WOMEN’S CRICKET: Hosts and reigning champions Bangladesh failed to qualify for the Asia Cup semi-finals after their game with the United Arab Emirates was abandoned without a ball being bowled. 

Thailand will now make their first ever appearance in the last four, despite losing by five wickets to Pakistan. 

The Thai team will now play table-toppers India in the early semi-final this morning while Pakistan meet Sri Lanka in the second.

SPEEDWAY: Belle Vue Aces take a 12-point lead into this evening’s second leg of British speedway’s Grand Final after they exploited home-track advantage to beat the Sheffield Tigers 51-39. 

Robert Lambert bagged a 15-point maximum for the Aces while Tobiasz Musielak top scored for Sheffield with 8+1. 

Belle Vue last won the title in 1993 while the Tigers, who finished top of the league, have never been champions.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Shamrock Rovers host Molde in the Europa Conference League tonight having failed to score in their three previous group matches. 

The Norwegians beat them 3-0 last week and Rovers have secured just one point in group F. 

Elsewhere tonight Hearts travel to Fiorentina, who won 3-0 in Edinburgh seven days ago and West Ham take their 100 per cent record into a return game with RSC Anderlecht. 

MEN’S CRICKET: England have called up white-ball star Liam Livingstone for December’s Test match tour of Pakistan.

The 15-man squad includes fellow newcomer Will Jacks and the returning duo of Keaton Jennings and Ben Duckett.

England’s one-dayers won their three-match T20 series against Australia with a game to spare in Canberra yesterday, Dawid Malan starring with 82 runs from 49 balls.

MEN’S BOXING: World featherweight champion Josh Warrington has called for Conor Benn to receive a lifetime ban in the wake of his failed drugs test.

Benn’s hotly anticipated weekend bout with Chris Eubank Jr was postponed after the former tested positive for trace amounts of fertility drug clomiphene, which raises testosterone levels.

Twenty-six-year-old Benn maintains he is a clean athlete and posted yesterday on Instagram: “I hope the apology is as loud as the disrespect.”

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Wasps have withdrawn from Saturday’s Premiership game against Exeter and say it is likely they will enter into administration in the coming days.

Another big blow for the English domestic game, it follows Worcester going into administration and being suspended from the Premiership for the rest of this reason, with relegation to the Championship to follow.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Former Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has turned down Wolves due to personal reasons.

Wolves are now looking at other candidates after Lopetegui declined their offer to succeed Bruno Lage, who was sacked earlier this month.

The Black Country club are third from bottom of the Premier League with just one win from their opening nine games.