New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Hockey legend Zafar Iqbal has said the current men's hockey team being ranked at the number four spot is in itself a great achievement.
Manchester [UK], July 3 (ANI): Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes has joked that he wants Juan Mata's shirt number -- No. 8 -- and will now have to wait after Mata's contract extension with Manchester United was announced.
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 3 (ANI): Ajmer BJP MLA Anita Bhadel on Friday alleged that oxygen concentrators of 2 litres instead of 10 litres were bought from the MLA fund at a higher cost when the number of patients started decreasing in the COVID-19 second wave.
Cape Town [South Africa], July 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in South Africa has increased by 24,720 within the past 24 hours, thus surpassing 2 million, the national Department of Health said.
Florida [US], July 3 (ANI): The number of confirmed deaths due to the collapse of an oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida has now increased to 22, informed Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava on Friday (local time).
London [UK], July 2 (ANI): World number one Novak Djokovic fought an intense game against American tennis player Denis Kudla on Friday to advance to the fourth round of the ongoing Wimbledon Championships.
Tel Aviv [Israel], July 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of active COVID-19 cases in Israel rose to 2,215, the highest since April 18, said the Israeli Ministry of Health on Friday.
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 2 (ANI): Nepal's caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday claimed that the country will receive a "sufficient" amount of COVID-19 vaccines for inoculation by the "day after tomorrow".
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Niti Aayog member, health, Dr VK Paul on Friday cautioned that the second wave of COVID-19 is not over yet even though India is seeing a decline in the number of fresh cases.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): Amid a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the state, the vaccination drive in Mumbai will resume for three hours at a limited number of its centres, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Friday.
London [UK], July 1 (ANI): World number one Novak Djokovic, Japan tennis star Naomi Osaka, Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer have made their cut in the entry lists for the Tokyo Olympics, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed on Thursday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Although Pakistan's education budgets have increased upto 2.8 per cent, the country still has the world's second-highest number of out-of-school children (OOSC) due to disparities in gender, socio-economic status, geography and availability of quality educ