Cricket Victoria and St Kilda Cricket Club said a stand has been named after the legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne at Melbourne’s Junction Oval in the presence of his daughters Summer and Brooke, and his father Keith.

The unveiling ceremony took place before Victoria took on New South Wales in a One-Day Cup match at the Junction Oval. Also in attendance were Australia Test captain Pat Cummins, batter Steve Smith and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell.

"Today marks a very special and proud day for the Warne family to have a stand named the Shane Warne stand here at the Junction Oval is a wonderful tribute to Shane, who we know would be honored to be chosen for such an accolade.

Athletic Club goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala made a series of excellent saves to help his side to a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Slavia Prague in the Europa League.

The win gave Athletic seven points from their first three games in the competition, but they were made to suffer by the leaders of the Czech league, who had more than enough chances to have taken at least a draw from the game.

Slavia started the game strongly, looking to win every 50-50 ball and not allowing the home side to settle, reports.

Eintracht Frankfurt secured their second win of the Europa League third round with a 1-0 victory over Riga, thanks to a goal from substitute Hugo Larsson.

In a quiet first half, the Eagles controlled possession but struggled to create clear scoring opportunities. Riga remained well-organized defensively, keeping Frankfurt away from their goal.

The visitors had the first chance in the 15th minute when Adam Markhiyev shot wide from a promising position. Frankfurt responded quickly with a counterattack, but Omar Marmoush's shot from a tight angle was saved by Riga goalkeeper Fabrice Ondoa, reports.

Frankfurt continued to search for a breakthrough, coming close with long-range efforts, including Igor Matanovic's shot over the bar from 20 meters on the half-hour mark.

Top seed Zheng Qinwen began her 2024 Pan Pacific Open campaign with a commanding victory over Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima, winning 7-5, 6-0 in just over an hour. Zheng, the reigning Olympic gold medallist, had a slow start but regained her form in the second set, claiming the last nine games to seal a quarterfinal clash with No. 8 seed Leylah Fernandez.

Life has come full circle at the Pan Pacific Open for the Chinese star, now ranked among the elite. Back in 2022, Zheng was a promising 19-year-old when she reached her first WTA final at the same tournament, ultimately falling to Liudmila Samsonova.

Two years later, she’s coming off a deep run in Wuhan, which secured her spot in the prestigious WTA Finals Riyadh next month. After a closely contested first set, she found her rhythm and cruised to victory, dropping no games in the second set.

Australia fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood believes it was probably a unique situation to have the team’s main pace bowlers play all seven Tests in their previous international home summer.

Australia’s bowling attack was unchanged in the 2023/24 home season, with Cameron Green being the fifth bowling option. But Green is now unable to play in the upcoming season after undergoing back surgery.

“It feels the same question every year – if you’re fit, you play, if you’re not, you don’t play. We’ve got enough in the stable to roll through a couple of guys who we know can do a really good job and put a little bit of pressure on us from time to time, so no dramas there.”

Brazilian winger Raphinha celebrated his 100th appearance for FC Barcelona with a hat-trick goal against Bayern Munich in the Champions League encounter on Wednesday night.

His first came after just 54 seconds, when a mistake in the Bayern defence sent the Brazilian clean through on goal, and he got the better of Manuel Neuer with the finish. He followed it up with two impressive strikes in the space of 11 minutes either side of halftime.

"This kind of match won't be forgotten... We already need to think about the next match. We have only a few days to rest and we need to focus on the next game. Tonight will always stay in my memory, but now its time to thin ahead," Raphinha said.

Liverpool made it three wins on the bounce as Darwin's lone goal secured a narrow 1-0 victory over a tenacious RB Leipzig side in the third round.

Leipzig came into the game highly motivated and put Liverpool on the back foot as Amadou Haidara tested goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, while Benjamin Sesko's dangerous curled shot went just wide in the opening stages.

It took Liverpool some time to get going, but they shocked the home side with their first chance in the 27th minute when Darwin tapped home Mo Salah's header from close range, reports.

Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi was forced to tip promising headers from Darwin and Virgil van Dijk over the bar as the visitors gained momentum.

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has overtaken his team-mate Virat Kohli in the ICC Test batting rankings, while New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra enters top 20 list in the same category.

Pant made scores of 20 and 99 in the first Test against New Zealand at Bengaluru, and that has propelled him to jump three places to sixth place in the latest update to rankings for Test batters, and go past Kohli, who is now at joint eighth position.

England batter Joe Root maintains a healthy lead at the top of the rankings, with trio Yashasvi Jaiswal – at third spot – joining Pant and Kohli as the only players from India inside the top 10 of the list.

Ahead of the Champions League encounter, Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany heaped praise on Barcelona FC for finding a replacement for club legend Lionel Messi, who left Camp Nou in 2021, so soon in Spain wonder kid Lamine Yamal.

Lamine 's rapid rise to prominence began when he started training with Barca's first team at just 15 years old, at the request of coach Xavi Hernandez. He made his debut for the first team in April 2023, becoming the youngest player ever to represent the club.

"It's exceptional for Barca as a club to have Yamal so shortly after the departure of a player like Messi. For my generation, Messi was one of the key figures of our era. To shortly after this player leaving already have potentially a player who can replace him is quite unique. Full credit to Barca's academy, La Masia for always trusting these players and giving them the chance," Kompany said in pre-match presser.

Aston Villa continued their 100 per cent start to the UEFA Champions League courtesy of a 2-0 victory over Bologna at Villa Park.

Following a first half dominated by Unai Emery's side, captain John McGinn broke the deadlock ten minutes after the restart, evading everyone with a free-kick into the box and finding the bottom corner.

Shortly after, John Durán volleyed in on his first Champions League start to send Villa top of the table.

The hosts finally broke the Italian side’s resistance in the 55th minute as captain John McGinn’s inswinging free-kick evaded everyone in the penalty area and nestled in the far corner.