Bundesliga to keep 5 substitutions
Frankfurt: The Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga will continue to allow five substitutions per team, per match in 2020/21. Clubs voted in favour of the rule at a DFL assembly on Thursday. The change from three subs was introduced last season as the league returned from its break enforced by the coronavirus pandemic. Each team will continue to be allowed up to three stoppages (excluding half-time) to make five subs per match.
Brazil football ends gender pay gap
Rio: Brazil's football federation announced on Wednesday it will pay men and women the same amount for representing the national team, one of the few countries to make such a pledge. “The CBF has equalled the prize money and allowances between men's and women's football, which means the women players will earn the same as the men,” said the federation's president Rogerio Caboclo. It means Brazil's female players such as Marta, Formiga and Leticia Santos will receive the same fees and allowances as global superstars such as Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino.
4 remaining PSL matches in november
Karachi: The four remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League, which had to be suspended in March because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will take place in Lahore in November, PCB has announced. According to the revamped schedule, the two top teams — Multan Sultans and Karachi Kings — will face off in the qualifier, while Lahore Qalandars (third) and Peshawar Zalmi (fourth) will clash in the first eliminator in a double-header on November 14. The loser of the Qualifier and the winner of the first Eliminator will meet in the second Eliminator on November 15, followed by the final on November 17.
Lanka Premier League from nov 14
Colombo: The inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) T20 tournament will be held from November 14 to December 6 this year, the island nation's cricket board (SLC) said. The tournament will be played at three international venues — Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium and Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Cricket Stadium. Five teams will compete in 23 matches over a 15-day period. The five teams are named after Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Dambulla and Jaffna districts.
ajax’s Donny van de Beek joins man utd
Manchester: Manchester United announced the signing of Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek on Wednesday for a reported fee of 39 million euros, with potential add-ons to follow. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made the 23-year-old Dutch international his first signing of the summer transfer window in a deal that could rise to 44 million euros ($52 million, £39 million). Van de Beek, who has signed a five-year contract at Old Trafford with the option of a further season, played 175 times for Ajax, scoring 41 goals.
TKR continue winning streak in cpl
Tarouba: Opener Lendl Simmons blasted a 63-ball 96 as Trinbago Knight Riders put their might on display yet again, outplaying St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 59 runs to secure their eighth successive win in the Hero Caribbean Premier League here. In the other match, Shimron Hetmyer (56) smashed an unbeaten fifty while the bowlers turned in another fine performance as Guyana Amazon Warriors outplayed St Lucia Zouks by seven wickets with more than six overs to spare to jump to the second place in the points table.