London:Premier League squads returned to non-contact training on Tuesday as the English top flight took another step forward in ‘Project Restart’. The Premier League hopes to restart its season in June, having been suspended since 13 March. The easing of government restrictions have allowed players to train in small groups, with all 20 clubs unanimously agreeing to stage one of ...

Professional tennis on the ATP and WTA tours has been suspended further because of the coronavirus pandemic. All ATP tournaments in July have been suspended, including the Hamburg Open – a third-tier 500 level event. WTA events in Bastad, Bucharest, Lausanne and Jurmala have been called off, with similar events in Palermo and Karlsruhe set to follow. The US Open, ...

London:Up to 24 women’s domestic cricketers will receive a regional retainer to support them financially during the coronavirus pandemic. The contracts are based around the eight new regional hubs. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) intended to introduce 40 full-time domestic contracts in 2020 but this has been delayed by the pandemic. “Our drive for a more gender-balanced sport ...

Lahore:Umar Akmal has filed an official appeal against the three-year ban imposed on him by the PCB, challenging the length of the sanction and hoping to get it reduced. Akmal was expelled from all representative cricket after he he failed to report details of corrupt approaches made to him ahead of this year’s PSL. The PCB confirmed the receipt of ...

Sri Lanka Cricket is intent on constructing a new 40,000-capacity stadium in Colombo in addition to the existing R Premadasa Stadium in Khettarama. Primarily, the board appears to be interested the highest-capacity sports venue in the country in order to strengthen bids on major ICC events in the next rights cycle. This, despite calls by players for Khettarama’s existing training ...