MEN’S CRICKET: Sri Lanka take a 1-0 lead into Wednesday’s second leg of their three-match Twenty20 series with Bangladesh in Sylhet.

Chasing 207 to win in Monday’s opening game Bangladesh fell four runs short despite Jaker Ali smashing 68 from just 38 balls as Dasun Shanaka took two wickets for eight runs in the last over.

Sri Lanka currently sit eighth in the world’s Twenty20 rankings with Bangladesh one place below them.

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Holders and six-time winners Arsenal host Aston Villa at Meadow Park tomorrow evening in the first League Cup semi-final.

The Gunners currently sit third in the Super League while Villa, who have never reached the final before, are eighth.

Wednesday night’s winners will face either Manchester City or Chelsea, who play on Thursday, in the final at Wolves’ Molineux stadium at the end of the month.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Three days after London beat Leicester 105-89 to retain their British Basketball League title with five games to go, the Lions face Turkey’s Ankara in the last 16 of the EuroCup at the Copper Box arena tomorrow night.

Last year’s runners-up Ankara struggled to qualify this time around, finishing with only eight wins and ten losses whereas London suffered just six defeats and were their league’s third-highest scorers.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Chile’s Deportivo Palestino, who still include an outline map of 1948 Palestine on the shirt sleeves, take on Paraguay’s Nacional tomorrow morning in the first leg of their final qualifier for the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent to the Champions League.

Paraguay’s Sportivo Trinidense take on Chile’s Colo Colo and Brazil’s Botafogo and Bragantino meet on Thursday before Bolivia’s Always Ready play Uruguay’s Nacional on Thursday.