Latest - The New Zealand sprinter Eddie Osei-Nketia is facing six weeks off the track after breaking his arm in a bike accident.
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The 19 year old Wellington student came off his bike on Friday night.
Osei-Nketia, who completed the sprint double at the national championships in March, is hoping to gain qualification for next year's Tokyo Olympics.
Coach Gary Henley-Smith says it'll set them back six weeks, but they're still hoping to Osei-Nketia to get into some sompetition by the end of january.
Henley-Smith says they'll have a better idea after Osei-Nketia visits a specialst next week.
The new Olympic qualifying period starts next month, while the majority of the New Zealand athletics meetings are scheduled for January and February.
Foxes up to second
Leicester City have climbed to second in the English Premier League following a 4-1 win at Leeds.
Leicester, who have won all four away games this season, are on 15 points, just one point behind leaders Liverpool, while Leeds are 12th.
Fulham chalked up their first win of the season and climbed out of the relegation zone after a 2-nil win over West Bromwich Albion.
The result lifts Fulham to 17th while winless West Brom have dropped one place to 18th.
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Two more IPL finalists found
The Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore have secured their places in the Indian Premier League play-offs.
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Delhi beat Bangalore by six wickets to secure second place and they'll take on top qualifiers Mumbai Indians later this week with the winner going straight into the final.
Bangalore ensured their net run-rate remained high enough to advance and will play either Kolkata Knight Riders or Sunrisers Hyderabad in the elimination play-off game.
Kolkata occupy fourth place, but will be overtaken by Sunrisers if they beat Mumbai in tonight's final group game.
Whoever does advance will play Bangalore in Friday's eliminator, where the winners go on to play the losers of the Mumbai-Delhi match, and the defeated team goes out.
Former Black Caps coach Mike Hesson is director of cricket at Royal Challengers Bangalore, while former captain Brendon McCullum coaches Kolkata Knight Riders.
Lochie Ferguson plays for KKR, Trent Boult is at Mumbai Indians and Kane Williamson plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Wolfpack won't be back
The former All Black Sonny Bill Williams has no future with the Toronto Wolfpack after the Canadian rugby league club failed in its attempt to be reinstated into the English Super League.
Sonny Bill Williams playing for the Toronto Wolfpack against St Helens. Photo: Photosport
Last November Williams signed a two year deal with the Wolfpack for a reported 10 million dollars.
The Wolfpack pulled out of this year's competition in July citing financial challenges from the Covid-19 outbreak, having failed to pay players, coaches and staff for several months.
New owner Carlo LiVolsi offered to underwrite the club's losses, but his plans were rejected at a meeting of the Super League clubs.
Wolfpack climbed from League One into Super League within three seasons of starting up, however they failed to win a game before their withdrawal from the competition during the Covid-19 shutdown.
Williams played the latter part of the NRL season with the Sydney Roosters.
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Ajax hit by Covid
Ajax Amsterdam could be without several key players after 11 squad members tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of tomorrow's Champions League clash at Midtjylland.
Ajax travelled to Denmark today with only 17 players, listed in the squad. The club would not release the names of players with the virus due to privacy rules.
Skipper Dusan Tadic, goalkeeper Andre Onana and midfielders Davy Klaassen and Ryan Gravenberch were all expected to start the Group D match at Herning but were left out of the party.
Dutch media said secondary tests were being conducted for those affected in the hope that the results might turn out negative and more players would be able to travel to Denmark but they would need permission from UEFA to do so.
Under the rules of Europe's football governing body, Ajax must play the game if 13 or more players on its A-list are available.
Meanwhile Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Rangers have all reported new cases of Covid-19 in their squads.
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Doubles combination withdrawn from Paris Masters
Australian Open doubles champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram have been withdrawn from this week's Paris Masters after Salisbury was in close contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case.
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Britain's Salisbury, who has not tested positive for Covid-19, has been placed in isolation and remains asymptomatic after his "credentialed" contact returned a positive test for the novel coronavirus on Sunday.
Salisbury and American Ram have secured a place at the season-ending ATP Tour Finals alongside U.S. Open champions Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares, French Open winners Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies plus Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos.
New Zealanders Michael Venus and Marcus Daniel are both playing Paris this week with their respective partners with Venus hoping to secure a place in the ATP Finals.
In line with UK government guidelines, the 2020 tennis season finale in London is being planned without spectators at the O2 Arena due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Fiji rugby team hit by Covid
Three members of Fiji's rugby squad have tested positive for Covid-19 at their base in France as they prepare for the Nations Cup.
The players are isolating from the rest of the squad, who continued to train at their base in Limoges.
This week's warmup match against Portugal has been cancelled, while Fiji are scheduled to play their first Nations Cup clash against France on Nov. 15. They play Italy on Nov. 21 and Scotland on Nov. 28 before a final match on the first weekend in December.
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Coll into third round
New Zealand squash player Paul Coll is through to the third round of the Qatar Open in Doha after easing past Frenchman Baptiste Masotti for the second time in six weeks.
The pair met in the first round of the Manchester Open, the first PSA World Tour event held after the tour's six-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with Coll taking the victory in four games.
He won again this time, however it was in three games 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 in just under 40 minutes.
Coll, the world number five, will now face another Frenchman, No.17 ranked Gregoire Marche.
