This week will mark the halfway point of the Champions League group stage, and matchday three has plenty of big games -- and big implications -- to cover. There's the stress piling up on Real Madrid, for example: they host Inter Milan and need a good result, having drawn vs. Borussia Monchengladbach and lost at Zenit to open their campaign. Can Zinedine Zidane & Co. get back on track?

Elsewhere in the groups, Liverpool face a tough away trip to Atalanta in Group D, Borussia Dortmund need a win at Club Brugge on Wednesday to get back on track in Group F, Juventus can wash away their defeat to Barcelona by thrashing Ferencvaros in Group G, and PSG take on RB Leipzig, with second place in Group H at stake heading into the final three matchdays at the end of November.

With that in mind, we run you through all the action ahead of what promises to be another unpredictable, dramatic week of Champions League action.

Jump to groups:
- Tuesday's matches: A | B | C | D
- Wednesday's matches: E | F | G | H

GROUP A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, FC Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow

Standings: Bayern (6 pts), Atletico Madrid (3 pts), Lokomotiv Moscow (1 pt), FC Salzburg (1 pt)

LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW vs. ATLETICO MADRID
Tuesday, 12:55 p.m. ET / 5:55 p.m. GMT

Lokomotiv are on a poor run of form, having lost their past two games in the Russian Premier League and boasting just one point from their first two Champions League matches. They have Vedran Corluka and Stanislav Magkeev missing against an Atletico Madrid side likely to be without Diego Costa and Yannick Carrasco, but have Saul back in the mix after an injury.

Diego Simeone's side won 3-1 at Osasuna on Saturday with Joao Felix scoring twice and Lucas Torreira also grabbing a goal. With one win from their opening two, they'll aim to get a result in Moscow to further cement themselves in the top two of Group A, and we expect they'll get all three points.

FC SALZBURG vs. BAYERN MUNICH
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Salzburg are sweeping all before them in the Austrian Bundesliga, winning 5-0 at the weekend with Noah Okafor grabbing a hat trick against WSG Wattens alongside Sekou Keita's brace. Star striker Patson Daka is still absent, but they'll still look to be more than just a bump in the road for the reigning European champions.

Bayern Munich are without Niklas Sule, who tested positive for COVID-19, while Alphonso Davies is still out injured. But they are still on track in the Bundesliga, winning 2-1 at Cologne at the weekend even with Robert Lewandowski rested. They'll hope to park the off-field drama over David Alaba's future when they travel to Austria ahead of Tuesday's match.

The German side should be too strong for Salzburg even with one eye on next Saturday's "Der Klassiker" against Borussia Dortmund.

GROUP B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach

Standings: Shakhtar Donetsk (4 pts), Borussia Monchengladbach (2 pts), Inter (2 pts), Real Madrid (1 pt)

SHAKHTAR DONETSK vs. BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH
Tuesday, 12:55 p.m. ET / 5:55 p.m. ET

Shakhtar are ticking along nicely in Group B. They also won 4-1 against Mariupol on Friday, with Taison grabbing two goals along with one each from Heorhii Sudakov and Alan Patrick. But they will be without Yevhen Konoplyanka, Fernando and Dentinho while Borussia Monchengladbach are pretty much at full strength, bar long-term absentee Denis Zakaria. They got an impressive 1-0 over RB Leipzig at the weekend with Hannes Wolf scoring.

While one might expect a high-scoring draw between two attack-minded teams, 'Gladbach have the quality in depth to get all three points.

REAL MADRID vs. INTER MILAN
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Real Madrid are incredibly still without a win in the Champions League this season but will take heart from battling back from two goals down to draw at Gladbach in the last round. They won 4-1 at the weekend against Huesca with Eden Hazard back fit and firing with a remarkable goal alongside two from Karim Benzema and one from Federico Valverde. They will be without Eder Militao for Tuesday as he's ruled out with the coronavirus, while they are still struggling at right-back with Alvaro Odriozola, Nacho and Dani Carvajal all absent.

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Inter Milan are likely to be without Milan Skriniar and Romelu Lukaku for Tuesday, and they only just scraped a 2-2 draw with Parma at the weekend with Marcelo Brozovic and Ivan Perisic scoring.

This is a must-win for either side, and you'd be hard-pushed to bet against Madrid with the pressure on.

GROUP C: FC Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille

Standings: Man City (6 pts), FC Porto (3 pts), Olympiakos (3 pts), Marseille (0 pts)

MANCHESTER CITY vs. OLYMPIAKOS
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Man City ground out a 1-0 win at Sheffield United on Saturday, with Kyle Walker scoring, but are still likely to be without Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus on Tuesday. But they have made a perfect start to their Champions League campaign with two wins from two, while Olympiacos have grabbed three points from a possible six. They lost to Porto last time out, but won 2-0 at the weekend against Apollon Smyrni with Ahmed Mahgoub scoring twice.

All signs point to a commanding home win despite City struggling to recreate the high-scoring form that's defined the Pep Guardiola era.

FC PORTO vs. MARSEILLE
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Porto fell to a surprise 3-2 defeat at Pacos Ferreira on Saturday, but will back themselves to make it two from two in the Champions League when they welcome Marseille. Andre Villas-Boas' side are zero from two in Europe and had their Ligue 1 match against Lens called off at the weekend due to COVID-19. They have a full-strength squad to pick from and the required rest to put on a strong showing in midweek.

GROUP D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, FC Midtjylland

Standings: Liverpool (6 pts), Atalanta (4 pts), Ajax (1 pts), FC Midtjylland (0 pts)

FC MIDTJYLLAND vs. AJAX
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Midtjylland suffered a surprise 4-1 defeat to Nordsjaelland on Saturday and host Ajax looking for their first points and goals in the Champions League this term. Ajax won 5-2 at the weekend in the Eredivisie, with Davy Klaassen (two), Brian Brobbey, Dusan Tadic and Quincy Promes all scoring against Fortuna Sittard, but will be without Nicolas Tagliafico and Mohammed Kudus for Tuesday's match in Denmark.

The news has since gotten worse for Ajax, with 11 first-team squad members absent due to a rash of positive COVID-19 tests prior to traveling to Denmark. Ajax are required to play if they have 13 squad members on their "A list" available.

ATALANTA vs. LIVERPOOL
Tuesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Atalanta's topsy-turvy season continued with a 2-1 win at Crotone on Saturday in Serie A, as they prepared for the visit of Jurgen Klopp's side. They are without Marten de Roon and Mattia Caldara for Tuesday's game; meanwhile, Liverpool are getting positive news on the injury front with Naby Keita and Joel Matip both potentially available.

Thiago and Virgil Van Dijk will miss out, but Liverpool have a perfect record in the Champions League this term and will hope to build on Saturday's 2-1 win over Sheffield United. This one might be too close to call.

GROUP E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes

Standings: Chelsea (4 pts), Sevilla (4 pts), Krasnodar (1 pt), Rennes (1 pt)

CHELSEA vs. STADE RENNES
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Chelsea are building nicely with their 3-0 win over Burnley on Saturday, where Hakim Ziyech, Kurt Zouma and Timo Werner all scored, but they are likely to be without Christian Pulisic for Wednesday's match after he was injured prematch at the weekend.

Frank Lampard's side have four points from six and will entertain a Stade Rennes side who will likely be without star midfielder Eduardo Camavinga and defender Daniele Rugani. They edged past Brest on Saturday with Damian Da Silva and Nayef Aguerd both scoring.

Chelsea have the class and the options to get all three points this week.

SEVILLA vs. KRASNODAR
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Sevilla are having a rough time of it at the moment with no wins in four in La Liga, but will look to the Champions League to rediscover some of their best form after defeating Rennes last week. Suso missed their past two games but could be fit for Wednesday's match.

Krasnodar's dismal season continued Saturday as they lost 2-0 at Akhmat Grozny, and they have a lengthy injury list that includes Remy Cabella, Evgeniy Markov, Viktor Claesson, Wanderson and Sergey Petrov. This should be an easy home win for a side that could use one.

GROUP F: Zenit St. Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Club Brugge

Standings: Lazio (4 pts), Club Brugge (4 pts), Dortmund (3 pts), Zenit (0 pts)

ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG vs. LAZIO
Wednesday, 12:55 p.m. ET / 5:55 p.m. GMT

Zenit won 2-0 on the road at Khimki on Sunday, with Andrei Mostovoy and Aleksandr Yerokhin both scoring, but they are without any points in Europe so far. Malcom is out injured for the hosts while Lazio travel with a number of players absent.

The Serie A side won a remarkable game at Torino 4-3 on Sunday, with Andreas Pereira, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Ciro Immobile and Felipe Caicedo all scoring. They could be without Manuel Lazzari, Djavan Anderson and Luis Alberto due to COVID-19 protocols while Stefan Radu, Gonzalo Escalante, Denis Vavro and Adam Marusic are all doubtful.

Expect Zenit to shock Lazio given the stress and effort exerted by the Italian side in Sunday's comeback victory.

CLUB BRUGGE vs. BORUSSIA DORTMUND
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

The Belgian side have four points from six in Europe, but drew 2-2 at the weekend with Mechelen at the Jan Breydel Stadium. They will likely be without Federico Ricca. Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 at Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday but star defender Mats Hummels is a big concern after he limped off late in the game after grabbing both goals. Erling Haaland is also a doubt but Borussia are confident he will feature after recovering from his knee injury.

The outcome might depend on how much Dortmund are willing to risk with a Bundesliga top-of-the-table clash with Bayern Munich up this weekend. If Brugge are to remain in the hunt for a last-16 place, they could catch their German visitors off-guard this week.

GROUP G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros

Standings: Barcelona (6 pts), Juventus (3 pts), Dynamo Kiev (1 pt), Ferencvaros (1 pt)

BARCELONA vs. DYNAMO KIEV
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Barcelona drew 1-1 at Alaves at the weekend with Antoine Griezmann scoring, although they'll be without Coutinho for the visit of Dynamo Kiev. They are hoping Samuel Umtiti is fit for Wednesday with Gerard Pique and Clement Lenglet set to continue in central defence while Marc-Andre ter Stegen could return after injury.

Dynamo Kiev are battling a huge absentee list, according to reports, with as many as 11 players missing after a COVID-19 outbreak at the club. They have one point from their first two matches and will be big underdogs for Wednesday's match. Barcelona's indifferent La Liga form shouldn't matter in the Champions League.

FERENCVAROS vs. JUVENTUS
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

The Hungarian side were hammered by Barcelona in matchday one, but drew with Dynamo Kiev last time around. They were also held at the weekend 1-1 at Fehervar. Juventus welcomed back Cristiano Ronaldo in their 4-1 win at Spezia on Sunday, with the Portugal legend scoring twice alongside other goals from Alvaro Morata and Adrien Rabiot. They lost to Barcelona last time out so will look to get back to winning ways in Budapest, but they will be without Giorgio Chiellini and Alex Sandro.

That said, Juve have more than enough firepower and defensive resolve to emerge with a big win and a nice boost to their goal difference should tie-breakers be an issue in determining who advances.

GROUP H: Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir

Standings: Man United (6 pts), PSG (3 pts), RB Leipzig (3 pts), Istanbul Basaksehir (0 pts)

ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR vs. MANCHESTER UNITED
Wednesday, 12:55 p.m. ET / 5:55 p.m. GMT

The Turkish side won 2-1 at Konyaspor on Sunday, moving them up to seventh in the Super Lig, though they're still searching for their first points in the Champions League this term after losing both matches 2-0 to RB Leipzig and PSG. They have a number of players unavailable with Nacer Chadli, Mahmut Tekdemir and Enzo Crivelli all absent.

While Manchester United have been brilliant in the Champions League, with two impressive wins from two, their Premier League form has been poor. They fell to a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Arsenal on Sunday and will probably be without Alex Telles for Wednesday's match due to COVID-19. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would take an away point and no injuries, but they should be able to remain perfect in CL play.

RB LEIPZIG vs. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. GMT

Leipzig suffered their first defeat in the Bundesliga this season on Saturday against Borussia Monchengladbach and will still be smarting from their 5-0 defeat to Manchester United last time out in Group H. They have Konrad Laimer, Lukas Klostermann and Marcel Halstenberg all absent.

PSG won 3-0 at Nantes on Saturday thanks to goals from Ander Herrera, Kylian Mbappe and Pablo Sarabia and are searching for their second victory in the Champions League this season. Neymar will miss Wednesday's match while Julian Draxler, Leandro Paredes, Mauro Icardi, Marco Verratti and Juan Bernat are also likely absent.

The winner of this game would get a big edge heading into matchdays four through six given Man United's hot start, although as Atalanta showed in last season's competition, there's still plenty of time left to turn things around.

In her second BBC Sport column, England prop Shaunagh Brown talks about the side's subdued Grand Slam celebrations, marking the Black Lives Matter movement before a match and hoping for a more competitive Women's Six Nations in the future.

There were only a few beers in sight. We could not properly celebrate because of the pandemic, so it was not the same.

Last year, we won the Grand Slam against Scotland at Twickenham. We all went back to Bisham Abbey - where we train - for a party.

It was loud: there were drinks and music and we were told to be quiet by a certain time by the hotel staff. It was a lot more lively and with more people involved.

This year, we had a big video call with friends and family when we got back to the hotel after the match.

We tried to get as many of them on cameras as possible but also to get as many of us on the screen as possible while trying to social distance in the same room - it was quite hard.

Scrum-half Mo Hunt, who could not play because she had tested positive for coronavirus, put a congratulations video together with our friends and family.

We made the most of what we could but I was up in bed with a cup of tea by 11pm.

With the new lockdown announced on Saturday and the news that community rugby has been completely cancelled for the season, it was a stark realisation that we should be thankful just to play.

'There have been positive steps on racism'

It was really cool that we did a St George's Cross during the minute's silence before the Italy match to mark the Black Lives Matter movement.

Doing the cross was the product of a video call led by former Premiership player James Bailey on racism. All the team gave our views and opinions on the issue as a whole.

Not everyone agreed on issues but it was very open and it felt like a safe space.

From there, we always knew there was going to be a minute in the schedule before anthems to do something. It was up to us whether we would stand in a line, kneel or do a shape.

On the call we said we would think about it and then a couple of days later fly-half Katy Daley-McLean told me they had had the idea of doing a cross.

The fact that somebody else had come up with the idea rather than me doing it was special.

It was just such a relief to know that other people are genuinely talking about these things while someone who's black or of an ethnic minority is not in the room.

I am guessing that would not have happened before. I felt quite emotional at the time.

The number of discussions I have had over the past few days has been eye-opening. It has been a positive step.

People have wanted to ask me questions and said they would not have known how to ask them a few months ago.

I have openly said that no matter how awkward they think the questions are, I want them to ask me - because if they do not ask me, they will never know.

I feel like we are a bit more together as a team because of that. The fact that we can now talk about such deep issues is nice.

The best thing about the cross was the practice that we had to do for it. Everyone said it looked seamless and that everyone knew where they were going but a lot of preparation went into that.

We had to have diagrams drawn of who was going to stand where. We had to have timings and markers to make sure we were socially distancing while we did it. In our schedule, we had three sessions of 'cross practice'.

'I wish the Women's Six Nations was more competitive'

I do wish the Women's Six Nations was more competitive, not only to allow better preparations for big tournaments such as next year's World Cup but also for entertainment reasons and to build the sport.

When people are watching men's rugby, they see competitive matches. As a neutral, you can watch and enjoy them because there are so many great games of rugby between two great sides.

Being an England fan, it is OK to come and watch us dominate teams - but it is not that fun to watch for a neutral. It would be better for the squad as a whole if there was more of a spread of abilities.

We can only work with what we have got. England are pioneers with having full-time contracts for the women's XV team. It would be about other teams coming up to us rather than us going down to them.

Getting back-to-back Grand Slams is special. England have done it before but not for a while and not in the lead-up to a World Cup.

It is a good group of players. My mum does not know a lot about rugby but when I spoke to her after the game, even she said: "You've got a lot of special girls on that team, haven't you?"

Having sevens players Ellie Kildunne, Alex Matthews and Helena Rowland come back and bring their flair to it as well - it is a great group of players and it is growing.

We have got a week off now before we face France in two Tests, home and away, but it is back to Premier 15s action with Harlequins on Saturday.

Shaunagh Brown was speaking to BBC Sport's Becky Grey.

The latest round of Sheffield Shield matches produced a thrilling one-wicket victory, a draw secured by a heroic team batting performance after the record books had been rewritten and a high-scoring stalemate. These were some of the main talking points

Burns in the spotlight

There has been no shortage of in-form batsmen during the first three rounds of the Shield - 19 centuries have been scored - so when someone has struggled a little it stands out. Five of Australia's incumbent top seven are in action (David Warner and Steven Smith the two at the IPL) and all have made telling contributions except for Joe Burns. His three innings have brought 7, 29 and 0. The middle of those scores is probably the most frustrating as he had got himself settled before top-edging an indecisive pull. His second-innings duck, edging the superb Trent Copeland, came at around the same time that Will Pucovski and Marcus Harris were breaking records, while Sam Whiteman has also piled on the runs. Burns' returns last summer against Pakistan and New Zealand were solid rather than spectacular - two half-centuries in eight innings - although a substantial score in the final round of matches would probably see him retain his place. But the competition has suddenly become fierce.

Swepson's hub gains

Few players have gained as much from the tournament being forced into the single-city hub in Adelaide than legspinner Mitchell Swepson. The conditions have meant he has had a central role for Queensland and he has delivered with 15 wickets in two matches. He played a match-winning role in the opening game against Tasmania and came within a whisker of doing it again in the compelling match against New South Wales where he collected a career-best 10 for 171. Among that haul was the ripping legbreak from around the wicket to bowl Sean Abbott and another fizzing delivery to beat Daniel Hughes in the second innings. Australia will have to include a second spinner in their enlarged Test squad; it would probably have been Swepson in any case, but the last few weeks should have ended any debate.

Green shoots

It was only 12 overs, but they were another significant step in what is starting to feel like an inevitable Test debut for Cameron Green this season after his call-up to the limited-overs squad. Given his run-scoring it may not even matter how much he can bowl, but his return to action was a reminder of the enticing package he will be providing injuries can be kept at bay. He bowled three four-over spells in the match against Tasmania, removing Jordan Silk twice, and was getting the ball to carry through at good pace. His second-innings spell with the new ball was especially lively as he found the outside and inside edge of Charlie Wakim's bat in an over that somehow cost him 14 runs.

Contrasting returns for Shield veterans

Shaun Marsh appears to be playing as well as ever. If it hadn't been for the search for quick runs to bring a declaration against Tasmania he could have had twin hundreds in the match and three in five innings this season. At 37 his Test career is surely behind him, although in this of all years it's probably wise to expect the unexpected. His first-innings 115 in the latest round, with Western Australia in trouble against a ball moving around, was a display of the highest quality. Across town, things did not go as well for another stalwart of Shield cricket: Callum Ferguson bagged a pair against Victoria, edging a wild drive against Will Sutherland in the first innings and nicking the new ball from Scott Boland in the second.

South Australia keep their Head

It was a sobering time for the Redbacks as Pucovski and Harris piled up the all-time Sheffield Shield partnership record of 486. On the second evening, when the score stood at 0 for 418, coach Jason Gillespie did not try to sugarcoat things and when they were 2 for 10 early in the second innings, facing a deficit of 354, defeat looked certain. However, in Travis Head they have an exceptional leader and batsman - for the second game running he led from the front to show that survival was possible with 151 off 296 balls. Still, he needed help and in 19-year-old Liam Scott he found it as the young allrounder added his name to the 'ones to watch' list as he took South Australia to the brink of the draw. The Redbacks have batted 288 overs across two second innings in their last two matches - to compete they must score first-innings runs, but they are a side that won't give in.

All members of West Indies' touring party in New Zealand have cleared the first of their three Covid-19 tests. Following this test, which was conducted three days after their arrival on October 30, the West Indies contingent will undergo two more - on days 6 and 12 of their two-week quarantine at the New Zealand high-performance centre at Lincoln University in Christchurch.

Having returned negative results in their first test, the players and staff will no longer be required to stay in isolation in their respective rooms. They will be allowed to train, gym and socialise within three bubbles comprising a maximum of 15 members each from days 4 to 7. From days 8 to 14 of their quarantine, the West Indies camp can split into two bubbles comprising a maximum of 20 members each.

Seven members of West Indies' 35-strong playing contingent - T20I captain Kieron Pollard, Test captain Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Shimron Hetmyer, Keemo Paul, Nicholas Pooran and Oshane Thomas - will only arrive in New Zealand after the conclusion of the IPL, which ends on November 10 in the UAE.

These seven players - of whom six are part of the T20I squad - will only end their quarantine on the eve of the first T20I in Auckland, which is to take place on November 27. West Indies will play three T20Is in all, followed by two Test matches in Hamilton (December 3-7) and Wellington (December 11-15).

West Indies are the only international team to have embarked on two overseas tours since the worldwide pause in global cricket brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Before this tour of New Zealand, they played three Tests in England in July.

Hobart Hurricanes 1 for 82 beat Melbourne Renegades 81 (Carey 3-14) by nine wickets

The Hurricanes earned themselves a first win of the WBBL season with a trouncing of fellow strugglers the Renegades who were skittled for 81 - their second-lowest total in the tournament's history - in a dismal batting display. On a slow Blacktown surface, the ground hosting its first matches of the competition, the Renegades laboured to time the ball from the start when Sophie Molineux was caught at backward point off her first ball. They had struggled to 1 for 30 after eight overs when 15-year-old spinner Amy Smith had Lizelle Lee lbw with her first delivery and in the 11th over Hayley Matthews removed Courtney Webb and Amy Satterthwaite in consecutive deliveries. When Nicola Carey bowled the in-form Georgia Wareham the hopes of a strong finish went with her and the entire innings contained just three boundaries. Rachel Priest struck six herself in an opening stand of 56 that ensured the chase was a formality and they had more than seven overs to spare.

Zimbabwe have elected to bat first in the third and final ODI in Rawalpindi. The series has gone, but World Cup SUper League points are very much up for grabs, and to that end, Chamu Chibhabha's side will look to set a target on what appears another surface well suited for the batsmen. They make just the one change, with Carl Mumba dropping out, allowing the more experienced Donald Tiripano to take his place.

Pakistan, chasing a ninth successive win, hand a debut to big hitting batsman Khushdil Shah, while Fakhar Zaman replaces Abid Ali in an altogether more attacking-looking side. Haris Rauf, too drops out, allowing Mohammad Hasnain to play his first game of the series, while Haider Ali keeps his place in the side.

There remains no place in the team for Haris Sohail, who top-scored with 71 in the only ODI he played. Imad Wasim and Faheem Ashraf both drop out, too, while Wahab Riaz returns to the starting eleven.

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Haider Ali, 5 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Khushdil Shah 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Mohammad Hasnain, 10 Mohammad Musa, 11 Shaheen Afridi

Zimbabwe: 1 Brian Chari 2 Chamu Chibhabha (capt) 3 Craig Ervine 4 Brendan Taylor (wk) 5 Sean Williams 6 Wesley Madhevere 7 Sikandar Raza 8 Tendai Chisoro 9 Donald Tiripano10 Richard Ngarava 11 Blessing Muzarabani

Shane Watson has announced his retirement from all cricket, bringing an end to a nearly 20-year career during which he was of the world's premier white-ball allrounders. Watson had already retired from international cricket in March 2016, and had only been playing in overseas T20 leagues since his retirement from the Big Bash League (BBL) last year.

Now he has confirmed that the IPL game between the Chennai Super Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders in Dubai on October 29 was his last game at senior level. Watson made 14 to close out a season in which he scored 299 runs for the Super Kings at an average of 29.90 and a strike rate of 121.05.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- A picked-up penalty flag in the final minute allowed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to edge out the New York Giants 25-23 on Monday night at MetLife Stadium.

Giants coach Joe Judge thought it was the wrong call. Bucs coach Bruce Arians thought it was the right call. The officials thought it was pass interference ... and then they didn't.

Tampa Bay safety Antoine Winfield Jr. was originally flagged on a 2-point conversion attempt with 28 seconds remaining that would have tied the game. Winfield collided with Giants running back Dion Lewis just inside the end zone near the right sideline either simultaneously with the ball or perhaps a millisecond early, depending on one's viewpoint. The ball fell incomplete.

"I thought [field judge] Nate [Jones] made the right call when he threw the flag," Judge said. "So, I'm not sure why it got picked up. We had a pretty good view. I know they can't use the Jumbotron for a replay. We had a pretty clear view of that as well. I thought Nate made the right call the first time. Normally, your first instinct is right."

The Buccaneers (6-2) celebrated after the officials gathered and decided to pick up the flag. They thought it was a clean play.

They weren't about to complain about the officials' change of heart.

"Well the ball hit Antoine in the back. To me there was no pass interference -- I thought it was a good call," Arians said. "I don't know why it took so long but he had his hands out, there was no contact and the ball hit him in the back."

Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady agreed. He credited Winfield with a "game-saving play."

It still was a controversial ending to a wild game. It's not every day that one official overrules another on such a crucial play. But that's what happened in this instance.

"The side judge [Eugene Hall] had the flag thrown on the play and came to the down judge [Jerod Phillips] who was on that side of the goal line," referee Brad Rogers said. "The communication between the side judge and the down judge was that the defender contacted the receiver simultaneously as the ball came in. And in order to have defensive pass interference, it has to be clearly early and hinder the receiver's ability to make the catch."

The officials thought it was clear enough to pick up the flag.

"You want to make sure that it meets the qualifications for pass interference," Rogers said. "And in our communication on the field, the down judge and the side judge communicated about the action and believed that it was appropriate to pick that flag up."

It certainly surprised the Giants. Judge could be seen yelling at the officials after the game.

Quarterback Daniel Jones said he thought he was going to have another opportunity to force a tie that likely would have sent the game into overtime. Instead, the Giants (1-7) lost another heartbreaker in which Jones' turnovers proved costly.

"I thought it was pass interference," Jones said. "I was surprised when they picked it up. We'll watch it and learn from it, I guess. See what they saw, but tough break.

"I was certainly surprised. You don't see that often. I was surprised."

But it all seems to be a matter of perspective, or in this instance, team affiliation.

"The refs," Bucs linebacker Lavonte David said, "did the right thing in my opinion and picked up the flag."

SALISBURY, N.C. – Carson Kvapil has been one of the more dominant forces at Millbridge Speedway in recent years, winning four straight track championships in the Open outlaw kart class.

However, success in the track’s major races has often eluded the 17-year-old, second-generation driver.

Kvapil has struggled in the past in the Speed51 Open and, last year, the TRD Micro Showdown, but he’s hoping to capture a marquee victory during this week’s TRD KKM Giveback Classic presented by Rowdy Energy.

Kvapil will pilot one of four entries out of the Factor 1 East stable, hoping to finally shake off the gremlins that have plagued him in recent years on the biggest stages and park in victory lane.

Back-to-back wins in early September at the sixth-mile dirt oval have Kvapil confident he can contend, even amid a field of more than 100 entries – the largest car count for any event in Millbridge history.

“We’ve been testing and tuning with Factor 1 all year, pretty much,” Kvapil said. “The guys have been working on the car, trying to make it a little better on the top and bottom, not just the top. I do think a little bit of our test and tuning is probably going to help, because the bottom seems like it’s doing pretty well. I think we have a pretty good shot.

“We’ve been one of the fastest guys all year long. So I guess we’ll wait and see what happens.”

While Kvapil has routinely been tops in the track’s 30-lap weekly features this year, the KKM Giveback Classic will feature and extra-distance, 67-lap main event, a nod to Keith Kunz’s iconic car number.

That means more wear and tear on equipment, as well as more time – potentially – up on the outside cushion, a place Kvapil likes to run whenever he can at Millbridge.

“If we’re ripping the fence, it’s going to be pretty hard over 67 laps … because in a 30-lapper, you’ll be up top for say 15 of them, but now you’ve got to more than double it. Then, if you’re only hitting the wall half the time, that’s 30 times against the wall and even more stress on the rear end that could cause stuff to break,” explained Kvapil. “We’ll just have to be more careful if we’re all on the fence.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if I see maybe half the guys drop out from damage from the wall Wednesday, to be completely honest with you,” Kvapil added. “I think it could be a good bit of attrition.”

Despite a deep field of veteran stars, NASCAR invaders and local talent, Kvapil believes he and the Factor 1 team should be able to fight their way into the 24-car starting field come Wednesday night.

“We really should be able to get in. We’re really fast. We’ve been fast this year,” Kvapil noted. “Yeah, we’ve won a few races, but it’s true that you never know really. You don’t really know how you stack up when you’re running against 90 or 100 cars. You just have to make sure you don’t mess up.

“You want to make sure you’re smooth and consistent and nothing happens, and if we do that I think we’ll be alright.”

Should Kvapil manage to win Wednesday’s KKM Giveback Classic feature, he’ll have a choice of either $15,000 or a base winner’s share of $5,000 and a guaranteed ride in the 2021 Chili Bowl with KKM.

In Kvapil’s eyes, there’s no question what choice he’s making.

“I want the Chili Bowl ride,” he said with a grin.

And after a disappointing and grinding end to his All American 400 super late model run on Sunday evening, that Chili Bowl seat would be a welcomed bright spot amid a chilly fall stretch for Kvapil.