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Round-Up: Sri Lanka scraps stadium, OnePlus-Fnatic cricket initiative, Sunwolves in Australia ‘unlikely’, and more

A giant rugby ball balloon is afloat to promote the Rugby World Cup on September 3, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Sri Lanka's government has scrapped its plans for a new $40m cricket stadium after warnings from former national team cricketers that it would end up a 'white elephant' - Channel News Asia/AFP

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus and esports organisation Fnatic are teaming up with Indian national team cricketers for an online gaming initiative for Indian fans based on the PUBG Mobile game. OnePlus Domin8 will feature a series of PUBG Mobile exhibition games in which members of the public can play against cricketers including KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Smriti Mandhana and Yuzvendra Chahal, and professional gamers including Dynamo, Ahsaas Channa, Sc0ut and GodNixon - OnePlus

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