Cricket: England skipper Stuart Broad has received his second fine at the World Twenty20 tournament following his team’s slow over-rate in Thursday’s six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Chittagong. Players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fail to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount. Broad was therefore fined 40 per cent of his match fee while his players received 20 per cent fines.

Horse Racing: Hunt Ball is “99 per cent certain” to line up in the Grand National at Aintree today week. The nine-year-old was bought by American-based ownership syndicate Atlantic Equine last May, having previously carried the colours of Anthony Knott to a number of victories, including at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival. He was unable to make a significant impact during a summer campaign in the US, but has run two encouraging races since returning to Britain with champion trainer Nicky Henderson, most recently finishing fourth in Cheltenham’s Ryanair Chase.

Basket, Nba: Philadelphia 76ers etched their name in the NBA record book of shame by losing their 26th consecutive game in a 120-98 loss to Houston Rockets. The 76ers (15-57) matched the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the longest losing sequence in the league. Philadelphia showed plenty of spirit to erase a 14-point deficit and draw level at 43-43 midway through the second quarter but Houston closed the half with a 20-6 run and pulled away. The Rockets (49-22) stretched their home-court winning streak to 11 games and finished 15-0, becoming the first team since the 2004-05 Dallas Mavericks to complete a home schedule undefeated against an entire conference.