CSK team extends the quarantine period to Sep 1: The training was scheduled to begin on Aug 28 after six days of mandatory isolation there. Now, the Chennai team has extended their isolation for a few more days, and training will start from Sep 1 instead.
Many sports, including the Olympics and World Cup cricket, have been canceled due to pandemic. India's popular IPL matches have been shifted to the United Arab Emirates due to outbreak and quarantine from Aug 21.
Minister OS Manian's wife died in Chennai: The wife of OS Manian, minister of Handloom and Textiles Minister, was admitted in Apollo Hospital in Chennai due to ill health. No response to treatment leads to her death. Ministers, AIADMK executives, and volunteers are mourning her death.