Pakistani leg spinner Shadab Khan has joined the two-time defending champion Sydney Sixers for the remainder of the Big Bash League (BBL).

The Spanish club said in a statement on their website that they "could not compromise the well being of our players".

Kashyap was not scheduled to play any tournament in the last one month and the players who benefitted from his absence are Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen (9) and Deanmark's Jan O Jorgensen (10).

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said he expects Wednesday's Champions League semi-final return leg at Real Madrid to be like a trip to 'hell'.

Former Australia player Simon O'Donnell on Monday launched a scathing attack on selectors for resting skipper Ricky Ponting, asking them to "grow up".

Martin O'Neill has been hired as Aston Villa manager and promised to restore the Birmingham club to "those fantastic glory days".