MEN’S CRICKET: New Zealand take on South Africa in the deciding leg of their five-match Twenty20 series at Christchurch’s Hagley Oval tomorrow morning.

The Proteas beat the Kiwis by 19 runs on Sunday morning to level the scores at 2-2.

Chasing 165 to win the New Zealand made a rapid start and reached 52-1 before a mid innings collapse with paceman Gerald Coetzee the pick of the South African bowlers returning figures of 3-31.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: NBA table-toppers and defending champions Oklahoma City made it 12 wins in a row with a 123-103 win at Philadelphia on Tuesday morning.

Le Bron James extended his all-time appearance record to 1,613 but the LA Lakers went down 110-113 in Detroit, San Antonio beat Miami 136-111, bottom club Indiana ended their 15-match losing run by edging out Orlando 128-126 and Atlanta crushed Memphis 146-107.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: Tara Jones will become the first women to referee a men’s Super League fixture when she takes charge of Saturday’s top against bottom clash between Wigan and Huddersfield.

She was the first female on-field official at a Super League game back in 2018 but only retired from her playing career with St Helens in 2024 to concentrate on refereeing.

Jones became an MBE in 2026’s New Year’s honours list.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: The Champions League quarter final first legs continue tomorrow evening with three-time winners Barcelona at Real Madrid in the early kick off before tournament debutants Manchester United host Bayern Munich at Old Trafford.

United have not previously played the German champions.

Barcelona beat Madrid twice in 2022’s quarter finals with a then record crowd of over 91,000 watching the second leg at Camp Nou.