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Cheteshwar Pujara to play for Sussex during English summer

Pujara will be playing for Sussex in the upcoming English county season replacing Australia international Travis Head, the club announced on Thursday. Pujara, who has been dropped from the Indian Test team after having played 95 games for the country, will compete in both first-class and List A games for Sussex. He has previously played for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire in the English County Championship. "Following a request by Travis to be released from his contract due to increased international commitments along with the news that he and his partner are expecting their first child, the club have agreed to this and replaced him with Cheteshwar Pujara for the majority of the 2022 season," the club released a statement.

Emma Raducanu has a ‘target on her back’, but former world No 1 confident she will ‘be a top five player’

“The word is out” on Emma Raducanu’s game and playing patterns and she will feel “a little bit more pressure”, but tennis great Chris Evert is confident she will get to the top of the game.

Shane Warne's body arrives in Australia

Shane Warne landed in his home city of Melbourne on Thursday evening after an eight-hour flight from Thailand, where the Australian cricketing great died last week at the age of 52. Warne died while on holiday on the Thai island of Koh Samui last Friday. Local authorities said an autopsy showed his death was caused by a suspected heart attack and congenital disease. On Thursday morning, his coffin, wrapped in the Australian flag, was taken from the morgue to Bangkok airport before being loaded onto a private Dassault Falcon 7X jet. The popular former spin-bowler and media personality will be buried at a private funeral, his family said last week. A state memorial service will follow at the 100,000-seater Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on March 30.

Georgia bag 2023 Rugby World Cup spot after Russia ban

Georgia have secured their place at the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France after all remaining games involving Russia in the Rugby Europe Championship 2022 were abandoned, World Rugby announced Thursday. Russia and Belarus were last week suspended from all international rugby "until further notice" following the invasion of Ukraine. The award of four match points to each of the three teams set to play Russia -- Georgia, Portugal and the Netherlands -- means that the Lelos are now guaranteed a top-two finish in the region's overall qualification table.