1. Veteran spinner Adil Rashid became the first-ever England bowler to complete 100 wickets in the T20I format. 2. Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday confirmed former opener Upul Tharanga as the new chairman of the SLC selection committee with immediate effect. 3. Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara will return to Sussex for the 2024 season as an overseas signing for a third season, the England cricket county announced on Wednesday. 4. India star Suryakumar Yadav solidified his position at the helm of the batters list of the ICC Men's T20I Rankings after his quick-fire half-century in the second T20I against South Africa on Tuesday. 5. Paris Saint-Germain and Porto qualified for the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Newcastle bowed out of Europe after losing 2-1 at home to AC Milan.

1. The 2024 T20 World Cup will be played in a different format in which 20 participating countries will be divided into four groups of five teams each and the first round will be followed by a Super Eight stage.2. Gareth Bale rescued Wales with a late penalty to snatch a 1-1 draw with the United States in their World Cup Group B clash on Monday in Qatar. 3. Delhi are out of the knockout race of the Vijay Hazare Trophy after suffering a five-wicket loss against Jharkhand, their third defeat in the tournament on Monday. 4. Pakistan have named mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed and fast bowler Mohammad Ali in the 18-man squad for the England Tests, scheduled to be played in December. 5. A frustrated David Warner Monday said he was "not a criminal" and everyone should have the right to appeal as Cricket Australia paved the way for his lifetime leadership ban to be lifted. 6. Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 2.5-0.5 in the seventh and final round to finish fifth in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals on Monday.

1. South Africa will look to take a 2-0 lead in the ongoing five-match T20I series against India when both teams face each other in Cuttack. 2. Tokyo Paralympics gold medalist Avani Lekhara added another medal to her tally by winning gold at the R8- Women's 50m 3P SH1 event during the ongoing Para Shooting World Cup 2022. 3. New Zealand allrounder Daryl Mitchell and wicketkeeper batter Tom Blundell have made history by scripting the highest fifth wicket partnership for their side in the history of the longest format of the game. 4. The highly awaited media rights auction for the Indian Premier League is likely to see four bidders including Viacom18, Disney Star, Zee and Sony. 5. Aditya Tare has been ruled out of the remainder of the Ranji Trophy after fracturing his finger during Mumbais quarterfinal against Uttarakhand. 6. Reigning world champion Nikhat Zareen and Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain on Saturday sealed their berths in the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games with dominating wins in the selection trials.

1. KL Rahul, who was supposed to lead India in the upcoming five-match T20I series against South Africa, has been ruled out due to a right groin injury. 2. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced the ODI and T20I squads for Indian women's cricket team's upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. 3. Sri Lankan batters failed to fire for the second consecutive T20 match against Australia and managed 124-9 in Colombo after the visitors won the toss and chose to field Wednesday. 4. England batter Joe Root secured second place in ICC Men's Test Player Rankings on Wednesday, following his match-winning knock against New Zealand in the first Test. 5. Rafael Nadal is recovering at home after he underwent treatment on his injured left foot on Tuesday, as the French Open champion battles to be fit for Wimbledon. 6. Luka Modric has signed a new deal to keep him at Real Madrid until the end of next season, the European champions said on Wednesday.

1. Former Australia spinner Brad Hogg feels that the Indian selectors have made the right call in dropping "ageing" players like Ajinkya Rahane and Ishant Sharma from the squad for the upcoming fifth rescheduled Test against England in Birmingham from July 1-5. 2. South African skipper Temba Bavuma said that any type of competitive cricket before the T20 World Cup will be a benefit for the African team ahead of the upcoming T20I series against India starting from June 9. 3. A 181-run partnership between Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi and Mohammad Nabi's four-wicket haul helped Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by 60 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. 4. Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh said that he was cursed in India because he got injured during the start of IPL 2022 while playing for the Delhi capitals team. 5. World no.1 Iga Swiatek defeated American teenager Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 to claim her second French Open title in three years. 6.Former Manchester United and City striker Carlos Tevez has confirmed his retirement from professional football following the death of his father.

1. Cricket West Indies announced an action-packed summer of cricket at home. 2. Coco Gauff will face world number one Iga Swiatek for the French Open title after the teenager eased into her maiden Grand Slam final with a straight-sets victory over Martina Trevisan on Thursday. 3. Sri Lanka have named Lasith Malinga as their 'bowling strategy' coach for the upcoming white-ball leg of the Australia series. 4. Blessing Muzarabani has returned to the Zimbabwe squad for the upcoming limited-overs series against Afghanistan at home, Zimbabwe Cricket announced on Thursday. 5. The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to appoint Stuart Law as their next Under-19 head coach. 6. German international defender Antonio Rudiger has joined Spanish and European champions Real Madrid from Chelsea, the two clubs confirmed on Thursday.

1. England have recalled veteran pace bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad to their side for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's starting Thursday while giving a debut to Durham quick Matthew Potts. 2. Rafael Nadal edged a late-night classic against old rival Novak Djokovic in the early hours of Wednesday in four sets to reach his 15th French Open semi-final. 3. The England and Wales Cricket Board on Tuesday said it is committed to establish a new anti-discrimination unit to ensure that it has the right resources and capabilities to tackle discrimination in all its forms. 4. The Pakistan Cricket Board has shifted next month's ODI series against the West Indies from Rawalpindi to Multan in the wake of expected protest rallies planned by opposition politicians. 5. Left-arm pacemen David Payne and Luke Wood are in line to make their England debuts in the three-match one-day international series against the Netherlands next month after being named in new coach Matthew Mott's 14-man squad on Tuesday. 6. India drew 4-4 with South Korea in the final Super 4 game but the result wasn't enough to take the defending champion into the final of the Asia Cup. India (5 points) finished third in the group behind South Korea and Malaysia, who also had five points each but have a superior goal difference.

1. England cricketer Moeen Ali has reportedly told the new head coach of the read-ball team, New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, that he is planning to come out of Test retirement and join the Ben Stokes-led side. 2. Spanish football club Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the Champions League final, securing their record 14th European title. 3. West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin starred with both bat and ball as she powered Supernovas to an unprecedented third Women's T20 Challenge title triumph with a four-run win over Velocity in a thrilling final. 4. Derbyshire Falcons picked up their first win of the Vitality Blast campaign as Leicestershire Foxes crashed to a second heavy defeat. 5. Pakistan have clean swept Sri Lankan women Cricket team, winning the third and last T-20 cricket match by four wickets in Karachi on Saturday evening. 6. Indian men's hockey team scored two fantastic field goals to beat Japan 2-1 in its first Super 4 league match and avenge its loss in the pool stage of the Asia Cup here on Saturday.

1. Rajasthan entered the final of the T20 League with a seven-wicket win over Bangalore in the Qualifier 2 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 2. Sri Lanka crushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the second Test to win the series 1-0 after the host team collapsed from 156-5 to 169 all out in its second innings. 3. Bangalore batter Dinesh Karthik has been "reprimanded" for breaching the T20 League Code of Conduct. Karthik had breached the Code of Conduct during Bangalore's Eliminator clash against Lucknow on Wednesday at the Eden Gardens. 4. New Test coach Brendon McCullum says "his" England will pick their best team at every opportunity, rather than resting and rotating players. 5. Mission Olympic Cell approved the proposal of Indian swimmer Aryan Nehra to train at Aqua Nation Sports Academy in Dubai. Aryan, who is a TOPS Development Group athlete since December 2019 is preparing for World Junior Championships which are set to take place in August this year. 6. Unstoppable World no.1 Iga Swiatek pulled up her 30th consecutive win at the French Open as she defeated Alison Riske of America in the second round.