Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news England’s fifth defeat of their World Cup title defence continued their abject slide towards elimination. Matthew Mott and Jos Buttler’s side would become only the...
Billy Vunipola became the second England player to be sent off in a week as Ireland eased to a 29-10 Rugby World Cup warm-up win in Dublin on Saturday. As happened to Owen Farrell last weekend, Vunipola saw his initial yellow card upgraded to a red by the recently introduced bunker review system. Vunipola was...
Australia century-maker Marnus Labuschagne fell to Joe Root before rain returned to frustrate England’s hopes of forcing a series-levelling win in the fourth Ashes Test on Saturday. Only 30 overs had been bowled during the fourth day at Old Trafford when the wet weather swept back in during the revised tea break. Play was officially...
Declan Rice capped a remarkable rise from the crushing disappointment of being released by boyhood heroes Chelsea as a teenager as he joined Arsenal from West Ham on Saturday for a fee that could rise to £105 million. Rice admits to being reduced to tears when the Blues let him go as a promising 14-year-old....
England captain Ben Stokes’s dynamic 80, his latest dashing innings kept the hosts’ Ashes hopes alive before Moeen Ali struck twice in quick succession in the third Test against Australia at Headingley on Friday. Australia were 116-4 in their second innings at stumps on the second day, a lead of 142 runs, as they looked...
Australia’s Usman Khawaja dug in to put Australia in control against England after the hosts’ batting collapse in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s on Friday. Ashes-holders Australia were strongly placed at 130-2 in their second innings, a lead of 221 runs, when rain forced an early close to the third day’s play. Conditions for...