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The 25-year-old player's entourage called the report a "slanderous rumour" and threatened to take legal action.

Ben Stokes last played a Test match for England in July 2024 against the West Indies. He missed the series opener against Pakistan due to a hamstring injury.

Shaheen was among the four players including Babar Azam who were released from the Pakistani squad on Sunday for the remaining two Tests of the series against England.

India will take on New Zealand in three ODIs as part of the ICC Women’s Championship at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Rohit Sharma, the Indian Test skipper is making his way to Bengaluru for the first Test against New Zealand.

Argentine Pochettino, the former Tottenham, Paris Saint Germain and Chelsea coach, was brought in last month to take over a team which had won just once in their last seven games.

Scotland have lost four successive games for the first time since 2019.

India made the highest T20I by a Test-playing nation as they posted a total of 297 runs riding on Sanju Samson's maiden T20I ton, before limiting the visitors to a score of 164/7.

Bangladesh's players threw everything at South Africa in the field, but defeat means that they can no longer qualify from Group B, having completed their group games and picked up just two points.

Sabalenka rallied from a set down to get the better of American Gauff 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 to move into the final of the event in Wuhan.

India scored 82 runs in the first six overs to equal their record for the most runs in the powerplay.

In the tickets case, Valcke was suspended from his job as FIFA secretary general in September 2015 because of allegations made by businessman Benny Alon.

Virat Kohli will soon return to action with the New Zealand Test series later this month.

Forest denied its comments implied “bias and/or question the integrity of the match officials and/or the video assistant referee and/or bring the game into disrepute,” the Football Association said.

The extraordinary run-fest has sparked criticism of the Multan pitch, with many deeming it excessively batter-friendly.

Robert Lewandowski currently holds the top spot in La Liga’s goal-scoring charts.