Latest - New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson will not play the second Test against the West Indies in Wellington starting Friday.
Black Caps captain Kane Williamson Photo: PhotoSport / Andrew Cornaga
Wiliamson flew to Tauranga today for a scheduled midwife meeting with his pregnant wife.
He did return to the capital but late this afternoon the team announced that he would be returning home tonight.
Williamson and his wife Sarah Raheem are expecting their first child later this month.
Will Young retains his place in the side and will bat at number three, while Tom Latham will captain the side.
PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir wear 'no to racism' t-shirts
Paris St Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir players took a knee and wore 'No to Racism' t-shirts before the start of their rescheduled Champions League football game, which was suspended yesterday when the teams walked off in protest at an alleged racial slur by a match official.
PSG went on to win the match 5-1.
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Mohamed Salah became Liverpool's all-time Champions League top scorer but the Merseysiders were held to a 1-all draw against Danish side Midtjylland, in their final group match.
Liverpool still finished top of their group and advance to the final 16.
Salah's goal saw him go one ahead of Steven Gerard.
Manchester City who're already through cruised past Olympique Marseille 3-nil but Ajax Amsterdam failed to advance losing 1-nil to Italian club Atalanta.
England's tour of Sri Lanka rearranged for January
England's tour of Sri Lanka will go ahead in January and will feature two test matches behind closed doors in Galle, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
The ECB and Sri Lanka Cricket have agreed on bio-security and travel plans for the rearranged tour following the postponement of the series in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
England's touring party will arrive in Sri Lanka on Jan. 3 and play two tests in Galle starting on Jan. 14 and Jan. 22.
The visitors will be subject to quarantine in Hambantota on arrival in Sri Lanka. During that period, the players will able to train for five days from Jan. 5-9 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.
England are scheduled to fly back from South Africa on Friday following the postponement of the three-match One-Day International series after a number of positive COVID-19 tests.
After the Sri Lanka series, England are hoping to complete their World Test Championship campaign with the tour of India in February, subject to confirmation of the India tour schedule.
England's last completed test tour of Sri Lanka was in November 2018, when they won a three-match series 3-0.
-Reuters
Montoya reunites with McLaren for Indy 500
Juan Pablo Montoya will join Arrow McLaren for next year's Indianapolis 500, as the Colombian chases a third win at the Brickyard.
One of only three drivers to win races in Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR, the 45-year-old Montoya becomes the third member of a team that also includes full-time drivers Mexican Patricio O'Ward and Swede Felix Rosenqvist.
The partnership is a reunion of sorts for Montoya who finished his F1 career with McLaren Mercedes with whom he claimed three of his seven career wins.
Montoya made his F1 debut with Williams in 2001 and won four times with that team, including the 2003 Monaco Grand Prix.
The Colombian won his first Indianapolis 500 as a rookie in 2000 and his second 15 years later.
Montoya has recently raced in the IMSA SportsCar series, helping Team Penske to the 2019 championship.
Montoya last raced the Indy 500 in 2017 when he finished sixth.
Next year's race is scheduled for May 30.
-Reuters
