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The following are the top/expected stories at 1830 hours.

EXPECTED STORIES Preview of ISL match between NorthEast United and FC Pune City from Guwahati.

Report of Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

STORIES ON WIRE SPO-LAUREUS-AWARDS

In-form Djokovic wins a fourth Laureus, Woods too among big winners By Bharat Sharma

Monaco, Feb 19 (PTI) Tennis star Novak Djokovic, record-breaking gymnast Simone Biles, golfing legend Tiger Woods and the World Cup champion French football team bagged the top honours at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards here.

SPO-FRANKLIN-INTERVIEW After shock retirement at 23, Missy Franklin finds peace in Hinduism

By Bharat Sharma Monaco, Feb 19 (PTI) Learning Hinduism and reading the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata have taken a chunk of Missy Franklin's time ever since the five-time Olympic gold-medallist swimmer announced a shock retirement in December last year.

SPO-SQUASH-DAVID

Squash queen Nicol David to retire at end of season Kuala Lumpur, Feb 19 (AFP) Eight-time world champion Nicol David has announced she will retire at the end of the 2018-19 squash season, bringing down the curtain on the Malaysian's illustrious career.

SPO-REALKASHMIR-BFC

Bengaluru FC offer to play friendly in Srinagar, Real Kashmir invite them in March New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) Indian Super League (ISL) outfit Bengaluru FC Tuesday offered to play an exhibition match against Real Kashmir in Srinagar to support the I-League debutants after defending champions Minerva FC pulled out of their match, citing security concerns in the wake of Pulwama terror attack.

SPO-IPL-SCHEDULE

IPL: BCCI announces schedule for 2 weeks, defending champs CSK to play RCB in opener New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) Defending champions Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening encounter of the 12th Indian Premier League for which a provisional two-week schedule was announced by the BCCI on Tuesday.

SPO-MINERVA-COURT

Minerva's petition at Delhi High Court likely to come up for hearing on Friday: Lawyer New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) Minerva Punjab's petition challenging the AIFF's refusal to postpone their I-League match against Real Kashmir FC in Srinagar is expected to come up for hearing on Friday at the Delhi High court, the club's lawyers said Tuesday, insisting that the team's "well-founded" fears have been ignored.

SPO-KKR-MYSORE

Enough gap between IPL final and India's first WC game: KKR CEO on workload management Kolkata, Feb 19 (PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore on Tuesday said that the IPL teams are yet to receive any guidelines on workload management from the BCCI with regards to World Cup hopefuls, asserting that the issue may not arise due to a three-week gap between the two events.

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