but bismah maroof steered pakistan to victory with an unbeaten 38.th, nida dar, as pakistan reached their target with ten balls to spare, and eight wickets in hand. staying with cricket — wednesday wasn't a good day all round for the west indies, because their men's team lost the second one—day international in sri lanka, and — with it — the series with a match to spare. sri lanka batted first and turned things round after an awful start — thanks to kusal mendis and avishka fernando. they both made centuries as the home side recovered from being nine for two at one stage — to make 345 for eight from their 50 overs. but west indies were bowled out forjust 184 in reply — as sri lanka won by 161 runs — with more than ten overs to spare — to take an unbeatable 2—0 lead in the three—match series. elsewhere, australia beat south africa in the third and deciding t20 international in cape town. david warner and aaron finch both hit half—centuries, as the tourists made 193 for five from their 20 overs. the home side were skittled out forjust 96 in reply — as

chasing 125 to win, they reached their target in the penultimate over, helped by their captain bismah maroof unbeaten 38. its only the second time pakistan have beaten the windies in this format, and they've never made it out of the group stages. that match against england at around 8am uk time on friday. if england's cricketers are outside bets for the tournament, britain's cyclists carry serious expectation on their saddles in olympic year. we'll get a good indication of their prospects ahead of tokyo at the track cycling world championships in berlin this week with the first medals being dished out tonight. jill douglas and chris boardman are there for us... if the opening day here in berlin. chris bought bill alongside me. the highlights will be to be scratchy. last year through elinor partner. the right estimate laura kinney who is writing a limited programme because she broke her shoulder and canada in january. how because she broke her shoulder and canada injanuary. how will that affect our coming into this case not we'll find out, but you must be in decent shape but she wouldn't be h

chasing 125 to win, they raced to their target with 10 balls to spare, captain bismah maroof leading one of the biggest wins for pakistan, who've never made it to the knock—out stage. and it opens up the group — they face england on friday. another sporting event has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak. the world short track speed skating championships were due to take place in seoul, south korea, in mid—march but the sport's governing body said it was unavoidable under the circumstances. they admitted that relocating or rescheduling the event would be difficult but they are exploring possibilities. ireland's health minister has been meeting with irish rugby officials this lunchtime after saying yesterday the ireland italy game in dublin next weekend should be postponed. it could also affect the women's and under 20s tournaments. italy's men's and women's teams are due to host england in the final round of games a week later. scotland women's match in italy on sunday was called off because of the virus. 0n the pitch, england should be able to call upon winger anthony w

chasing 125 to win, they raced to their target with 10 balls to spare, captain bismah maroof leadinghe knock—out stage. five time grand slam champion maria sharapova has retired from tennis at the age of 32. she famously won wimbledon in 2004 as a 17 year old, beating serena williams in the final. she's recently been plagued by injuries since coming back from a drugs ban. she said she was saying goodbye and that whatever came next in her life, she'd apply the same work ethic and focus as she did her tennis. manchester city's appeal against their two—year ban from european competition has been registered by the court of arbitration for sport. the ban — and a fine — were imposed after city were found guilty of breaching football's financial fair play rules. the process is expected to take several months. city are still in this season's champions league — and they're away to real madrid tonight. manager pep guardiola has told his side to "fight until the end", to gain their first victory over real, who've won the tournament in four of the past six seasons. we play with the king of this