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The schedule for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifiers to be hosted by Nepal from January 14 to February 1 has been announced.

The Nepal Cricket Association released the match schedule and group allocations on Tuesday.

Ten teams, including Nepal, will take part in the tournament.

Bangladesh, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Namibia and the United States have been placed in Group A, while Group B consists of Scotland, Thailand, Zimbabwe, the Netherlands and Nepal.

Warm-up matches will be held on January 14 and January 16 ahead of the main tournament.

Nepal will play their first match against Thailand on January 18.

Liverpool striker Alexander Isak has undergone surgery after breaking his leg, the Premier League club said on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Isak suffered the injury in scoring Liverpool's opening goal in Saturday's 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur when his foot got caught between Micky van de Ven's legs as the defender dived to block his shot.

"Alexander Isak today successfully underwent surgery on the injury he sustained on Saturday," Liverpool said. "After diagnosis, an operation was completed today on an ankle injury that included a fibula fracture. No time frame (is) yet placed on his return."

Napoli lifted the Italian Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Bologna in Riyadh on Monday, David Neres netting both goals to earn the league champions a deserved victory over the toothless Coppa Italia winners, Reuters reported. 

Neres opened the scoring with a stunning strike from distance six minutes before the break and found the net again in the 57th minute when Bologna were caught trying to play out of defence.

"We came here as champions of Italy, we wanted this trophy and we showed it with a great performance," Napoli forward Matteo Politano told Mediaset. "We could have scored a few more goals but we are happy with the victory."

Mohamed Salah snatched a dramatic stoppage-time winner as Egypt came from behind to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in their first fixture at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco on Monday, Reuters reported. 

Egypt’s captain, starting his first game after four successive matches on the bench at Liverpool, fired home a left-footed effort in the 91st minute to earn the seven-times champions a late victory after Zimbabwe had stunned them by going ahead in the first half.

Egypt laid an early siege to Zimbabwe’s goal, but it was the underdogs who netted first through Prince Dube in the 20th minute, according to Reuters.