Sports Round Up January 03, 2021: Match Results, Reports, Highlights and Look Back at Top Stories of the Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to BCCI President Sourav Ganguly today morning. PM also spoke to Dona Ganguly. He inquired about his health and wished him a speedy recovery, reported news agency ANI.

In response to Sri Lanka’s 157, South Africa lost opening batsman Aiden Markram early. Asitha Fernando accounted for his wicket. Earlier on day one, Sri Lanka were bundled out for a paltry total after Anrich Nortje scalped six wickets.

While Rohit Sharma and four Indian cricketers are under the scanner for allegedly breaching the bio-secure bubble, some reports suggest that Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya also broke the COVID-19 protocols during the limited-overs series. They apparently went to a baby store without their masks on. Read More.

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Prithvi Shaw, Navdeep Saini, Rishabh Pant are set to travel Sydney alongside Indian cricket team for the third Test in spite of their potential bio-bubble breach. Read More.

Responding to reports of Indian cricket team not willing to serve 14-day quarantine in Brisbane, Queensland government came up with a blunt response, saying the team is more than welcome not to enter the state if they are unwilling to coordinate with the protocols. Read More.

Sri Lanka got off to a world possible start in the second Test against South Africa with Anrich Nortje and Wiaan Mulder rattling their top order. Four out of Sri Lanka's top four batsmen got out on single digits as Proteas side claimed six wickets inside 100 runs.

Suresh Raina has shared a super adorable video of himself with his son Rio. The video is doing several rounds on social media.

The Indian women's hockey team has left for Argentina. Rani Rampal shared the pictures of their departure on social media. This will be their first tour in almost a year.

Barcelona will be playing the first game of 2021 against Huesca and the team has announced the squad for the game.

Sourav Ganguly suffered from a mild heart attack on Saturday and the latest update is that he has been tested negative with COVID-19 and is currently afebrile.

Lionel Messi was seen practising along with team Barcelona. During the practice session, he was seen netting an amazing goal. Check it out below: