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According to a press release by Sri Lanka Cricket, they will be touring England during the months of June – July 2021. The limited over series tour will consist of 3 T20Is and 3 ODIs. The Lankans will arrive in the UK on 15th June, 2021. 23rd June, 2021 – SL Vs. Eng , 1st T20I at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 24th June, 2021 – SL Vs. Eng, 2nd T20I at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 26th June, 2021- SL Vs. Eng, 3rd T20I at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton. 29th June, 2021 – SL Vs. Eng, 1st ODI at the Emirates,…

Panaji, Jan 26 (PTI) Indian Super League side SC East Bengal on Tuesday signed Subrata Paul for the remainder of the season, taking the star goalkeeper on loan from Hyderabad FC. Paul, 34, played six matches for Hyderabad with two clean sheets before being loaned out. This will be Paul’s second stint with SCEB after the 2008-09 season in which he bagged the Federation Cup. “I can’t explain how happy and and overwhelmed I am to be back at SC East Bengal. I know the weight and meaning of the red and gold colours and I consider blessed to be…

Bangkok, Jan 26 (PTI) Premier Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth need to shrug off the disappointments of the last two weeks as they gear up for the highly-competitive HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, beginning here on Wednesday. World champion and Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had won the prestigious title in 2018, has been clubbed in Group ‘B’ alongside top-ranked Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and home favourites Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong. Sindhu’s comeback to international badminton after the coronavirus-induced break was not as good as she would have expected. The Indian, who has been training…

Sydney, Jan 25 (PTI) Former National Rugby League chief executive Todd Greenberg was on Monday appointed as the new chief of Australian Cricketers Association (ACA). The 50-year-old's name was also doing the rounds for the Cricket Australia (CA) chief job after Kevin Roberts quit last year. Greenberg's appointment was ratified at ACA's board meeting on Monday. "I would like to thank the ACA board and the players for the opportunity to advocate for them. "I have a long history with cricket – it's the game I first fell in love with – and am looking forward to the opportunity to…

According to a press release by New Zealand Cricket, the Canterbury Magicians have qualified in the top three in this edition’s Dream 11 Super Smash beating the Wellington Blaze by 9 wickets. They became the second team to do so after Wellington Blaze. The defending champions Blaze suffered a rare rough day at work as the Magicians restricted them to 132/9. Gabby Sullivan had an exceptional day with the ball, taking the wicket of Melie Kerr and sparring just 14 runs in her four overs. Magicians’ Mackay got out early however Satterthwaite’s 71* off 50 balls and Nat Cox’s 48*…

In a press release by the Sydney Sixers, they announced a 19 member squad for their final league game against the Melbourne stars at the MCG on Tuesday. The squad will be shortened to 13 players with the final 11 to be announced at the bat flip. Squad – Sean Abbot, Justin Avendano, Jake Ball, Nick Bertus, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques (C) Daniel Hughes, Daniel Christian, Carlos Brathwaite, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Llyod Pope, Gurinder Sandhu, Jordan Silk, James Vince.

Buenos Aires, Jan 25 (PTI) The Indian women’s hockey team suffered its second consecutive loss on the tour of Argentina, going down 2-3 to the hosts’ B side in a thrilling clash here. Salima Tete (6th) and Gurjit Kaur (42nd) scored for India while Sol Pagela (25th), Constanza Cerundolo (38th) and Agustina Gorzelany (39th) registered their names on the scoresheet for the home side. In the first quarter, it was India who got off to a flying start winning a Penalty Corner in the first minute. An intentional foul by Argentina while defending the PC led to the visiting side…

According to a press release by the Melbourne Renegades, the Melbourne Renegades have announced their squad for the game against the Hobart Hurricanes tomorrow at the MCG. The final playing 11 will be declared at the Bat flip. Melbourne Renegades – Aaron Finch (c),Brody Couch, Marcus Harris, Shaun Marsh, Sam Harper, Beau Webster, Jack Prestwidge, Peter Hatzoglou, Jon Holland, Mackenzie Harvey, Josh Lalor, Brayden Stepien, Will Sutherland, Zak Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mitch Perry, Imad Wasim.

Kolkata, Jan 25 (PTI) Churchill Brothers blanked debutants Sudeva Delhi FC 2-0 here to consolidate their position at the top of the Hero I-League standings, here on Monday. By virtue of their win, Churchill steered four points clear of second-placed TRAU FC after the Goan outfit steamed past Sudeva at the Mohun Bagan Stadium. In a match largely dominated by Fernando Varela’s men, first-half strikes by Luka Majcen (19th minute) and Bryce Miranda (36th) proved enough as Churchill grabbed their third win of the season. In what was perhaps the best opportunity for Sudeva to stun the title contenders early…

Every racing fan knows a person amongst their friends or family who firmly believes that motorsport isn’t a “real” sport. To them, a sport involves a large amount of physical effort which leads them to conclude that archery, shooting and god forbid, football are also not real sports, despite the fact that they will be played at the Olympics. Usually, the problem is that they compare the physical demands of auto racing to their own experience of driving to the supermarket in a regular road car, which indeed requires no physical exertion whatsoever, but these two things have about as…