The incident actually took place at the Bay Oval stadium in New Zealand, not in Pakistan A video of lights going out due to a power outage during an ongoing cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan has gone viral on social media. Furthermore, it is alleged that this video shows the lights going out […]
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A video of the Indian Cricket team celebrating Holi inside a bus went viral on social media claiming it to be this year’s Holi celebration after the victory in the Champions Trophy. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we investigated, we came to know that the claim was misleading. The viral video is old. […]
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Recently a video of a cricket match between India and Pakistan went viral on social media where the players can be seen kneeling on the ground. Sharing the video on social media, users are claiming that the video shows a match between India and Pakistan where the players of both teams observed a minute of […]
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The viral video shows a wedding party dance from Pakistan and it dates back to 2021. India won the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on 9 March, 2025 defeating New Zealand by four wickets. Following this, a video showing celebrations in Afghanistan is going viral on social media. The users who share the video […]
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The viral video was edited. In the original video, which was shared in April 2024, Mohammed Shami greets everyone a happy Eid. A video of Indian cricketer Mohammad Shami is going viral on social media, with a claim that it shows him explaining why he broke his fast (Roza) during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. […]
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A video of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli wearing ethnic wear went viral on social media with the claim that he joined an Iftar party with the Muslim cricketers. In the video, one clip shows Virat Kohli greeting a few Muslim people and in another clip few cricketers wearing the jersey of Pakistan can be seen […]
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The viral video is a compilation of footage from two different cricket matches. Virat Kohli’s brilliant innings led India to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on 23 February 2025. Following this, a video is going viral on social media with a claim that “Virat Kohli’s last shot got […]
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Recently cricketer Mohammed Shami has been facing criticism for not fasting during the semi-final match between India and Australia. Against this backdrop, a social media post went viral claiming that the South African cricketer Hashim Amla scored a triple century against England while fasting during Ramadan. The social media post reads, “Hasim Amla Scored Triple […]
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An image of some fans in a cricket stadium holding Indian and Afghanistan flags is going viral on social media. Users are claiming that during the Afghanistan and England match in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, fans were spotted waving the Indian flag in a cricket stadium in Pakistan. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to […]
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Recently a video of a cricketer’s wardrobe malfunction during fielding went viral on social media. The video shows a cricketer losing his trousers after a dive. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video shows a Pakistani cricketer’s wardrobe malfunction during a match between India and Pakistan. Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as […]
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On 20 February 2025, India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Bangladesh. Against this backdrop, a video of a fight among the players in the playground went viral on social media claiming it to be the scuffle between the Indian and Bangladeshi players after the match. Instagram Link | Archived Link. […]
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The video features Kavitha, a former Haryana police officer who is also a powerlifting and mixed martial arts champion, fighting Bul Bul, India’s first professional female wrestler. A wrestling video between a professional wrestler and a woman wearing saffron salwar kameez is going viral on social media. In the video, the professional wrestler is seen […]
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Old and unrelated video falsely shared as Vinesh Phogat breaking down following her disqualification from the Paris Olympics. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024, since she was found to be overweight prior to her gold medal battle in the women’s 50 kg category. Against this backdrop, a video of wrestler Vinesh […]
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India had won 4 bronze medals till now in the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024. People were hoping that the first gold medal for India would come at the javelin throw event. Against this backdrop, a social media post claiming that Neeraj Chopra won gold in the Paris Olympics 2024 is going viral. However, Fact Crescendo […]
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Currently, a video is going viral in social media in which a person is dancing to the song ‘Tauba Tauba’ from Vicky Kaushal’s film ‘Bad News’. The post is being shared claiming that the person dancing is the former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. The person […]
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A video of a steeplechase race going viral on social media claiming it to be from the ongoing Paris Olympics. Sharing the video users wrote that Avinash Sable of India won the first gold medal in the Paris Olympics 2024. Facebook Link | Archived Link. A similar post can be seen here | Archived Link. […]
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An image of a man shooting at a competition in the Paris Olympics while aiming through the reflection on a mirror is going viral on social media. Users are mesmerized by this and are posting this image thinking it to be real. However, Fact Crescendo found that the image was altered and not a real […]
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The viral image of Virat Kohli with ICC trophies inked on his arm is edited. Following the recent T20 World Cup 2024 victory, an image of cricket player Virat Kohli getting inked with three trophies has gone viral on social media. Users who shared the image claims that he has tattooed his achievements on his […]
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David Miller clarified on Instagram that he has not retired from T20 international cricket. South Africa lost heartbreakingly to India in the T20 World Cup 2024 final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday, 29 June. In a thrilling final match, South Africa lost by 7 runs after failing to chase down the target […]
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Virat Kohli’s brother Vikas Kohli clarified that their mother is doing well and this viral claim is false. Cricketer Virat Kohli’s absence from India’s first two Tests against England in the ongoing five-Test series has sparked speculation as to why the Indian cricket team’s hero chose to skip the two Tests. Amidst this, a post […]
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Recently, India lost the final match of the Cricket World Cup with Australia leaving the people of the country in shock. In the midst of this, a video is viral on social media in which the Indian Women’s hockey team is celebrating their victory. Social media users are claiming that the Indian Women’s hockey defeated […]
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This viral video of Rohit Sharma’s daughter is not recent. It shows she is giving health updates about Rohit Sharma when he was down with COVID-19 back in 2022. Indian captain Rohit Sharma shed tears after India’s loss to Australia in the Cricket World Cup 2023 final, marking his third attempt at becoming an ODI […]
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This video is not recent. It shows the fans manhandle Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan during a commercial event in Dubai in March 2023. Bangladesh became the first country to be eliminated from the World Cup when they crashed to a seven-wicket defeat to Pakistan. Due to the poor performance of Bangladesh team in the ICC […]
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This video is not recent. It shows the Australian team celebrating its victory over New Zealand in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Australia won the sixth ODI World Cup title by defeating Team India. Aussies won the final by six wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium inAhamedabad. Aussie all-rounder Mitchell Marsh posed for a photo with […]
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Recently, team Australia miraculously won their match against Afghanistan during Cricket World Cup 2023. At one point, it was looking impossible for the Aussies to reach the target but Glenn Maxwell’s double century confirmed Australia’s place in the semi finals. Against this backdrop, an image of Glenn Maxwell touching Sachin Tendulkar’s feet is going viral […]
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A video has gone viral since yesterday, showing former Indian cricketer and Lok Sabha MP, Gautam Gambhir, making an obscene gesture at spectators. The spectators were trolling him, which made Gambhir irate. This created controversy and prompted the Delhi MP to explain his actions. Gambhir stated that the spectators were raising anti-India slogans, and unable […]
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The viral image was captured during the ICC World Test Championship final between India and Australia in June 2023 On 2 September, 2023, the Indian cricket team met Pakistan in their first Asia Cup 2023 One-Day International (ODI) match at the Pallekele International Stadium in Sri Lanka. Later the match was called off due to […]
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A video showing Karnataka Football team sitting on footpath with the Santosh Trophy is going viral on social media platforms. It is alleged that the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meted out this mistreatment to the Champion footballers. However, when we investigated the video, we found that the incident is three months old and Siddaramaiah was not […]
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Rhea Bullos, an 11-year-old girl from the Philippines, captured the attention of the world a few years ago when images of her running barefoot in a school race with only bandages wrapped around her feet went viral. Unable to afford expensive shoes, the impoverished girl drew Nike’s “Swoosh” logo and the word “Nike” on the […]
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A post is going viral on social media claiming Turkish midfielder Karim Demirbay first made a sexist comment on a woman referee and then while refereeing a junior girl’s league football match as a punishment, he abused his power and unfairly issued eight red cards. The post claims that he did not lament on his […]
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The image is from a 2018 Indian Premier League game and the text on the placard is edited. The original poster carried a text supporting MS Dhoni over Sachin Tendulkar. An image purporting to show an Indian cricket fan holding a placard supporting Pakistani captain Babar Azam over Virat Kohli is going viral on social […]
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Image Courtesy: Newcastle United Times group, Facebook The charismatic Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is often regarded as one of the GOATs of the game of Football. He has earned huge popularity across the world due to his impeccable and elegant soccer skills. The 37 year old shocked the world in an interview with Piers Morgan, […]
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This is an old video of the opening ceremony of the San Fermin festival in Spain. The video does not show the celebrations in Croatia after their team qualified for the semi-final of the FIFA World Cup 2022. Despite Croatia’s semifinal loss to Argentina, a video of a large crowd celebrating on a street is being […]
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After a recent FIFA World Cup match between Japan and Costa Rica Japanese fans cleared the litter from the stands. In the backdrop of this, a collage photo of a dirty dressing room is going viral on social media. It is claimed that Japanese players left the dressing room in a nasty condition after their […]
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A photo of football star Lionel Messi is currently going viral on social media, in which he can be seen surrounded by a few police officers. It is being claimed that Messi was detained by Saudi Arabian police during the FIFA World Cup 2022. However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is […]
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Viral mage is from Saudi Arabia taken in 2015, where alcohol is banned. Authorities caught a man at the country’s border with United Arab Emirates with 48,000 cans of Heineken disguised as Pepsi cans. The 2022 FIFA World Cup is currently underway in the Islamic nation of Qatar. Since Qatar was surprisingly awarded the World […]
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A video of a group of kids reading Quran in a football field is being shared widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed that this was a part of yesterday’s opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. However, we found the video to be more than a year old. The video […]
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The original video shows India- Pak fans dancing to Sukhbir Singh’s famous song Ishq Tera Tadpave and not to ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The video is Edited. Despite the fact that India and Pakistan are archrivals on the cricket field, the Melbourne Cricket Ground recently witnessed joyous fans from both sides dancing to popular songs. When […]
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The video dates back to 2016, depicting a Turkish man trying to watch a football match who was actually pranked by his girlfriend. India beat Pakistan by four wickets in the T20 World Cup match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Australia, on October 23. After the defeat, a video of a man allegedly […]
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The young girl who died was an ardent fan of the cricketer and not his daughter. An image of South African cricketer David Miller with a young girl by his side has gone viral on social media. People are sharing the image, claiming that the girl in the picture is his daughter, who passed away recently […]
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The video was edited. It is an old clip from a football game in Kuwait in September 2020. The Asia Cup 2022 match between India and Pakistan was held on August 28 at the Dubai International Stadium, and India won in a nail-biter. Hardik Pandya hit a boundary to give India the victory. Many reels […]
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This video is not from 2022 Commonwealth Games but from World Athletics U-20 Championship Tampere in 2018 A video showing Hima Das winning a race is widely circulating on social media with the claim that Indian athlete Hima Das has won Gold Medal in Women’s 400-metre race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games being held in […]
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Fact Checkers witnessed a lot of misinformation related to the Tokyo Olympics 2020. In the beginning of the event, we found an unrelated video in circulation claiming to be the opening ceremony of the event. Amidst this, we found another video showing a synchronized walking performance going viral on social media claiming to be the […]
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The Tokyo Olympics 2020 kick started on July 23, with 120 Indian athletes (67 Men, 53 Women) participating in the tournament. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a historic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting (49kg category) on July 24 and ended India’s 21-year wait for an Olympic medal in the discipline. Amidst this, a video is […]
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On 24th July 2021, Mirabai Chanu won India’s 1st medal at Tokyo Olympics with a silver. She bagged the silver medal by successfully lifting 115kg in clean & jerk. While the whole country is cheering and celebrating the achievement of Mirabai Chanu at the Tokyo Olympics, a post is going viral on social media. The […]
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A Facebook page named ‘Sakshi’ shared a post on 18 June 2019. Some demonstrators appear in the photo with Pakistan’s flags and a green banner in their hands, which says – WE DON’T WANT KASHMIR, GIVE US VIRAT KOHLI. The post quotes, “Kashmir or Kohli for Pakistan?” As we are aware that currently the ICC […]
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A Facebook user named ‘Parmeswar Karai’ shared a video on 17 June 2019. The video shows three men watching a cricket match in a room. A person asks second person to get something. The second person gets some metal object and a spitting pot. The first person gets very angry, takes both the objects and […]
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