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Chelsea owner Todd Boehly wants Premier League all-star game

The Blues' new co-owner, who also owns shares in the Los Angeles Dodgers and Lakers, told a New York conference he has already floated the idea with Premier League counterparts. Both Major League Baseball and Basketball's NBA have all-star exhibition games featuring the best players from their respective conferences. Boehly suggested the funds raised could be used to filter more money from the top of the game down the football pyramid. "People are talking about more money for the pyramid, in the MLB All-Star game this year we made 200 million dollars (£171 million) from a Monday and a Tuesday," Boehly said. "So we're thinking we could do a north versus south all-star game for the Premier League, for whatever the pyramid needed quite easily."

Jason Kubler, Alex de Minaur lift Australia past Belgium in Davis Cup opener

Davis Cup finals group phase on Tuesday with Jason Kubler and Alex de Minaur paving the way for a 3-0 win over Belgium. Newcomer Jason Kubler battled past 134th-ranked Zizou Bergs 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in the opening Group C tie in Hamburg, Germany. Trailing 1-3 in the third set after dropping the second, 97th-ranked Kubler reeled of five consecutive games to earn the first point for Australia.

England potential excites skipper Ben Stokes after Test series win over South Africa

England needed just 25 minutes at the Oval to complete a nine-wicket win over the Proteas in barely more than two days' actual playing time that secured a 2-1 series victory. It also meant England had won six out of seven Tests under a new leadership duo of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum -- a far cry from a record of one win in 17 matches that marked the end of Joe Root's reign as skipper. New Zealand, the World Test champions were beaten 3-0 before England defeated India in a one-off Test, held over from last year because of coronavirus concerns in the Indian camp, prior to seeing off the Proteas. All of those triumphs were marked by a willingness to engage in dashing run-chases, while removing as much pressure from players as possible, albeit much of England's success, as South Africa captain Dean Elgar noted, was built on traditional fundamentals of the red-ball game.

LIV Golf finale to feature record $50 million purse: Reports

The LIV Golf Team Championship will be contested Oct. 27-30 at Trump National Doral outside Miami. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund finances the upstart tour that's peeled away dozens of players from the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

Champions League: Bayern Munich defeat Barcelona, Liverpool grab late winner, Tottenham Hotspur beaten

Bayern Munich got the better of Barcelona as Robert Lewandowski returned to face his former club on Tuesday, while a late Joel Matip goal allowed Liverpool to beat Ajax and get their Champions League campaign up and running. There was also a surprise defeat for Tottenham Hotspur at Sporting Lisbon, and Atletico Madrid were beaten on their trip to play Bayer Leverkusen. Both Spanish visitors to Germany came away on the losing side, with Barcelona going down 2-0 at the Allianz Arena in Group C as Lewandowski came back to the club he left in the summer after eight prolific seasons in Bavaria.

Family a big reason for me to choose LIV Golf: Anirban Lahiri

Lahiri, who lost in a three-way playoff, said lack of familial support and swimming against the current all by himself on the PGA Tour goaded him to join LIV Golf. The 35-year-old, who is planning to shift base to Dubai by the end of the year, spoke to TOI. Excerpts...You shot 15-under for the tournament, the best score of the season, you couldn't have asked for a better debut.It could have been better by a shot or two.

Sourav Ganguly, Jay Shah set for second innings?

SC, amicus agree to amend BCCI cooling-off periodNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, Board of Control for Cricket and the SC-appointed amicus curiae on Tuesday tentatively reached a consensus to amend the BCCI's constitution to allow two consecutive terms to its president, secretary and other office-bearers irrespective of their earlier innings in state associations. The SC-approved BCCI constitution provides that "an office-bearer who has held any post for two consecutive terms either in a state association or in the BCCI (or a combination of both) shall not be eligible to contest any further election without completing a cooling period of three years." The bench also in principle agreed to remove the 70-year age cap on BCCI's representative to the ICC that could make former BCCI president N Srinivasan hopeful of entering the international cricket body for a fresh start after a break from the cricket management role for more than seven years.

Can't micro-manage BCCI functioning, says Supreme Court; to pass order on tenure of office bearers

BCCI is an autonomous body and it cannot micro-manage its functioning, observed the Supreme Court which on Tuesday also asked the apex cricket body of the country why it wants to have people above 70 years to represent the nation in the ICC. The remarks by the apex court were made during the hearing on the Board's plea seeking to amend its constitution concerning the tenure of its office bearers including its President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah by doing away with the mandatory cooling-off period between tenures of office bearers across state cricket associations and the BCCI.

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Chelsea owner Todd Boehly wants Premier League all-star game

Jason Kubler, Alex de Minaur lift Australia past Belgium in Davis Cup opener

England potential excites skipper Ben Stokes after Test series win over South Africa

LIV Golf finale to feature record $50 million purse: Reports

Champions League: Bayern Munich defeat Barcelona, Liverpool grab late winner, Tottenham Hotspur beaten

Family a big reason for me to choose LIV Golf: Anirban Lahiri

Sourav Ganguly, Jay Shah set for second innings?

Can't micro-manage BCCI functioning, says Supreme Court; to pass order on tenure of office bearers