Sports Diary for this week

After the third and final ODI match between hosts Sri Lanka and West Indies will be played on Saturday (26) at Pallekele, with the home team having already snatched the series 2-0 with a match pending.

Sri Lanka ‘A’ will take on Pakistan ‘A’ in the first semi-final of the ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup at Al Amerat in Oman on Friday (25).

In addition, the happenings in world sports around the world, are also listed.

Local Sports

Sunday (27)

West Indies tour of Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka vs West Indies (3rd ODI) at Pallekele (2:30pm)

World Sports

Thursday (24)

Cricket:

• India vs New Zealand (2nd Test) at Pune
• Pakistan vs England (3rd Test) at Rawalpindi
• Bangladesh vs South Africa (1st Test) at Mirpur

Golf:

• European Tour at Incheon, Korea
• USPGA at Chiba, Japan
• LPGA at Kuala Lumpur

Football:

• Europa League league phase matches
• Europa Conference League league phase matches

Tennis:

• ATP at Vienna, Swiss Indoor Open at Basel
• WTA Guangzhou Open
• Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo

Friday (25)

Cricket:

• India vs New Zealand (2nd Test) at Pune
• Pakistan vS England (3rd Test) at Rawalpindi
• Bangladesh vS South Africa, 1st Test at Mirpur

ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup

• Semi-final 1: Pakistan ‘A’ vs Sri Lanka at Al Amerat (2:30pm)
• Semi-final 2: Afghanistan ‘A’ vs India ‘A’ at Al Amerat (7:00pm)

Netball:

Asian Championship 2024 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru

• Saudi Arabia vs India (9:00am)
• Singapore vs Chinese Taipei (11:00am)
• Malaysia vs Philippines (1:00pm)

Figure Skating:

• ISU Grand Prix series Skate Canada at Halifax, Nova Scotia

Golf:

• European Tour at Incheon, Korea
• USPGA at Chiba, Japan
• LPGA at Kuala Lumpur

Tennis:

• ATP at Vienna, Swiss Indoor Open at Basel
• WTA Guangzhou Open
• Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo

Baseball:

• Start of MLB World Series

Saturday (26)

Cricket:

• India vs New Zealand (2nd Test) at Pune
• Pakistan vs England (3rd Test) at Rawalpindi

Netball:

Asian Championship 2024 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru

• Iraq vs Bahrain (3:00pm)
• Sri Lanka vs Maldives (5:00pm)
• Thailand vs Hong Kong (7:00pm)

Figure Skating:

• ISU Grand Prix series Skate Canada at Halifax, Nova Scotia

Golf:

• European Tour at Incheon, Korea
• USPGA at Chiba, Japan
• LPGA at Kuala Lumpur

Motorcycling:

• Thailand MotoGP sprint race at Buriram

Tennis:

• ATP at Vienna, Swiss Indoor Open at Basel
• WTA Guangzhou Open
• Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo

Alpine Skiing:

• World Cup season begins -- Women's giant slalom at Solden, Austria

Sunday (27)

Cricket:

• India vs New Zealand (2nd Test) at Pune
• Pakistan vs England (3rd Test) at Rawalpindi

ACC Men’s T20 Emerging Teams Asia Cup

• Final at Al Amerat (7:00pm)

Figure Skating:

• ISU Grand Prix series Skate Canada at Halifax, Nova Scotia (ends)

Alpine Skiing:

• Men's giant slalom at Solden, Austria

Formula 1:

• Mexico Grand Prix at Mexico City

Golf:

• European Tour at Incheon, Korea
• USPGA at Chiba, Japan
• LPGA at Kuala Lumpur

Motorcycling:

• Thailand MotoGP at Buriram

Tennis:

• ATP at Vienna, Swiss Indoor Open at Basel
• WTA Guangzhou Open
• Pan Pacific Open at Tokyo

Monday (28)

Cricket:

• India vs New Zealand (2nd Test) at Pune
• Pakistan vs England (3rd Test) at Rawalpindi

Tennis:

• ATP at Paris Masters
• WTA at Hong Kong Tennis Open
• Jiangxi Open at Jiujiang, China
• Merida, Mexico

Football:

• Ballon d'Or awards, Paris

Tuesday (29)

Cricket:

• Bangladesh vs South Africa (2nd Test) at Chattogram

Tennis:

• ATP at Paris Masters
• WTA at Hong Kong Tennis Open
• Jiangxi Open at Jiujiang, China
• Merida, Mexico

Wednesday (30)

Cricket:

• Bangladesh vs South Africa (2nd Test) at Chattogram

Tennis:

• ATP at Paris Masters
• WTA at Hong Kong Tennis Open
• Jiangxi Open at Jiujiang, China
• Merida, Mexico