Latest - England head coach Eddie Jones is self-isolating after assistant Matt Proudfoot tested positive for COVID-19.
Eddie Jones. Photo: Photosport
Jones and assistant Simon Amor have been identified as contacts and must isolate for 10 days under government guidelines.
England said forwards coach Proudfoot was tested ahead of next month's Six Nations tournament and was not displaying any symptoms.
Champions England are due to announce their Six Nations squad on Friday with players gathering at St. George's Park, the England football team's training base, on Jan. 27.
"Following further negative tests, Jones and Amor will join up with the group on Thursday 28 January," the England statement said.
England also said Jersey Reds assistant coach Ed Robinson would join up with Jones' squad for the Six Nations in the capacity of skills coach as a replacement for Jason Ryles, who is set to miss the tournament.
Ryles, who is in Australia, decided not to join up with the team for the Six Nations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Williamson stays top of test batting rankings
The Black Caps cricket captain Kane Williamson has retained first place in the world test batting rankings.
He sits ahead of Australian Steve Smith in second place, following India's 2-1 test series win in Australia.
England captain Joe Root, who helped his side beat Sri Lanka in the opening test, and India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant have made considerable gains after their match-winning performances in the Galle and Brisbane Tests.
Root, a formerly top-ranked batsman, has returned to the top five with his highest rating points tally (738) in two years after scoring a first-innings 228 to help win the first Test against Sri Lanka by seven wickets.
Root has advanced six places, overtaking the likes of Pakistan's Babar Azam and India's Cheteshwar Pujara in the process.
Left-hander Pant's unbeaten 89 on the last day in Brisbane that guided India to a sensational three-wicket victory over Australia, sees him attain a career-best 13th position to become the top-ranked wicketkeeper in the batting rankings.
Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne's first-innings century took him past Virat Kohli to third position behind Smith and Williamson with a career-best 878 rating points, captain Tim Paine moved up three spots to 42nd after scores of 50 and 27 while fast bowler Josh Hazlewood leapfrogged New Zealander Tim Southee to the fourth spot after grabbing six wickets in the match, including a haul of five for 57 in the first innings.
Rajasthan Royals release captain Smith ahead of new season
Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals have released captain Steve Smith ahead of the 2021 IPL auction.
The Australian is one of eight players released by Rajasthan and will be replaced as skipper by wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson.
The Royals retained the England trio of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Jofra Archer, while West Indies quick Oshane Thomas and Englishman Tom Curran have also been released.
Smith played all 14 league matches in last season's IPL, scoring 311 runs at a strike rate of 131, including three half-centuries, but the Royals finished last in the eight-team league.
Kings XI Punjab released New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham.
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Two new ATP 250 events added to 2021 calendar
The men's ATP Tour added two new ATP 250 events in Singapore and Spain to the 2021 calendar to increase playing opportunities that have been curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
An indoor hardcourt event in Singapore will be held from Feb. 22-28, after the Australian Open ends on Feb. 21, while the second tournament, an outdoor clay event, will be played in Marbella from April 5-11, straight after the Miami Open.
The Hungarian Open claycourt tournament, which usually takes place in Budapest in April, will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, the hometown of current world number one Novak Djokovic.
This year's U.S. men's claycourt championships in Houston have been called off, however.
All other events in the 2021 calendar are unchanged, the ATP said, adding that it had increased the size of the main draw at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships to 48 from the current 32.
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Equestrian boss steps down
The head of Equestrian Sports New Zealand Dana Kirkpatrick is stepping down after six years with the organisation.
Kirkpatrick began with ESNZ in 2014 as the jumping director and went onto to become chief executive in 2016.
She will finish up at the end of March.
Ducati sign up with MotoGP until end of 2026
Italian manufacturer Ducati announced its continuation in MotoGP until at least the end of the 2026 season.
Ducati won the top category with Australian Casey Stoner in 2007, ending a 32-year Japanese manufacturer domination of the sport.
The Bologna-based company also secured the MotoGP constructors' title last season following a 50 point deduction for Yamaha. Suzuki took the rider and team titles with Spaniard Joan Mir.
The factory Ducati team has a new lineup for 2021 with Australian Jack Miller and Italian Francesco Bagnaia.
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