Cricket jersey 2020

REUTERS: Paris St Germain have raised over 200,000 euros (180,603.48 pounds) for local healthcare professionals battling the coronavirus outbreak with the release of a limited edition jersey, the Ligue 1 champions have said. The shirt is a replica of PSG's current home strip but has the words 'Tous Unis' (All Together) where the main sponsor logo usually sits and features badges pledging support to doctors. The club confirmed https://twitter.com/PSG_English/status/1243301516863311873 on Twitter they had sold out a batch of 1,500 shirts via their online store on Thursday night, with all the proceeds going to Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris. "We cannot be grateful enough for the tremendous and courageous work that healthcare staff are doing every day to deal with this emergency," PSG President Nasser al-Khelaifi said. More than 25,000 people in France have been infected by the virus and over 1,300 have died, according to Reuters tally. (Reporting by Hardik Vyas in … [Read more...] about PSG sell out special jerseys, raise over 200,000 euros for hospitals

MELBOURNE: Staying home during the national lockdown to contain the coronavirus is like "nirvana" for Australian cricketers as they generally have to live out of a suitcase, head coach Justin Langer has said. Australian cricket is in its off-season and has been largely insulated from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak, which has suspended all of the country's major sporting competitions that run during the autumn and winter. Some Australian players are signed with teams in the Indian Premier League but the lucrative T20 tournament has been postponed at least until mid-April and may end up being scrapped like many other tournaments that have succumbed to the pandemic. “The truth is for me personally and for all the players, this is like nirvana in the fact we’re home with our families, we sleep in our own beds, we eat home cooked dinners and we can still work in one degree or another from home," Langer told reporters on Thursday. Government containment measures to shut … [Read more...] about Cricket: Staying home is like ‘nirvana’ for Australian players, says coach

MELBOURNE: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted Australia to withdraw its athletes from the 2020 Olympics on Monday (Mar 23) while the nation's top rugby league competition was called off and other domestic sports scrambled to stave off financial ruin. With its athletes unable to train or prepare properly due to "social distancing" and a clampdown on travel, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said it could no longer assemble a team for the Jul 24 to Aug 9 Games in Tokyo. "It’s clear the Games can’t be held in July," Australia Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman said on Monday, three days after telling reporters the team was committed to the schedule. "Our athletes have been magnificent in their positive attitude to training and preparing, but the stress and uncertainty has been extremely challenging for them." READ: IOC says Olympics postponement an option, cancellation 'not on agenda' Australia had previously been in lock-step with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Australia pulls athletes out of 2020 Games, eyes 2021

TORONTO: The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Paralympic Committee (CPC) said on Sunday (Mar 22) that Team Canada will not participate in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020 due to concerns about the outbreak of the coronavirus. Opposition to holding the Games in July has risen sharply in the past 48 hours, with several major stakeholders such as US Track and Field and UK Athletics, along with several national Olympic committees, calling for a delay because of the pandemic. More than 14,000 people have died globally since the coronavirus outbreak began. READ: Postponing Olympics may become inevitable: Japan PM Abe "The COC and CPC urgently call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to postpone the Games for one year and we offer them our full support in helping navigate all the complexities that rescheduling the Games will bring," the committees said in a … [Read more...] about Canada pulls out of 2020 Olympic Games as pressure mounts on Tokyo

CAPE TOWN: Former captain Faf du Plessis has been offered a new 12-month contract by Cricket South Africa, suggesting he will extend his international career beyond October's Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. Du Plessis had said that he would review his international future after the tournament. But having been named as one of 16 recipients of a national contract for the 2020-21 season, he now looks set to be available for the next South African summer, which includes home tests against Sri Lanka and Australia. Du Plessis has handed over the captaincy in all three formats to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. CSA have held back on handing out a final contract as an incentive to those who have not made the cut. "We have decided to keep the 17th men's contract open for the moment and players can qualify for it through performance," CSA Acting Chief Executive Jacques Faul said in a statement on Monday. Seamer Beuran Hendricks, who featured in the test series against England earlier … [Read more...] about Du Plessis named among contracted players by Cricket South Africa