After 2 consecutive losses across competitions,&nbsp;Real Madrid were finally back to winning ways as they claimed a routine 5-0 win over last-placed Leganes&nbsp;in La Liga on Wednesday night. The win helped them climb to the 2nd spot and are now just 1 point behind leaders Barcelona.&nbsp;Rodrygo,&nbsp;Toni Kroos,&nbsp;Sergio Ramos,&nbsp;Karim Benzema and&nbsp;Luka Jovic&nbsp;scored a goal each for Real. Zinedine Zidane's side next take on Real Betis&nbsp;in the league on Sunday.&nbsp;

After 2 consecutive losses across competitions, Real Madrid were finally back to winning ways as they claimed a routine 5-0 win over last-placed Leganes in La Liga on Wednesday night. The win helped them climb to the 2nd spot and are now just 1 point behind leaders Barcelona. Rodrygo, Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema and Luka Jovic scored a goal each for Real. Zinedine Zidane's side next take on Real Betis in the league on Sunday.

All eyes will be on the Champions League clash between Barcelona &amp; Napoli as the Italian side travel to Spain with an intention to knock out the hosts. The 1st leg of the round of 16 tie saw a 1-1 draw but Barcelona managed to score a crucial away goal which could help the Catalan side in their 2nd leg clash. The 5-time winners of the Champions League will be hoping to shake off the disappointment of losing the La Liga&nbsp;title race to Real Madrid as they hope to make it to the last 8 in Europe. In the 2nd match of the night, Chelsea will be up against Bayern&nbsp;Munich at the Allianz&nbsp;Arena with an intention to overcome a 3-0 defeat from the 1st leg. Manager Frank Lampard&nbsp;feels that the team is confident to overcome the deficit but it looks like a near-impossible task for the blues.&nbsp;

BCCI&nbsp;has received an "in principle" government approval to take the IPL&nbsp;to the UAE&nbsp;and the franchises have started to quarantine their players. All the 8 teams will soon initiate Covid-19&nbsp;testing protocols for their players and support staff. While the Mumbai Indians has quarantined the Indian players at its base, some franchises&nbsp;are arranging Covid-19 tests for the players in their respective cities before heading for departure bases at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and&nbsp;Bengaluru&nbsp;to fly to the&nbsp;UAE.&nbsp;A BCCI official told PTI that while two tests are mandatory, most franchises will have at least four tests done before leaving India. As instructed by the BCCI, all the franchises will be leaving India in chartered flights after August 20th.&nbsp;

Since&nbsp;Telangana government allowed the&nbsp;resumption of sporting activities from Aug 5, Sports Authority of India decided to resume the Badminton National Camp at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad from August 7. 8 Olympic hopefuls in&nbsp;PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sai Praneeth, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj and N Sikki Reddy&nbsp;resumed training the camp from Friday. To ensure proper social distancing, the academy has been divided into colour zones wherein only athlete and coaches will be allowed to access the field of play. As the Tokyo Olympics have already been postponed by a year, the pandemic has left the&nbsp;Indian shuttlers&nbsp;without match practice for almost 5 months and the training camp's top priority will be to get the athletes back in shape.&nbsp;

West Indies all-rounder Fabian Allen has been ruled out of the upcoming edition of the Caribbean Premier League after missing his flight from Jamaica to Barbados. All the other players were flown to&nbsp;Trinidad via a charter flight and Allen was due to reach Barbados on an internal flight on August 3, which he missed after reaching the airport late.&nbsp;Allen's agent told&nbsp;ESPNcricinfo&nbsp;that they&nbsp;explored all possibilities but due to the pandemic and travel restrictions in Trinidad, the charter flight on Monday was the only way he could have entered the country. The incident proves how strict are the administrators during the pandemic times that if a player breaches the bio-secure environment, he will be left out of the tournament.&nbsp;

Recently crowned La Liga winners Real&nbsp;Madrid were shown the door in Champions League as they were knocked out&nbsp;of the round 16. After losing the 1st leg to Manchester City at home, Real Madrid had a mountain to climb at the Etihad. Raheem&nbsp;Sterling was unforgiving as he opened the scoring for the Citizens&nbsp;early in the 9th minute. Karim&nbsp;Benzema&nbsp;equalised shortly but the 2-1 loss at home in the 1st leg haunted Zinedine&nbsp;Zidane's&nbsp;men throughout the game. The 2nd half strike by Gabriel Jesus sealed the deal for Pep Guardiola's&nbsp;men as they beat Real Madrid 2-1 &amp; 4-2 on aggregate. City is up against French side Lyon the quarterfinals on 15th August.&nbsp;

Cristiano&nbsp;Ronaldo&nbsp;did everything right on the night as he netted a brace for Juventus&nbsp;but that couldn't prevent his side from being knocked out of the Champions League. Juventus&nbsp;beat Lyon 2-1 in Turin but a crucial away goal from Memphis Depay&nbsp;was good enough to sink the hosts in the 2nd leg of the round of 16 tie. Depay&nbsp;netted the opening goal in the 12th min from the penalty spot followed by 2 from Ronaldo&nbsp;in both halves. Despite leading the tie 2-1, Juventus&nbsp;were left hunting for a crucial third goal which could have taken the game to extra-time. Lyon who won the first leg 1-0 became the first French&nbsp;side to knock out Juventus&nbsp;from the Champions League. They next play Manchester City in the quarterfinals on 15th August.&nbsp;

The sports Authority of India confirmed on Friday that several Indian hockey stars including captain&nbsp;Manpreet Singh have tested positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;Apart from Manpreet, defender Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh and drag-flicker Varun Kumar are the others who have contracted the virus.&nbsp;Manpreet said in a statement that he has self-quarantined at the SAI campus.&nbsp;The players tested positive after returning to the national hockey camp at the SAI South Centre in Bengaluru following a month-long break. The players were earlier stranded at the centre for over two months when a national lockdown was imposed to contain the virus.

Bangladesh football team's 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign has&nbsp;dealt&nbsp;a&nbsp;huge blow as 11 players from their squad have tested positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;The infections were confirmed after 24 of 36 players scheduled to join a training camp were tested.&nbsp;Bangladesh Football Federation General Secretary in a statement said that all the players were asymptomatic.&nbsp;Bangladesh are at the bottom of Group E in the 2022 World Cup qualifying tournament and were scheduled to play their remaining 4 matches earlier this year but they were suspended&nbsp;due to the pandemic and are now due to take place in October and November.

The International Cricket Council met via video conference on Friday and in a major announcement have decided to postpone the next Women's 50-over World Cup from February 2021 to 2022. The members also&nbsp;decided that the 2021 World T20 will happen in India, whereas the postponed 2020 edition will be hosted by Australia itself but in 2022. The World T20 was scheduled to take place Down Under from October but ICC decided to delay it due to Covid-19. Cricket's governing body also decided that India will remain the hosts of the 50-over World Cup in 2023.

The BCCI and the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday decided to postpone England's limited-overs tour to India until&nbsp;early 2021. It was scheduled to be played from Late September to early October but due to the present Covid-19 situation in India, the 2 boards were left&nbsp;with no option but to cancel the tour. The BCCI&nbsp;and ECB are now in talks to arrange an all-format tour in January-March next year. BCCI&nbsp;secretary Jay Shah in a statement said that he was pleased with the way the two boards managed the situation.

Just a day after Suresh&nbsp;Raina&nbsp;said that MS Dhoni&nbsp;is pumped up to play the IPL&nbsp;in UAE, MSD&nbsp;has hit the ground running in order to prepare for the cash-rich league. The Chennai Super Kings skipper had net session at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Jharkhand State Cricket Association&nbsp;indoor facility. Since there aren't many bowlers available in Ranchi&nbsp;at the moment due to the pandemic,&nbsp;Dhoni&nbsp;is practicing with bowling machines for the time being.&nbsp;A JSCA&nbsp;office-bearer told the New Indian Express that Dhoni&nbsp;did batting practice for two days over the weekend, but has not returned since then. With CSK&nbsp;players expected to gather in Chennai on August 20, before flying to the UAE, Dhoni&nbsp;has a couple of weeks to get in shape as much as possible.&nbsp;

All 162 members of the&nbsp;Caribbean Premier League including players, officials and administrators have tested negative for Covid-19. They have arrived in Trinidad and Tobago and will now be kept in quarantine for 14 days&nbsp;in the official hotel. Accordance to the current protocols in Trinidad &amp; Tobago, if any member of the party is found to have contracted the virus they will be removed from the hotel and placed in further isolation. CPL starts from August 18 with 33 games to be played at 2 venues in Trinidad.&nbsp;

The iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground&nbsp;may have been host to the Boxing Day Test every year but it may not be the case this time around. Cricket Australia is considering to shift the iconic Test due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Melbourne.&nbsp;According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Adelaide has emerged as a front runner to host this year's Boxing&nbsp;Day Test vs India scheduled to be played from December 26. The Aussie cricket board is expected to make a staggering 300 million Australian dollars from the Test series against India and&nbsp;their chairman Earl Eddings has called for an urgent meeting of the national cricket cabinet next week to discuss ways for smooth conduct of the series.&nbsp;

The 2020 edition of the iconic London marathon will be restricted to professional runners only as the country fights the Covid-19 pandemic. The marathon&nbsp;which was delayed due to the outbreak will now be staged on 4th October and will use a different route from usual with only elite athletes&nbsp;permitted to participate.&nbsp; The athletes will stay in a biosecure bubble&nbsp;and will run around a new course in St James' Park without spectators. The timings from the run will be eligible to qualify&nbsp;for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. The organisers confirmed that the public marathon along with spectators can return in 2021 if the pandemic is under control.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Italian football club AS Roma was taken over by American billionaire Dan&nbsp;Friedkin. In a deal which has been reported over $700 million was completed and the take over process is bound to be finished by the end of the next month. The Rome based football club had American owners before the Texas-based Friedkin Group took over the control of the team. The 3-time Serie&nbsp;A champions &amp; 9-time Copa&nbsp;Italia&nbsp;winners were in talks for a take over early in 2020 but the negotiations were delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;

31-year-old Brazilian footballer&nbsp;Willian is all set to move from Chelsea to Arsenal. Reports in the British press suggest that the Gunners have offered a 3-year-contract with a 100,000 pounds per week in salary. Chelsea meanwhile is fighting hard to make the winger stay but the player has&nbsp;reportedly agreed to the terms with Arsenal. Willian&nbsp;moved to Chelsea from a Russian club and has been an integral part of the unit since 2013 and has made 234 appearances for the blues while scoring 34 goals.&nbsp;

As the IPL&nbsp;teams prepare to go to the Middle East to play in the 13th edition of the tournament, Chennai Super Kings management has decided that their stars will travel without the families. According to a report in the Times of India, MS Dhoni's team will travel to set up a camp in Dubai without the families in the initial part of the tournament. The team will assemble in Chennai by 19th August and will depart for Dubai the next day on a chartered flight. In Dubai, the team plans to stay in a 5star hotel next to the iconic Burj&nbsp;Khalifa&nbsp;and has rented out a couple of floors with separate air condition ducts. BCCI's&nbsp;strict SOPs&nbsp;prevent the players from interacting with outsiders as they aim to hold a 3-week preparatory camp ahead of the start and not allowing family members was a conscious decision by the management.&nbsp;

6-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that he will not re-negotiate his 40 million pounds a year deal with Mercedes in Formula 1. The British racer confirmed that he doesn't feel right to negotiate a new deal when people all around him are losing jobs due to the pandemic. Hamilton's deal with the British racing team ends after this season and he is likely to extend his stay with Mercedes. Meanwhile, Hamilton's teammate&nbsp;Valterri&nbsp;Bottas&nbsp;has signed a contract extension which will keep him with Mercedes&nbsp;until the end of the 2021 season.&nbsp;

A career-best innings from Shan&nbsp;Masood and a late surge by the bowlers put Pakistan in total control over England in the 1st Test in Manchester. Despite wickets falling around him,&nbsp;Shan&nbsp;Masood&nbsp;cracked his 3rd consecutive Test hundred and scored 156 in the 1st innings which helped Pakistan recover from a middle-order collapse to finish at a challenging 326. Stuart Broad and Jofra&nbsp;Archer picked up 3 wickets each for hosts England.&nbsp;In reply, Shaheen&nbsp;Afridi and Mohammad Abbas&nbsp;rattled the English top-order with some precision bowling as the hosts huffed and puffed to 92/4 at stumps on Day 2. England still trail by 234 runs with Ollie Pope going steady at 46 not out.&nbsp;

After a long break of over 4 months, Champions League football returns tonight as Manchester City play host to Spanish giants Real Madrid in the 2nd leg of the round of 16 clash. After scoring 2 away goals in the 1st leg, the advantage lies with Pep Guardiola's men as they hope to knock out Zinedine&nbsp;Zidane's side from the top European league. Gareth Bale was left out of the side that is currently in Manchester as his future with the Spanish club once again hangs in balance. In the 2nd match of the night, Cristiano&nbsp;Ronaldo will lead Juventus&nbsp;against Lyon in the 2nd leg of their round of 16 tie. The visiting Lyon side will be hoping to take advantage of their 1st leg 1-0 win over Juventus.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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