Sports Headlines: Thursday, November 23, 2017.

Ben Stokes Wishes English Team Well

The English Cricket player, Ben Stokes, has said that he will cheer the team on from back home after he failed to travel to Australia in their critical Ashes test because of an ongoing investigation into an incident in Bristol back in September that saw the player implicated in causing bodily harm to a person.

Basel’s Spirit And Atletico Madrid’s Hanging Hope

The Champions League came to another interesting climax last night after Basel showed more willingness in their group encounter with Manchester United to set up a crunch game against Benfica in the group decider. Benfica had succumbed to a 2-0 loss in Russia against CSKA Moscow and were 3 points ahead of Basel who faced a United side that had won four out of four games, the match was hard fought by both teams but the 3 points went to the home side with a 90^th minute goal. Atletico Madrid recorded their first win of the competition against Roma to keep their hopes alive but they will likely not make it as Roma needing only a point against Qarabag in their last match.

Transfer Talks

Arsenal are reportedly in talks with PSG for the signature of German attacker Julian Draxler and Real Madrid have included Antoine Griezmann, Dele Ali and Harry Kane in their five man short list of potential signings to boost their star array. There are arguments within the top ranks of Barcelona on whether it would be wise to sign Mesut Ozil or not in January. Diego Simeone has expressed interest in the vacant managerial position in Everton.

Eddie Hearn Says Parker Will Not Get 35% Deal

Although the Boxing promoter, Eddie Hearn who currently works with Anthony Joshua is interested in a title unification fight with Joseph Parker, he has said that the fight may not happen next year because the deal of 65-35 that David Higgins wants for Parker.