleged "misconduct" with a minor player during the ongoing training tour to Europe. The Committee of Administrators (CoA), managing the affairs of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), has informed the Sports Authority of India (SAI) about the incident. "An event of misconduct has been reported in the U-17 women's team, currently on an exposure tour to Europe. The AIFF follows a zero-tolerance policy on indiscipline. As an initial action, the Federation has provisionally suspended the individual pending further investigation," a statement from the CoA said.
Rohit Sharma's participation in the rescheduled fifth Test against England in Edgbaston was thrown into doubt after he tested positive for COVID-19. It's still unknown whether or not the India captain will recover in time to be fit for the all-important Test. Numerous names have come up to replace Rohit, if he fails to recover in time. But for former Australia spinner Brad Hogg, there is only one name and that's Virat Kohli. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Hogg said that Kohli started this series as captain, and should be able to finish it off as one.
When called up for the recent New Zealand series, Matthew Potts was asked how he would approach a maiden Test appearance that had seemed so unlikely just a few months earlier.
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The tears at the end of the Tokyo Olympics accompanied a historic achievement. A fourth place in the final standings may mean missing a medal by a whisker, but a women's hockey team from India had never finished that high at the Games. It followed a welcome chance to debut at the Pro League, where India finished third, ahead of teams like Belgium, Spain, Germany and England -- winning six of their 14 matches. One vital cog missing in the team's wheel during the Pro League was inspirational skipper Rani. A hamstring injury had kept her on the sidelines for 10 months, before she finally worked her way back for the European tour. But coach Janneke Schopman gave Rani just one Pro League game on the tour, her 250th cap, but the central striker looked as good as never being injured at all. It seemed India's set-up was complete just ahead of two big events -- the World Cup in Spain and Netherlands, followed by the Commonwealth Games in England. The squad was announced with all the excepted names, except one -- Rani. WHY EXACTLY IS RANI NOT IN THE WORLD CUP SQUAD?It was a surprise for many to see Rani's name missing from the World Cup squad, but coach Schopman, who interestingly played against Rani at the 2010 World Cup, came on record to say that Rani is yet to fully recuperate from her injury.