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“People were afraid of demons and bad spirits and would do anything to make sure things did not hurt them. These traditions are handed down so people feel safe.”
Rajasthan Royals, on Tuesday, retweeted a user who had tweeted a picture of cricket balls with the word 'Mankad' written on them.
Sixteen-year-old Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah has been withdrawn from the upcoming U19 World Cup scheduled to be played in South Africa from January 17 to February 9. In an official statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that Mohammad Wasim Jnr has been named as Shah's replacement.
A visibly indignant Pope Francis had to pull himself away from a woman in a crowd in St Peter’s Square on Tuesday after she grabbed his hand and yanked him toward her.
A bizarre picture of a sheep in the UK wearing a bra is doing rounds on the Internet. The photos were posted by Franklin Vets Lifestyle Farms captioned: 'Sheep in a bra! This photo is not staged.'
Australia coach Justin Langer said the team will wait and watch the pitch conditions in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) before deciding on their starting XI.
England's Ben Stokes has insisted he would trade all the personal success he has enjoyed in 2019 if it meant his father was no longer in hospital.
Smoke haze could come into play as New Zealand look to salvage some pride from their miserable tour of Australia in the third & final Test in Sydney this week.
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg's father, Svante was asked on a BBC programme if he was proud of his daughter, and his reply is definitely not what you'd expect.
England are thinking of bringing a specialist spinner back into the line-up after going with an all-pace attack in their last two outings.
Mayank Agarwal will be rested for the Ranji Trophy game against Mumbai as part of workload management by the BCCI ahead of the A team's tour of New Zealand.
Two Bangladeshi artists who feature in viral videos of a man being led in the street on a dog leash have apologised for offending the country's "culture" after being summoned by police.
A future mother-in-law tasked with making a phone recording of her future son-in-law proposing to her daughter apparently missed the moment.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation shared two images of the popular superhero series 'Power Rangers' comparing the beginning and end of the decade for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
With 1104 runs in 17 Test innings, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne ended the year as the highest run-scorer in Tests, cementing his place in the side.
Rahman further explained that bowling under the lights makes him a little less effective as the cutters are negated.
Former India fielding coach Trevor Penney has been appointed as the assistant coach of West Indies cricket team for limited-overs formats.
Dale Steyn was amongst the many who congratulated team South Africa for emerging victorious in the first of four Tests against England on Sunday.
In a question answer session on micro-blogging site Twitter, Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin said that he will mankad anyone who goes out of the crease this IPL season.
2019 has witnessed milestones being crossed, a number of records get broken & some great performances. We look back at some of the stats highlights of the year.
BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Monday said it's "too early" to comment on the ICC's proposal to make four-day Tests mandatory as part of the World Test Championship from 2023.
Under-fire Ashok Dinda was kept away from Bengal's 16-member squad for their Elite Group A Ranji Trophy clash against Gujarat starting on Friday.
Sharing the list on Twitter, Obama wrote how he hopes there's a track or two there that 'does the trick.'
Australia's Nathan Lyon on Monday shot down a suggestion from Shane Warne that he take a rest for the Sydney Test against New Zealand this week so leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson can make his debut.
Just a bunch of memes to take you all the way back to 2010 when John Wick aka Keanu Reeves was 'sadly' hogging on a sandwich all by himself.
Let's take a look at the year that was, across formats, for Indian cricket.
Umpire Greg Davidson stole the show during a BBL match between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Renegades when his nose scratch became the talk of the town.
From alligator antics to naked people doing wacky things, Florida did not disappoint in the weird news department this year.
'We’ll be reporting about the scale of the ongoing climate crisis and I’ll be talking to David Attenborough for the first time'.
A 10-year old boy was asked to remove his T-shirt bearing the image of snake by security officials at an airport.
New Zealand rugby fans reacted furiously Sunday after All Blacks star Jordie Barrett was reportedly kicked out of the Melbourne Cricket Ground by security staff during the Black Caps' second Test against Australia.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has clarified his statement regarding Danish Kaneria, saying his allegation that many did not want the former leg-spinner to be part of the Pakistan team because of his Hindu faith were taken completely out of context and there was never a culture in the team to discriminate anybody on the basis of race.
It is appalling how these objectionable and atrocious scenes and dialogues managed to make it past the censor board.
Steve Smith has managed to get scores of 43, 16, 85 and 7 in Australia's ongoing Test series against New Zealand. Compared to his lofty standards, this is as lean a run as it gets, even though they are only two Tests into the series.
'We’ll be reporting about the scale of the ongoing climate crisis and I’ll be talking to David Attenborough for the first time'.
Catch all the live action from the Boxing Day Test between Australia and New Zealand through our live commentary.
Veteran Australia pacer Peter Siddle on Sunday retired from international cricket after making an announcement in front of the Australian squad at the MCG here.
The new law enacted last week by Congress also applies to electronic cigarettes and vaping products that heat a liquid containing nicotine.
South Africa opening batsman Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the ongoing series against England with a fractured finger.
Graeme Smith's appointment as Cricket South Africa's director of cricket has been met with opposition by Gauteng based pressure group, the 'Black African Cricket Clubs', who believe that Smith does not fully understand the dynamics of cricket in South Africa through the prism of equal opportunity for all.
An Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda took to the micro blogging site Twitter to share a video clip of a camel hugging a man.
A shoal of fish was seen swimming upstream against the flowing water.
For this YouTuber and biker this was not the usual drill as he was stopped apparently because of his adventure sport motorcycle.
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A popular theory is that an egg will balance itself on its narrower side during a solar eclipse due to increased gravity.
England's Jofra Archer was no-balled and warned for a high no-ball but appeared to escape sanction for a second high delivery in a controversial end to the second day of the first Test on Friday.
Two Delhi U-23 players were on Friday asked to return home by the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) for allegedly misbehaving with a female staff of a city hotel on the eve of their CK Nayudu Trophy tie against Bengal.
Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, under whom the Caribbean team dominated international cricket, is all set to receive knighthood. Lloyd, 75, has been honoured for his service to the game.
Now you can learn ‘Bhoot Vidya’ or the ‘science of paranormal’ in the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) which is starting a six month certificate course on the subject.
Christmas turned fiery for a family in UK’s Essex county when their 45-year-old tortoise nearly burned down the house.