Baseball

Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Dies At 86

Agence France-Presse | Saturday January 23, 2021

Hank Aaron was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, where his steadfastness and courage in the face of death threats made him elite even among baseball immortals.

Maxxis Tyres Is The Official Sponsor Partner For The New York Yankees Baseball Team

Written by Shubham Parashar | Wednesday September 23, 2020

Maxxis Tyres has finalized a two-year deal with the New York Yankees

Chadwick Boseman: Last Post From Black Panther Star's Twitter Account Becomes Most-Liked Tweet Ever

ANI | Monday August 31, 2020

The last tweet posted from late actor Chadwick Boseman's Twitter account has now become the most-liked tweet ever with over 7.3 million likes and three million retweets.

Chadwick Boseman Forever: The Legend Will Live On

Entertainment | Written by Nilanjana Basu | Saturday August 29, 2020

Black Panther will always shine as the brightest milestone on Chadwick Boseman's brilliant legacy of work

Games Postponed As MLB Rocked By Coronavirus Outbreak

Agence France-Presse | Monday July 27, 2020

Major League Baseball confirmed in a statement that games between the Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles in Florida, and the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees in Pennsylvania, had been scrapped.

Thousands Crammed Into Philippines Stadium After Covid Evacuation Fails

World News | Reuters | Saturday July 25, 2020

Thousands of Filipinos were crammed into a baseball stadium in Manila on Saturday, breaking social distancing rules despite coronavirus risks, after people wanting to return to their home provinces flooded a government transportation program.

MLB Players Take Knee As US Baseball Season Opens

Agence France-Presse | Friday July 24, 2020

As the players knelt, a message addressing social injustice recorded by actor Morgan Freeman played on stadium screens.

Early Results Reveal 31 MLB Players Tested Positive For Coronavirus

Agence France-Presse | Saturday July 4, 2020

The 31 Major League Baseball (MLB) players, and seven additional staff members, make up 1.2 per cent of the 3,185 samples collected in the first set of results.

Game On! Japan To Let 5,000 Fans Attend Baseball, Football Matches

Agence France-Presse | Monday June 22, 2020

According to reports, stadiums will admit only 5,000 spectators or 50 per cent of their capacity, whichever number is smaller.

Watch: Social Distancing Takes A Hit As Taiwan Baseball Teams Brawl

Agence France-Presse | Monday April 20, 2020

Taiwan has managed to keep its baseball league running during the coronavirus pandemic -- but social distancing went out of the window on Sunday when a game descended into an on-field brawl.

"There's No Crying In Baseball": Tom Hanks Tweets Film Dialogue After Coronavirus Diagnosis

Entertainment | Written by Gitanjali Roy | Wednesday March 18, 2020

The comments thread on Tom Hanks' "there's no crying in baseball" tweet is filled with responses quoting dialogues and references from the actor's other films back to him

"Diplomacy Is Not About Crying Wolf": India's Advice To Pakistan On Kashmir

India News | Reported by Nidhi Razdan, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday January 17, 2020

A day after yet another attempt by China to raise the Kashmir issue before the United Nations Security Council flopped, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin today advised Pakistan to reopen traditional diplomatic channels instead of "crying wolf" through its regional ally.

Major League Baseball To Remove Marijuana From Banned Drug List

Agence France-Presse | Friday December 13, 2019

Major League Baseball (MLB) said the move would come into effect in 2020 and added that marijuana will be treated the same as alcohol-related issues.

US Man Who Inspired "Ice Bucket Challenge" Dies At 34

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday December 10, 2019

A former US college baseball player who helped inspire the global phenomenon known as the "ice bucket challenge" to tackle a deadly neurodegenerative disease has died at the age of 34, his family said Monday.

Trump's Awkward Hug With Baseball Champion At White House

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday November 5, 2019

US President Donald Trump welcomed the Washington Nationals to the White House on Monday, saying their improbable World Series title -- and impeachment -- was all anybody wanted to talk about in the nation's capital.