Latest - The One Day International between South Africa and England in Paarl has been abandoned after two members of the tourists' party returned unconfirmed positive tests for the Covid-19.
England batsman Alex Hales. Photo: Photosport
A decision will be made on whether the final two matches of the series will be played on Tuesday and Thursday as scheduled once the results of the tests have been ratified.
The abandonment follows a fresh round of testing after two hotel workers in the bio-secure environment in which both teams are staying returned positive results.
England had previously expressed concern over the strength of the bio-secure environment.
The unconfirmed positive results take to seven the number of COVID-19 related incidents on the six-match white-ball tour, two of which occurred in the South Africa camp before the series started. There have now been five in the bio-secure environment.
It would be a huge blow for cash-strapped Cricket South Africa if the rest of the tour were to be cancelled and place into doubt future visits by Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia in the next few months.
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Liverpool crush Wolves in EPL to go back to second
Mohamed Salah scored one and made another as Liverpool thrashed a hapless Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 in the Premier League in a game to forget for Wolves captain and former Reds player Conor Coady.
A moment of indecision by Coady, who came through Liverpool's academy, allowed Salah to steal in and slot home in the 24th minute, and the Wolves defender then thought he had won a penalty only to see the decision overturned following a video review.
Georginio Wijnaldum made it 2-0 in the 59th minute with a brilliant curling effort, seconds after Coady failed to get a shot away when in on goal at the other end, and Joel Matip headed a third from a pinpoint Salah cross eight minutes later.
A Nelson Semedo own goal rounded off the rout in front of 2000 delighted Liverpool fans.
The win lifted Liverpool back up to second in the table on 24 points, behind leaders Tottenham Hotspur, who beat Arsenal 2-0 in the North London derby earlier, on goal difference.
Wolves are 10th on 17 points.
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Kenya's Kandie smashes half marathon world record in Valencia
Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie smashed the half marathon world record by 29 seconds at the Valencia Half Marathon, becoming the first person to break 58 minutes.
Kandie, who finished second at the world half marathon championships in Gdynia in October, finished the Spanish annual race in 57 minutes and 32 seconds, breaking the previous record of 58:01 set by compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in September 2019.
"I can't believe it, I have beaten Kamworor's world record by half a minute," Kandie said. "Today is a great day for me and also for Kenya."
The top four men all ran under the previous world best, with Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda finishing second in 57:37, Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto third in 57:49 and Kenyan Alexander Mutiso taking fourth place in 57:59.
Kandie, 24, led the chasing pack, which included reigning world champion Kiplimo, through the 15-kilometre mark in 41:10.
The pair traded the lead over the next six km before Kandie made the decisive move, to finish more than a minute off his previous personal best of 58:37.
Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba won the women's race in 1:05:18, setting the fastest time for a debut over the distance.
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Canterbury extend advantage
Canterbury has opened up a five-point lead at the top of domestic cricket's one day competition after a high-scoring win over second placed Northern Districts in Christchurch.
Unbeaten Canterbury's total of 346/8 was the fifth highest in their List A history and was set up by twin centuries from Chad Bowes and Ken McClure who combined in a 200-run stand for the second wicket.
In Palmerston North, Wellington's 21-year-old top order batsman Jakob Bhula yet again missed out on a maiden century against the Central Stags - but he had no complaints after hitting the winning runs to finish unbeaten on 97* in his side's first win of the white-ball season.
The result leaves the Central Stags as the only side yet to get a win heading into Tuesday's fourth round.
Otago were beaten by hosts Auckland by 133 runs, after a dramatic batting collapse ruined the visitors' run chase.
Grosjean to miss Abu Dhabi F1 career swansong
Romain Grosjean will miss the Formula One season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the Frenchman flying to Switzerland to continue his recovery from injuries sustained in a fiery crash at last week's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Forced to sit out the Sakhir Grand Prix, the Frenchman had been hoping to return for what looked set to be his Formula One swansong in Abu Dhabi on Dec. 13.
Grosjean walked away from the horrific crash last week, despite his car being split in half and bursting into flame.
The 34-year-old suffered second-degree burns to the back of his hands, for which he will continue to receive treatment in Switzerland, his Haas team said in a statement.
Haas will instead run Brazilian reserve Pietro Fittipaldi, standing in for Grosjean in Sakhir, for a second consecutive weekend.
Grosjean has been with Haas since the U.S.-owned team's debut Formula One season in 2016.
Both he and team mate Kevin Magnussen are leaving the outfit at the end of this year, with Haas going for an all-rookie line-up in Mick Schumacher, son of seven-time champion Michael, and Nikita Mazepin, the son of a Russian billionaire.
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