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Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s team will enter the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, joined by Amar’e Stoudemire, Mike D’Antoni, Joey Crawford, Doc Rivers and Mark Few.

NEW DELHI: A meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board was held in Dhaka on Saturday, where officials discussed ties with India, news agency ANI reported.
The meeting took place after a communication had earlier been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding upcoming bilateral tours and cooperation.
The meeting was chaired by BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul.
Earlier, director Nazmul Abedin Fahim said the board had sent an email to BCCI as part of routine communication.

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With Joe Pyfer defeating Israel Adesanya by TKO in the second round during UFC Fight Night last weekend, the top contenders to possibly dethrone UFC Middleweight Champion Khamzat Chimaev is coming into picture. But now, the promotion company turns to UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan to get even a better picture surrounding up-and-coming lightweight contenders — ahead of UFC 327 on Saturday, Apr. 11.

CHICAGO — The Toronto Blue Jays placed two-time All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a dislocated and fractured left thumb and recalled catcher Brandon Valenzuela from Triple-A Buffalo.
Kirk was injured in the 10th inning of a 5-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Friday when Austin Hays fouled a pitch off Kirk’s glove. He left the game immediately and went for X-rays.
The Blue Jays also assigned 36-year-old left-hander Patrick Corbin to Single-A Dunedin on Saturday, a day after signing him to a one-year contract.

Atlanta Braves right fielder Mike Yastrzemski had to use an unorthodox method to learn how to spell his last name as a kid.
Growing up, it took the grandson of MLB legend Carl a while to figure it out. Frankly, I don’t blame him. Can you imagine having to learn how to spell a Polish surname at the same time as you’re entering kindergarten? I certainly wouldn’t want to do that.
Thankfully, his grandmother had an idea on how to make it stick.
Yastrzemski was a big fan of the cartoon show “The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” (he was far from the only one).

Auburn baseball returns to the diamond Saturday to face Arkansas, looking to clinch another SEC series in the final game of this weekend’s set.
Auburn used a middle-inning surge to claim game one of the series on Thursday. Five players logged an RBI in the 5th inning of Auburn’s 10-2 win over Arkansas on Thursday, with Mason McCraine and Ethin Bingaman logging two RBI in the seven-run frame.
Friday’s game was much closer, with Arkansas putting all of its hope on catcher Ryder Helfrick.

Dominik Szoboszlai has said Liverpool lacked “fighting spirit” in their 4-0 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup and said it is “hard to find the words” to sum up his team’s poor performance.

Georgia has mutually agreed to part ways with women’s basketball coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, the school announced.

Mavericks forward Cooper Flagg became the youngest player in NBA history to have a 50-point game, as the rookie scored 51 in a 138-127 home loss to the Magic.

The Blue Jays have placed catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb fracture, the team announced.