Новости за 27.07.2020

Manchester City midfielder David Silva will return to the Etihad Stadium for a proper send-off after making his final Premier League appearance for the club in Sunday's 5-0 thrashing of Norwich City, manager Pep Guardiola said.

Frank Lampard insisted Chelsea must not rest on their laurels after qualifying for the Champions League because they have improvements to make before chasing Premier League winners Liverpool next season.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he is not going to lie about Chinese transgressions in eastern Ladakh even if it costs him politically, asserting he will say the truth as far as Indian territory is concerned. Gandhi made these remarks in a tweet, along with an over-a-minute-long video, as part of a series launched by him on the India-China face-off along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in eastern Ladakh.

Surrey cricketers Mark Stoneman and Ryan Patel on Sunday experienced something no other sportsmen in England have enjoyed since March when they strode to the wicket at The Oval - applause from a crowd desperate to witness live action in the flesh after the coronavirus lockdown.

Rory Burns hailed Stuart Broad's "ridiculous achievement" as the veteran England pacer closed in on his 500th Test wicket after leaving the West Indies reeling at Old Trafford.

Ram Kapoor has been making the most of his lockdown time with family. The actor has been up to a lot of fun with his wife, kids and their dog, Popeye.

The fighter aircraft were flagged off by the Indian Ambassador to France from an airbase in Merignac in France where the Ambassador interacted with the India crew flying it back to India.

West Indies coach Phil Simmons challenged his batsmen to get among the runs as they need to chase down an imposing 399-run target to win the deciding third Test against England at Old Trafford.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring deep into first half stoppage time in Turin and then had a hand in Federico Bernardeschi netting the second after 66 minutes for a 2-0 win over Sampdoria.

Indian Premier League, Chairman Governing Council, Brijesh Patel, on Sunday confirmed that the BCCI has sent the acceptance letter to the Emirates Cricket Board to host the IPL. In addition, Patel said that the eight IPL franchises will hold their respective pre-tournament training camps in the UAE in a bio-secure environment and that the teams need 3-4 weeks to prepare.

Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi on Monday withdrew his plea in the Supreme Court, against the High Court order which had directed him to defer his decision on disqualification notices issued to former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs. ​Sibal ​said that they content High Court's order there itself come back to the SC again if the need arises.

Franchises still haven't 'officially' heard from the BCCI on the matter and there is concern among them. Franchises expressed their concerns over several issues like when is the IPL governing council meeting; official confirmation of dates and venue; about revenue-sharing, ticket compensation & accommodation, player-related details and the bio-secure bubble.

Seasoned actor, Dilip Joshi, who is known for playing the role of Jethalal in the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah has finally joined Instagram.

Reliance Industries Ltd toppled ExxonMobil Corp to become the world’s largest energy company after Saudi Aramco, as investors piled into the conglomerate lured by the Indian firm’s digital and retail forays. Reliance, which manages the biggest refinery complex, gained 4.3% on Friday adding $8 billion to take its market value to $189 billion while Exxon Mobil erased $1 billion.

The US says it has closed its consulate in Chengdu, China. China ordered the consulate closed in retaliation for a US order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston last week. State Department said the consulate suspended operations on Monday and expressed disappointment at China's decision. The US would try to continue its outreach through its other missions in China.

Changing the last minute strategy of protests under 'Save Democracy-Save Constitution' campaign in Rajasthan, state Congress PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasara on Sunday announced that the party shall not be protesting outside Raj Bhawan in the state on Monday as proposed earlier, but the nationwide protest shall continue as per the earlier plan. Stay here for all live updates

Changing the last minute strategy of protests under 'Save Democracy-Save Constitution' campaign in Rajasthan, state Congress PCC Chief Govind Singh Dotasara on Sunday announced that the party shall not be protesting outside Raj Bhawan in the state on Monday as proposed earlier, but the nationwide protest shall continue as per the earlier plan. Stay here for all live updates

Franchises still haven't 'officially' heard from the BCCI on the matter and there is concern among them. Franchises expressed their concerns over several issues like when is the IPL governing council meeting; official confirmation of dates and venue; about revenue-sharing, ticket compensation & accommodation, player-related details and the bio-secure bubble.

Nationally, the gap between the actual cases and expected cases was 9% as of Sunday morning with an expected value of cases at 12.3 lakh and the actual count at 13.4 lakh. In Andhra Pradesh, if cases had risen proportionately with testing, the state would have had a little over 55,400 cases on July 25 but actually has 88,671 cases which are 60% higher than the expected value.

Billionaire industrialist Cyrus Poonawalla is believed to have agreed to set aside 60K vials of Covid-19 vaccine exclusively for the Parsi community. His son Adar, CEO and owner of Serum Institute of India, in response to a tweet, said, "Our production capacity of just one day will be enough to cover every Parsi on the planet.. given the size of our community!”

Daily Covid-19 cases in India went past 49,000 as the total caseload crossed 14 lakh, capping the deadliest week of the pandemic so far, when total cases grew by 28% and the death toll jumped by 19%. Stay with TOI for the latest developments