BARBADOS- - An astonishing day two ended with West Indies in a strong but not necessarily impregnable position against England, 339 runs ahead in their second innings with four wickets remaining in the first test in Barbados on Thursday.
AMSTERDAM- - Giovanni van Bronckhorst will end a four-year tenure as coach of Feyenoord at the end of the season, the Dutch club announced on Thursday.
BARBADOS- - England picked up four late wickets with the second new ball to turn the first test against West Indies in their favour, leaving the hosts reeling at 264 for eight at stumps on the first day in Barbados on Wednesday.
MELBOURNE- - Karolina Pliskova said saving four match points against Serena Williams had got into the American's "head" as the Czech completed an epic comeback win to reach her first Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday.
MADRID--Barcelona have won the race to sign Ajax Amsterdam's exciting young talent Frenkie de Jong after announcing on Wednesday they had agreed a deal worth up to 86 million euros ($98 million) to sign the midfielder in the close season.
