Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, a part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's major drive to modernise the Saudi society and boost economy, the media reported.

England and Spain will have their eyes firmly trained on the history books waiting to christen them as first-time champions of the FIFA U-17 World Cup when the two footballing hotshots renew acquaintances in the hotly-anticipated final here on Saturday.

Popular celebrities from Bollywood and sports like Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Shah Rukh Khan have wished luck to the Indian women's cricket team, which takes on England in the final of the Women's World Cup on Sunday.

The Australian fast bowler, Shaun Tait announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. The 34-year-old pacer played three Tests, 35 One-Day Internationals and 21 Twenty20 Internationals for his country.

England pace spearhead James Anderson who has missed the first Test against India is hopeful to be fit for the rest of the series. The second Test is stating from November 17 in Visakhapatnam.