Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte replaced Luciano Spalletti as the new head coach of Inter Milan, the Serie A side announced on Friday. His controversial 2-year tenure with the Blues ended, when he was sacked in July last year. The 49-year old has been out of the game since then. Inter Milan's last major title was the Coppa Italia in 2011. They missed out on the Champions League for 6 consecutive seasons after that but have booked a berth this time around.

After BCCI&nbsp;president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly announced the cancellation of this year's Asia Cup, PCB's&nbsp;Media director Samiul&nbsp;Hasan&nbsp;Burney&nbsp;firmly dismissed the decision. Calling it baseless, Burney said that the statements made by Ganguly&nbsp;had no impact on the proceedings as the decision regarding Asia Cup has to be taken by the Asian Cricket Council. He further said that an announcement can only come from ACC's&nbsp;president Nazmul&nbsp;Hasan's&nbsp;end and that the schedule of the next meeting is yet to be announced. Although the former Indian cricketer did not offer any explanation for the cancellation of the event that was slated&nbsp;to begin in September, speculations suggest that the failure to decide the host nation was the potential reason behind its cancellation.

Australian cricket coach, Justin Langer&nbsp;feels that Australia's tour of England, slated for September this year&nbsp;should go-ahead for the health of World Cricket. On Thursday, the former Australian cricketer said that there are a lot of challenges but one has to find the solutions to make sure that it can happen if possible, reported the Daily Telegraph. The 49-year-old also wants his players to participate in this year's IPL,&nbsp;if the event goes ahead. On Wednesday, cricket returned after a long break of 117-days due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but the dark clouds still loom over the future of World&nbsp;T20 which is scheduled to begin in October in Australia.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The 2020 edition of the&nbsp;Ryder Cup which was scheduled to begin from 25th September has been postponed until next year due to the virus scare. The event that was to be played in Wisconsin, will now be hosted from September 24th to 26th in 2021. CEO Seth Waugh, of&nbsp;PGA&nbsp;of&nbsp;America,&nbsp;said that the spectators from Europe and America made the event special and compelling, playing without them was not a realistic option. Consecutively, next year's Presidents Cup which was slated to begin from September 30th was also postponed by a year and will now be played from September 19th in 2022.&nbsp;

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni&nbsp;who turned 39 just a few days ago is not planning to retire anytime soon. Dhoni's manager &amp; close friend&nbsp;Mihir Diwakar&nbsp;confirmed that Mahi&nbsp;is working hard at his farmhouse to stay fit and motivated to play in the Indian Premier League. Diwakar&nbsp;added that Mahi&nbsp;also went to Chennai to practice a month ahead of the team to get ready for the IPL&nbsp;before the pandemic shut everything down. Mihir&nbsp;said that Dhoni&nbsp;is not thinking or planning about retirement and wants to play&nbsp;more. Dhoni&nbsp;last played for India more than a year ago in their semifinal&nbsp;loss to New Zealand at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.&nbsp;&nbsp;

World number 1 Novak&nbsp;Djokovic&nbsp;is unsure about playing at the US Open as he is concerned about the number of cases in the United States. Confirming to a local Serbian&nbsp;newspaper, 17-time Grand Slam winner said that he wants to play in Europe on clay courts leading up to the French Open. Djoko&nbsp;also said that he was sad about the entire controversy regarding&nbsp;Covid-19 infections at his tennis tournament and called it a witch hunt. Djoko&nbsp;added that his intentions were clear and honest in helping the tennis players and federation in his country. Meanwhile, the 33-year-old has recovered from the virus infection and has started practising.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Barcelona remained alive in La Liga&nbsp;title race after a 1-0 win over already-relegated Espanyol. It was an ill-tempered encounter after Barcelona lost Ansu&nbsp;Fati&nbsp;to a red card and even Espanyol&nbsp;were reduced to 10-men.&nbsp;Luis Suarez scored the only goal of the game early in the 2nd half which was his&nbsp;195th strike with Barcelona making him the club's&nbsp;third top scorer of all time. With the nervy 1-0 win, Barcelona has 76 points from 35 games and are 1 point behind league leaders Real Madrid who have a game in hand. With their performance on Wednesday looking sluggish as per their standards, Quique Setien's&nbsp;side&nbsp;needs to pull up their socks if they were to pose a challenge to Real Madrid.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Premier League Champions&nbsp;Liverpool inched closer towards the 100 point record in a season after they brushed aside Brighton &amp; Hove Albion 3-1. The Reds were up 2-0 in just 8 minutes after Mohd&nbsp;Salah&nbsp;&amp; Jordan Henderson scored a goal each. Salah&nbsp;returned to score another one in the 2nd half which snuffed out the smallest possibility of Brighton attempting to make a comeback. With 92 points, Jurgen&nbsp;Klopp's&nbsp;men need 9 points from their last 4 encounters to better the mark set by Manchester City, who raked in 100 points in the 2017-18 season.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

David Silva was on fire as he scored one and set up 2 goals for Manchester City as they schooled Newcastle United 5-0 in the Premier League.&nbsp;&nbsp;Gabriel Jesus,&nbsp;Riyad Mahrez&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Raheem Sterling&nbsp;got on the scoresheet too as Newcastle helped with an own goal. Courtesy the goal-fest, City became the first team in Premier League history to have five players score 10 or more goals in a single season with Sergio Aguero,&nbsp;Sterling, Jesus, De Bruyne&nbsp;and Mahrez&nbsp;doing the bulk of the scoring. With the Champions already decided in the Premier League, City will be hoping to take a lot of positives from this win towards the FA Cup where they play Arsenal in the semifinals.&nbsp;&nbsp;

It took cricket 117 days to make a comeback from a coronavirus-enforced break but its return lasted for just 106 deliveries. Rain dominated opening day of the first Test at Southampton, as England were 35/1 at stumps vs the Windies. After a delayed start, fans finally had some like cricket action as England's stand-in skipper opted to bat first.&nbsp;Dom Sibley proved to be Test cricket's first victim after the long break as Shannon Gabriel cleaned him up in his very first over. Rain gods intervened once again and this time the players went off the field for good. Weather forecast for day 2 though looks promising for cricket action.

One of the most decorated Olympians of all time, Usain&nbsp;Bolt has been&nbsp;blessed with a baby girl.&nbsp;The 8-time Olympic gold medalist took to social media on Tuesday to introduce his first child to the world, revealing that he has named her Olympia Lightning Bolt. Apart from Bolt, there was good news for Joe Root as well.&nbsp;England's Test skipper welcomed his second child and took to his Instagram&nbsp;account to share the picture of his new born. Root decided to skip the first Test vs the Windies&nbsp;to be with his wife for the birth of&nbsp;his second child but supported his team with his 2 children from home.

In order to show solidarity with the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, England and West Indies players took a knee for 30 seconds before the start of the first Test in Southampton on Wednesday.&nbsp;The England and Wales Cricket Board had earlier&nbsp;announced that the English cricketers will join the Windies&nbsp;in&nbsp;wearing &ldquo;Black Lives Matter&rdquo; logos on their shirts during their 3-match Test series. The board had also renamed the Wisdon&nbsp;Trophy to 'Raise the Bat' Test series. Last month, Black Lives Matter&nbsp;protests erupted across the world following the death of&nbsp;an African American George Floyd because of police brutality.&nbsp;

In a major announcement, BCCI&nbsp;President Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;on Wednesday confirmed that the 2020 Asia Cup has been cancelled. During an online chat with Sports Tak, he said that India has its first full series in December as the Asia Cup has been called-off. Asia's marquee tournament was scheduled to take place in September but dark clouds loomed over its future due to the covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;

As a heartfelt gesture, England cricketers honoured the key Covid-19 fighters for their work done during the pandemic. The players were spotted&nbsp;wearing the names of doctors, nurses, teachers and carers on their training shirts ahead of the start of the first&nbsp;Test vs the West Indies.&nbsp;The key workers were all nominated by their local cricket clubs and&nbsp;will later receive that shirt bearing their name, also signed by the player or coach who wore it. The England and Wales Cricket board had earlier announced that the English cricketers will join the Windies&nbsp;in&nbsp;wearing &ldquo;Black Lives Matter&rdquo; logos on their shirts during their 3-match Test series.

As the Prince of Kolkata, Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;turned 48 on Wednesday, wishes poured in for the former India captain. Where Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkaar&nbsp;hoped for their off-field partnership to keep going strong like their our on-field ones, current skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;too wished Ganguly&nbsp;on his special day. After successfully leading India as a captain, dada&nbsp;proved his worth as the BCCI&nbsp;president. His work spoke for itself as almost all cricket experts around the world took note of it The God of off-side may now be heading towards a new innings in his life.&nbsp;Ever since Shashank&nbsp;Manohar stepped down as ICC&nbsp;chief, one name that is doing the rounds to take the top job is of Dada. Though BCCI&nbsp;is trying to get his term extended&nbsp;as the BCCI&nbsp;president but if things don't go Indian board's way, dada's new reign as the ICC&nbsp;chief may be round the corner.

As the NBA&nbsp;gets closer to a restart, one of the biggest names in the sport, LeBron&nbsp;James returned to practice in Los&nbsp;Angeles. The Lakers' star wore a purple colour face mask as he practised alone on the court. The team along with James is all set to travel to Disney World facility in Orlando&nbsp;where they will stay for the next month or so and play in empty stadiums. The&nbsp;NBA season is restarting on 30th July after the Covid-19 induced break with&nbsp;Lakers playing city rivals Clippers in their first game.&nbsp;
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2-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso could return to the sport as he looks to sign again with his former team Renault. According to reports, the Spanish driver is all set to sign again with the French racing team as a replacement for Daniel Ricciardo. The 38-year old won two titles with Renault in 2005 &amp; 2006 and ended his stint with Formula 1 after driving for McLaren&nbsp;in 2018. With Ricciardo&nbsp;looking to move to Mercedes, Renault is all set to resign their title-winning driver for 2 seasons.&nbsp;

19-time Grand Slam winner and defending US Open champion Rafael Nadal is doubtful to return to New York and defend his title which starts on 31st August. According to reports in the Spanish&nbsp;press, Rafa&nbsp;has confirmed his participation at the Madrid Open tennis tournament which starts just a day after the US Open final. Rafa&nbsp;is keen to play on the clay courts of the Madrid Open as it will help him prepare for the French Open.&nbsp;Nadal has won 12 titles at Roland Garros&nbsp;and is aiming to win a record-equalling&nbsp;20th Grand Slam. Additionally, the reports suggest that there are massive rules with uncertainties for those returning to Europe from the United States during the pandemic.&nbsp;

Despite a late surge from hosts Crystal Palace, Frank Lampard's&nbsp;Chelsea held on to their slender lead as they won on the road 3-2 to gather 3 crucial points.&nbsp;Olivier Giroud&nbsp;&amp; Christian Pulisic&nbsp;scored in the first half followed by a strike from Tammy Abraham in the 2nd which were good enough to take Chelsea through. Courtesy the 3 points collected from Selhurst&nbsp;Park, Chelsea replaced Leicester City at the 3rd spot on the points table which boosted their chances of qualifying for next season's Champions League.&nbsp;

With the city of Melbourne going under a strict 6-week lockdown&nbsp;in Australia due to Covid-19, pressure now returns on the International&nbsp;Cricket Council&nbsp;to decide the fate of the World T20. Melbourne is one of the host cities of the World T20 which scheduled to take place in October-November later this year. A highly placed BCCI&nbsp;official told IANS&nbsp;that ICC&nbsp;should take a call on the future of the tournament as they delaying the inevitable. The BCCI&nbsp;official also said that it will not just be a logistical nightmare but&nbsp;hosts Cricket Australia too have indicated about their inability to host the tournament. It is interesting to note that the cancellation&nbsp;of the World T20 will open up that window for the Indian Premier League which the BCCI&nbsp;is very keen on hosting as it provides a major chunk of revenue not only to the board but also to the ICC.&nbsp;

It was Cristiano&nbsp;Ronaldo&nbsp;vs Zlatan&nbsp;Ibrahimovic&nbsp;as two big superstars of Italian football clashed in Milan on Tuesday night. AC Milan led by Zlatan&nbsp;came out on top against Ronaldo's&nbsp;Juventus&nbsp;after winning the Serie&nbsp;A game 4-2. After being 2 goals down,&nbsp;Ibrahimovic&nbsp;scored a penalty which led to AC Milan's revival. 3 goals came in just 5 mins&nbsp;as the blitzkrieg sunk league leaders Juventus&nbsp;in dramatic fashion. The game finally finished 4-2 in AC Milan's favour as the result meant that Juventus&nbsp;couldn't extend their lead in the points table. Ronaldo's&nbsp;men lead the charts by 7 points ahead of 2nd placed Lazio.&nbsp;

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