England will play Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Lahore and Rawalpindi in a one-day international tri-series in October.

Each team will play each other twice with the top two finishers meeting in a final on 31 October.

It is England’s first ODI tri-series since a contest against Australia and India in Australia before the 2015 World Cup.

After Pakistan and Sri Lanka open the series on 18 October, England will play the hosts on 20 October in Rawalpindi before meeting Sri Lanka on 22 October at the same venue.

Matches then move to Lahore with England playing Pakistan on 25 October and Sri Lanka again on 29 October.

The final will also be played in Lahore.

The contest begins England’s winter and is immediately followed by three ODIs and five T20s against Australia from 13 November.

England then play three Tests and three ODIs in South Africa, two Tests in Bangladesh and the 150th anniversary Test in Melbourne against Australia in March.

Promoted Coventry City have signed teenage forward Sidiki Cherif from Turkish side Fenerbahce.

The 19‑year‑old, who was born in Guinea and moved to France when he was five, has joined the Sky Blues on a long‑term deal after finishing last season with two goals in 12 Turkish Super Lig appearances for Fenerbahce, having moved there from French side Angers on loan with an obligation to buy.

Coventry have backed boss Frank Lampard in the transfer window, with significant deals executed for the likes of Caleb Yirenkyi, Carl Rushworth, Loum Tchaouna, Aurele Amenda and Taiwo Awoniyi, as well as a club-return for Gustavo Hamer.

Cherif said: “I’m very happy to be a Coventry City player and I’m excited to be playing in the Premier League.

“I’m looking forward to showing the fans what I can do and to play at the amazing stadium.

“I can’t wait to get started.”

Cherif has played in the Uefa Europa League and in this season’s Uefa Champions League qualifiers prior to his arrival at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Cherif began his career in France and made his professional debut for Angers in the 2023-24 season.

Angers won promotion to Ligue 1 in 2024, and the teenager began to really make his mark early in the 2025-26 season, scoring four Ligue 1 goals by the end of December.

His performances caught the eye of suitors around Europe before Cherif, who has had call ups to the France Under-16 and Under-21 squads, completed his switch to Turkey.

Brad Arthur believes Leeds’s two upcoming away games against York and St Helens will provide the ideal tune-up for a potential League Leaders’ Shield shootout with Wigan.

The two clubs are locked together at the top of Super League on 36 points with four games of the regular season remaining.

The Rhinos’ home slip-up against Leigh last time out means they top the pile only on points difference.

“I think these next three games are really important, the third game being Wigan. It might get to the stage where that game will ultimately decide the result,” the Leeds head coach told BBC Radio Leeds.

“We have some tough games coming up. York have been playing really well. They’re right in for the fight, they’re at home and they’ve got nothing to lose. They’ve done a really good job.

“They’ve been starting their games really well and hanging in there and making teams have to work really hard to beat them.

“And Saints showed on the weekend (winning at Wakefield) that if you take them too lightly and they get a few players back…

“This is what we need. We need to be playing tough games to make sure we’re ready.”

Leeds, who entertain Hull FC in their final game of the campaign, have not won the Shield since 2015 whereas Wigan have won it three times in the past six years.

The Rhinos will travel to York on Sunday without Jack Bird who is working his way through the concussion protocols, but with new signing Matt Lodge set to make his debut off the bench.

The former North Queensland Cowboys prop arrived in the UK on Sunday.