Pieter Seelaar, the captain of the Netherlands cricket team, has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect due to a persistent back injury. He was appointed captain in 2018 after Peter Borren’s retirement.

FIFA has announced the 16 North American cities that will host the World Cup in 2026. Eleven cities in the U.S., along with three cities in Mexico and two in Canada, will host the 48-team tournament, an expansion from the previous 32-team count.

Neeraj Chopra will be leading a 37-member Indian athletics team at the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the Athletics Federation of India announced.

Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri became the joint fifth highest goalscorer in international football history. Chhetri achieved this feat during their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier clash against Hong Kong on Tuesday, where he scored his 84th goal.

England batsman Joe Root has climbed to the top of ICC Men’s Test Batsman Rankings, pushing Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, who had held the spot since December 2021, to the second rank.