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Groves win Vuelta stage 11 in tight finish, Alaphilippe crashes

Australian Kaden Groves of Team BikeExchange-Jayco won stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana, a 191.2km flat ride from Alhama de Murcia to Cabo de Gata on Wednesday, while world champion Julian Alaphilippe crashed out.

Sheridan Smith replaced by music icon on ITV Starstruck

Sheridan Smith has been replaced by Queen of Country Pop Shania Twain as a judge on the ITV talent show Starstruck as it returns for a second series. The mother-of-one was a judge on the first series with Queen singer Adam Lambert, singing superstar Beverley Knight and comedian and West End star Jason Manford.

Another Kiwi ref for Wallabies v Springboks

A New Zealand referee will again take charge of the Rugby Championship encounter between Australia and South Africa.

South Africa’s new T20 competition gets name and auction date

CAPE TOWN : South Africa's new Twenty20 competition is to be called SA20 with the six teams having already begun the process of recruiting and a player auction to finalise the squads to be held later this month, the league announced on Wednesday.

South Africa front row makeshift hooker Fourie can make impact

South Africa's front row are confident makeshift hooker Deon Fourie will make an impact off the bench after his surprise selection among the replacements for Saturday's Rugby Championship clash against Australia in Sydney.

Rishabh Pant's omission was surprising, shows India's quality: Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting feels Rishabh Pant's "surprise" omission from India's playing XI in their Asia Cup opener against Pakistan shows the quality the team possesses heading into the T20 World Cup. India's designated finisher in recent times, Dinesh Karthik was preferred over Pant, who has however returned for the game against Hong Kong after the team management decided to rest all-rounder Hardik Pandya here on Wednesday. "I was really surprised.