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ravi ashwin is in india's spinner but he will not play to support his family in the covid fight.lking the unfolding - currently talking the unfolding situation outside of our bubble. it is not nice. we fight this together no matter where in the world you are. some players are going to stay. this was pat coming today to taking the first look at. he had given $50,000 to an oxygen charity. —— an ostrich charity. to an oxford charity. he said... the australian bowler also wrote about cricket as respite. and also about the joy of today. thatjoy best seen today in the face one punjab kings fielder. ravi was chasing this catch. the ipl now faces sport's year—long dilemma, how and when to keep less at risk people playing as nations struggle. in india, cricket is an obsession and at times like this, distraction. three—time winner mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after easing past mark allen. the englishman was a 13 frames to seven winner over northern ireland's mark allen, winning four of the five frames in the evening session and will play anot

ravi ashwin is in india's spinner but he will not play to support his family in the covid fight. some players are going to stay. this was one player today playing after he pledged $50,000 to an oxford charity. he said... the australian bowler also wrote about cricket as respite. that joy best seen thatjoy best seen today in the face one punjab kings fielder. ravi was chasing this catch. the ipl now faces sport's year—long dilemma, how and when to keep less at risk are people playing as nations struggle. in india, cricket is an obsession and at times like this, distraction. let's go to india and get more on the situation there. thank you very much for coming and speaking to us. 0bviously, much for coming and speaking to us. obviously, the situation in india is worsening with the pandemic there, but the bcci, the organisers of the indian premier league, say the league will continue, it will carry on, but there must be growing pressure on them now.- on, but there must be growing pressure on them now. yes, there is. i think it is — pressure on them now. yes, there is. i think it is a

several australian cricketers have joined the india all—rounder ravi ashwin in leaving the ipl amid risingdia. adam zampa, kane richardson and andrew tye have ended their season early to return home. at the moment, the ecb are not aware of any england players planning to leave the ipl. dozens of former elite rugby players, and a number of former professional footballers, are to participate in a study to investigate if they're more vulnerable to dementia than the rest of the population. they'lljoin an existing scheme which tracks the brain health of a0 to 59—year—olds and looks for early warning signs of the condition. former wales international shane williams is taking part. over the course of my career i certainly took knocks to my head. i played on the majority of the time and, you know, you weren't really educated about it so the test by very difficult and you didn't know what the results were going to be either. i got to mention the family, my grandmother passed away two years ago so, yes, it was quite a scary time but i was determined to get involved in these studies because, like i s

ravi ashwin is in india's spinner, but he too will not play — he says to support his family in theirs pat cummins today, taking calcutta's first wicket. he'd given $50,000 to an oxygen charity. in a statement on twitter, cummins encouraged other players to donate and wrote about cricket as respite... thatjoy best summed up in the face one punjab kings fielder. chasing this catch was ravi bishnoi. that, itell you, is the catch of the tournament! the ipl now faces sport's year—long dilemma — how and when to keep less at—risk people playing as nations struggle. in india, cricket's an obsession and, at times like this, distraction. joe lynskey, bbc news. three—time winner mark selby is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship after easing past mark allen. the englishman was a 13 frames to seven winner over northern ireland's mark allen, winning four of the five frames in the evening session and will play another three—time winner, mark williams, for a place in the last four. 2005 champion shaun murphy was also a 13—7 winner over china's yan bingtao, and he'll face w

it they've been they have been nearly a 1000000 and ukraine of us cases in 3 days india is that ravi ashwin that pays for the delhi capitals but is steps away to be with his family as they battle a cave at 19 his coach is former australia captain ricky ponting the travel sort of it for us and certainly the foreigners that are here is only a very small part of what we're talking about what we're thinking about i mean we on a daily basis thinking about what's happening outside and we understand how blessed we are to be able to turn up and do we did so on you know it's hopefully there are a number of people around india that got some enjoyment out of out of watching a great dam of all people crickets and there are calls for the i.p.l. to be cancelled with one indian newspaper refusing to cover the events at it we spoke to cricket commentator so have chandhok who told us is not easy for players organizers to put out. i think it's a tough question i'm not someone that likes to sit on the fence and i know the age old saying is the show must go on 'd but i guess in the midst of a global pandemic y

have on the indian premier league after several australian cricketers and the india all—rounder ravi ashwinr season early to return home. the ecb said they're not currently aware of any england players planning to leave the ipl. the icc also said it's too early to say if there will be a knock—on for the men's t20 world cup, which is due to take place in india in october and november. former championsjudd trump and stuart bingham progressed the world snooker championship quarter—finals earlier this afternoon. world number one trump accounted for david gilbert 13—8, while bingham eased pastjamiejones with a 13—6 win. ican i can tell you that sean murphy has just gone through against his opponent by 13—7 in that one came into the 2005 champion goes through to the quarterfinals. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you very much for that. an 18—year—old man has died in a stabbing in east london. met police officers were called to an address in the canning town area earlier this afternoon, where the victim wa

has on the indian premier league, after several australian cricketers and the india all—rounder ravi ashwincurrently aware of any england players planning to leave the ipl. the icc also said it's too early to say if there will be a knock—on for the men s t20 world cup, which is due to take place in india in october and november. there were four quarter—final places up for grabs at the world snooker championship today, and two of them have already been claimed this afternoon. world number onejudd trump needed two frames for victory, but was made to work for them by david gilbert, 13—8 the final score. trump will play the winner of tonight's match between shaun murphy and yan bingtao. and 2015 champion stuart bingham wasted no time in getting the two frames he needed to beat welsh qualifierjamiejones13—6. he'll now face scotland's anthony mcgill, who beat ronnie o'sullivan in the second round. the last quarter final match is between mark allen and mark selby. coverage across the bbc from seven o'clock. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. thank you very much. it was a good n

including the news that several australian players and the india all—rounder ravi ashwin have left theshe is now looking for work. it has been tough, it is much tougher than i thought it would be. i mean, i am lucky that i have that cushion to kind of keep me going, others have not been as fortunate. but it is tough. most of us know by now that it's younger workers who've been the hardest hit during this crisis but older workers, classed as the over 50s, have also been badly affected. for instance, they've seen a fall in employment twice as big as those in the middle of their careers. and losing yourjob at this age can come at a big cost. it can take longer to find a newjob, and when you do, it can lead to a significant reduction in salary, as well as impact retirement plans. older workers form a really large proportion of the current workforce. and what's particularly worrying is we see a big uptake in unemployment among that large group, that's a lot of people who are really going to struggle to retire with secure finances. back in stoke, as we filmed, mandy received two job intervie

has on the indian premier league, after several australian cricketers and the india all rounder ravi ashwinary dominic raab has called the latest sentence inhumane and unjustified. earlier we heard from our correspondent caroline hawley who said her family had said it's the action they had feared. i spoke to her husband richard, i set this is a bad sign, what the family had really feared. there hasn't been a summons to appear in prison yet but this is a court case which came about a week after her five year sentence on charges of working against the regime had ended and her ankle tag had been removed. what happened this morning is that her lawyer was summoned to the office of thejudge her lawyer was summoned to the office of the judge who had tried her and he was told about this vertex, the one—year sentence, one year travel ban. it has been condemned by the foreign secretary is totally inhumane and wholly unjustified, and by the prime minister isjust plain unjustified, and by the prime minister is just plain wrong. people in scotland and in wales are enjoying new freedoms as more coronavir