Cricket world cup quarter finals

* AS Roma edged ahead in Serie A's tight race for Champions League qualification as a 3-0 home win over Cagliari on Saturday (Apr 27) sent Claudio Ranieri's side into fourth place. * World number one Naomi Osaka has pulled out of Saturday's semi-finals at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart after failing to recover from an abdominal injury she suffered in her quarter-final match. * Mark Williams’s defence of the snooker World Championship title ended with a 13-9 defeat by David Gilbert on Saturday (Apr 27). Welsh cueman Williams, who won a third world title last year, took himself to hospital after complaining of chest pains following Friday's opening session in this second-round match at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. * Dutch driver Robin Frijns won a wet and crash-strewn Paris E-Prix on Saturday to become the all-electric Formula E series's eighth different winner in eight races this season and seize the overall lead. * Australia's Claire Polosak will become the first … [Read more...] about Rennes stun PSG to win French Cup on penalties

* Embattled Cricket Australia (CA) Chairman David Peever is set to step down in the wake of a review into the board's governance and culture, local media reported on Thursday. * China's football association has handed a one-game ban to Shandong Luneng's Brazilian midfielder Diego Tardelli for rubbing his face during the Chinese national anthem before a game. * Defender Jang Hyun-soo, a Republic of Korea World Cup footballer, was banned for life from the national team for submitting false documents for his military service exemption, the Korea Football Association said on Thursday (Nov 1). * Munich and St Petersburg are the two candidates to host the 2021 Champions League final, European soccer body UEFA said on Thursday. UEFA said the Russian and German federations had sent declarations of interest in hosting the match by last Friday's deadline and were the only ones to do so. * Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles has signed a new long-term contract that runs until 2024, the … [Read more...] about Diaz double puts City into League Cup quarters