The rain is continuing to fall at Dharamsala so the World Twenty20 match between Oman and the Netherlands has been abandoned without a ball being bowled.

The teams will get one point each.

However, tournament organisers are hopeful that the weather will clear up enough for the Ireland v Bangladesh game, which is due to start at 14:30 GMT.

Ireland need to get maximum points to have any hope of progressing to the next phase of the competition.

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McClaren, 54, signed a three-year deal to become Newcastle boss last June and was also appointed to the club's board of directors.

The former England manager replaced John Carver as head coach.

Newcastle are currently second from bottom of the Premier League after losing to Bournemouth last weekend but are only a point from safety.

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So it looks like a done deal for Rafa Benitez, but how about that last minute curveball? John Carver, the man who kept Newcastle up on the final day of last season, at a cheeky 66/1, or the man who last took them down, Alan Shearer, at 300/1?

*odds via oddschecker.com as at 09:00 GMT.

Newcastle's club statement did not mention Rafael Benitez, but he is the man expected to take over from McClaren.

The stats would show that this is Steve McClaren's worst management period of his career. 

His previous worst was at Nottingham Forest but he only had 13 games in charge. 

His best, incidentally, was during his first spell at FC Twente. Between 2008 and 2010 he had a win percentage of 62.9%. 

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Some more quotes from Newcastle United on their decision to sack head coach Steve McClaren.

Club managing director Lee Charnley says: "I would like to thank Steve personally for his services to Newcastle United. He is a man of integrity and class and he has conducted himself with great dignity during this difficult time.

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"Steve worked tirelessly to try and bring success to Newcastle United. He has the utmost respect of all the players, staff and management and he leaves with our very best wishes and sincere thanks.

"We feel that a change is now needed in order to give the club the best possible chance of securing its Premier League future.

"A further announcement on a successor to Steve will be made in due course."

Newcastle have sacked Steve McClaren and a club statement immediately apologises to their now-former manager.

A club statement, external says: "We acknowledge that reaching this decision has taken a number of days and that this has caused uncertainty for everyone involved, in particular for Steve and the players, for which we apologise.

"However, we felt that this time was necessary to ensure the right decisions were reached with the best interests of the club at heart."

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The now former Newcastle manager never got off to the best start in his reign at St James' Park.

Draws to Southampton, Manchester United and Chelsea were accompanied by defeats to Swansea, Arsenal, West Ham, Watford, and Manchester City.

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Steve McClaren has been sacked as Newcastle manager.

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Liverpool midfielder Emre Can has played down the apparent elbow from Marouane Fellaini which could get the Manchester United midfielder banned for next week's Europa League second leg. 

Television cameras picked up the Belgium international seemingly swinging a forearm into his German opponent's neck in the final moments of the Reds' 2-0 first-leg victory at Anfield.

The incident was missed by card-happy Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo but Fellaini could yet be punished retrospectively by Uefa. 

 "It was just a small fight. It was okay. It was not a boxing ring punch," said Can. "Fellaini is a fair sportsman. He touched my throat with his elbow but it is okay." 

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Here's a tweet you probably thought you would never see...

The Sun reports, external that David Beckham allegedly prompted an incident in the Chelsea directors’ box after applauding Paris St Germain’s opening goal in their 2-1 Champions League victory on Wednesday night.

Security staff reprimanded Joe Hemani, an IT entrepreneur who has been a vice-president of the club for 31 years, after Beckham and son Brooklyn showed their appreciation of Adrien Rabiot’s strike in PSG’s 2-1 win.

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The funeral of former New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe has taken place in Auckland's Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Crowe died earlier this month aged 53 after a long battle with cancer.

Crowe's brother Jeff, himself a former Black Caps captain, gave an address while his Hollywood star cousin Russell Crowe was a pallbearer.

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It's that time again. Time for the Question of Sport teaser.

And this one concerns the Six Nations.

The answers will be revealed later today.

Britain's Laura Robson said she no longer felt pain in her wrist, after losing on her return to the WTA Tour after struggling for the last 18 months with the problem.

The 22-year-old, who last played in August at the US Open, was beaten 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 by Magdalena Rybarikova at the BNP Paribas Open in the USA.

Robson now plans to play a full clay-court season.

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More on the news that Greg Rutherford will miss the World Indoors in Portland next weekend with illness and injury.

"Defending the Olympic title is obviously Greg’s main focus for 2016, so he has sensibly decided not to take any risks and to end his indoor season here," says British Athletics performance director Neil Black.  

"This will allow him the opportunity to concentrate on being in the best shape possible going into the outdoor season and ultimately Rio."

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After Maria Sharapova's admission earlier this week that she had failed a drugs test, Britain's Andy Murray has told BBC Radio 5 live that the Russian must accept responsibility and serve her ban.

The world number two said it was "strange" that so many athletes have failed tests for use of a prescription drug used to treat heart conditions.

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