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It is exactly three months since MS Dhoni played cricket. He had opted out of the West Indies tour to serve in the Indian Army. He was not picked for the home T20Is against South Africa and BCCI selection panel chief MSK Prasad had said that he was still “unavailable” for national duty

'Dear fans, the time has now come and I will be finishing my active career at the end of this season. I would like to thank both, you and my teams FC Bayern, Manchester United, Chicago Fire and the German national team,' Bastian Schweinsteiger said

'I can say we are very happy to go back to Kolkata. It is the 'Mecca of Indian football.' I can see the excitement amongst the players about playing in Kolkata. I have been told that ticket sales are going at a great rate, and there might be 60-65 thousand people on (October) 15th,' said Igor Stimac ahead of India's World Cup 2022 qualifier against Bangladesh

The Indian football team will practice in Guwahati till October 12 and will arrive in Kolkata the following day for the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier against Bangladesh. Head coach Igor Stimac said many people already feel that this India team is at the “beginning of a new and very successful era”

On September 24, 2007, Team India defeated Pakistan by five runs and lifted the T20 World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa

The first match between India and South Africa in Dharamsala was abandoned due to rain. Proteas skipper Quinton de Kock said that the match getting called off was not ideal as every game is crucial heading into next year's T20 World Cup in Australia

Fans watched the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup for a longer amount of time than ever before, with the event amassing a record 13.7 billion global viewing hours

'Kapil Dev will be the first Chancellor of Haryana Sports University at Rai, Sonepat,' Haryana minister Anil Vij wrote on Twitter

There will be around 20 odd matches for captain Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri to build a near perfect combination going into the World T20 in Australia in October next year. The preparations begin with the first T20I against South Africa in Dharamsala

'The Indian football team has improved its standard drastically. Sunil Chhetri was not there in the match, still, the team was able to draw their match against Qatar in the qualifying tournament. I wish Chhetri a speedy recovery. Football is the most popular sport in the world and India should look to cement their place as a strong force in the sport,' Kiren Rijiju said

Asians Champions Qatar could not score a goal despite having more than a dozen shots on target in their FIFA Word Cup qualifiers match against India who managed to hold the home side to a goalless draw with exceptional defence

'The path should be that knowing well you have got 12 months to go for the T20 World Cup and you have about 18-20 months to go for the World Test Championship,' Ravi Shastri said

Historically, Qatar have been the dominant side, having won three out of four official matches played against India. One match ended in a draw. India and Qatar face in FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifier in Doha on September 10

Recently, Ravi Shastri was reappointed as India’s head coach till the T20 World Cup 2021. The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) picked Shastri as the coach

Abhishek Verma, who had secured an Olympic quota place by winning the 10m air pistol gold medal at the Beijing World Cup in April this year, won his second yellow metal in the same event at the Rio World Cup last week