Cancer-hit Dingko recovers from Covid
NEWDELHI:ASIAN Games gold-winning boxer Dingko Singh has recovered from Covid-19, testing negative on Friday over a month after the cancer-stricken legend was hospitalised in Imphal.
Back home but in isolation for the next fortnight, Singh looked back at the ordeal, including five positive tests since his hospitalisation in the last week of May.
“I tested positive five times during my stay in hospital. It was very traumatising because I would see people, who came after me, leave before me. But somehow I kept going thanks to the doctors and nurses,” Singh, who is battling liver cancer, told PTI.
SL POLICE DROPS 2011 WC FIXING INVESTIGATION COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan Police on Friday ended investigation into charges that the country’s 2011 World Cup final loss to India was fixed, saying it found no evidence after recording statements of stars like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Ex-sports minister Mahindananda
Aluthgamage had alleged that the final, which India won, was fixed by “certain parties” leading to an inquiry by the Special Investigation Division of the Police. According to the police officer in charge, the 14-point allegations levelled by Aluthgamage could not be corroborated.
ENGLAND’S CURRAN TESTS COVID NEGATIVE LONDON:ENGLAND all-rounder Sam Curran can resume training ahead of next week’s first Test against West Indies after testing negative for Covid-19, the ECB said on Friday.
Curran was self-isolating in his room at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton after feeling unwell and undergoing a test.
BCCI KEEPS AN EYE ON DUBIOUS LEAGUE PROBE NEW DELHI: A T20 match played near Chandigarh but streamed online as a game in Sri Lanka has caught the attention of BCCI’S ACU, Punjab Police and Sri Lanka cricket board, which has vowed legal action.
“Our process is on. When we will know about the people involved, we will update our database. We would like to know who was involved. However, only police can take action on this,” BCCI anti-corruption chief Ajit Singh told PTI.
BERLIN EVENT MULLS WITHDRAWING ZVEREV BERLIN:THE organiser of an exhibition tennis tournament in Berlin said on Friday he is considering withdrawing Alexander Zverev from the line-up after videos of him partying surfaced despite promising to self isolate.
“I could say ‘Sascha (Zverev), I take your behaviour as a breach of contract’. I have not yet decided,” Edwin Weindorfer, boss of Aces exhibition event from July 13-19, told newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.