Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews led from the front in the second Test at the Riverside yesterday as his side avoided the embarrassment of another defeat by England inside three days.

Skipper David Warner’s sparkling half century helped Sunrisers Hyderabad survive a punishing blitz by Chris Gayle to edge out Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight runs in the Indian Premier League final yesterday.

Action from the friendly match between Qatar (in white) and Albania (in black and grey) in Hartberg, Austria, yesterday.

Anti-Doping Lab Qatar (ADLQ) will be organising its sixth annual symposium under the patronage of Qatar Olympic Committee president HE Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad al-Thani at Doha Marriott Hotel from May 31-June 1.

Garbine Muguruza of Spain blazed into the French Open quarter-finals for the third straight year on yesterday, defeating former champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 6-4.

World number two Andy Murray and defending champion Stan Wawrinka edged closer to a French Open semi-final duel when they reached the last-eight yesterday.

Britain’s Ricky Burns became a three-weight world champion by stopping Italian Michele Di Rocco in the eighth round to claim the WBA super-lightweight belt in Glasgow on Saturday night.

England overcame a shaky start and some horribly wayward goalkicking by flyhalf George Ford to run in five tries in a 27-13 victory over Wales at Twickenham yesterday to send them on a three-Test tour of Australia in confident mood.

London Olympics chief Sebastian Coe said it would be “delusional” to think the 2012 Games in the British capital may have been the dirtiest in history in the wake of more positive drugs tests.

Justin Gatlin led wire-to-wire to capture the 100m at the Prefontaine Classic as Kendra Harrison delivered the biggest surprise with the fastest women’s 100m hurdles in 28 years.

The bulldozers will arrive at Wentworth next month as organisers begin their bid to restore the BMW PGA Championship venue to its former glory, European Tour supremo Keith Pelley said yesterday.

England’s Chris Wood came from three shots back to win the European PGA Championship at Wentworth yesterday.