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Fullback scores hat-trick as New Zealand win 47-17 in Wellington New coach Dave ‌Rennie has ‌back-to-back wins in his first matches The gap between New Zealand’s ambition and execution widened as the All Blacks overcame a slow start to beat Italy 47-17 and remain unbeaten after two rounds of the Nations Championship. A dismal first-half performance was partly redeemed as Will Jordan scored three …

After courting disaster in the second set, the new women’s singles champion emulated compatriots Jana Novotna, Petra Kvitova, Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejcikova By the time Linda Noskova sat down with a towel draped over her head after blocking the crowd noise with fingers in her ears, Centre Court had already started travelling backwards through time. Five championship points had come an…

• Updates on the shortened stage from Malemort to Ussel • Get in touch! Email Tom with any and all Tour thoughts More on the decision to shorten the ninth stage from Jeremy Whittle in Bergerac: Undoubtedly the graphics team at ASO were a little gutted to have to fire up the file named ‘stage_9_route_V4_final’ and have to chop out 30km but here we are. This is what the riders will be working with …

Heatwaves have long been part of the Tour but temperatures now are pushing the riders to limit of human endurance The Tour de France and the heat of the midday sun are old bedfellows, going back long before an era when the biggest catastrophe of the Tour’s opening week was a major fault in the Visma team bus’s air conditioning. Flip back 50 years to my favourite Tour read, the late Geoffrey Nicho…

Comanche Brave beats Venetian Sun by a length Loughnane stays ahead in Flat jockey’s championship Off and running in the 1.40 at Newmarket! Haffner and Subscription both break well … Continue reading...

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning , John Brewin, Lars Sivertsen and Leander Schaerlaeckens as England beat Norway 2-1 in extra time to set up a semi-final against Argentina Continue reading...

Updates from the one-off women’s Test at Lord’s Sign up for The Spin | Email Cameron If you want some extra reading to settle into your Sunday morning. Raf also put together this excellent feature ahead of the Test match. I can’t stop thinking about the football. He’s only 23! Continue reading...

Bout with Holloway in Las Vegas finishes in first round UFC chief Dana White: ‘We’re assuming a blown ACL’ Irish star’s last fight before Saturday was five years ago Conor McGregor’s return against Max Holloway at UFC 329 in Las Vegas ended at just 1:09 of the first round Saturday night because of a knee injury. Fighting for the first time in more than five years, the 37-year-old McGregor flew ac…

Head coach says team were ‘sloppy’ and ‘not fast enough’ Two-goal Bellingham responds: ‘Yeah, well, whatever’ Jude Bellingham hit back at criticism of England’s performance from Thomas Tuchel after his two goals against Norway booked a place in the World Cup semi-finals for the fourth time. A virtuoso display from the Real Madrid star inspired a comeback victory after Andreas Schjelderup had give…

Adams played in South Africa’s World Cup group games Midfielder played for Mamelodi Sundowns Jayden Adams, who played in South Africa’s three group games at the World Cup, has died aged 25. The Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder started the tournament opener, a 2-0 defeat by Mexico, and the 1-1 draw with Czechia, being substituted in both matches. He then came off the bench in the 1-0 win against South…

Stage eight: Tadej Pogacar untroubled in overall lead Merlier produces superb sprint win for second day Sunday’s ninth stage of the Tour de France has been shortened by 30km due to a red heatwave alert in the Corrèze département of central France. The stage from Malemort to Ussel will now be raced over 155.5km instead of the scheduled 185.5. In a statement the Tour said: “This decision aims to en…

⚽ All the latest as the quarter-finals conclude ⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email us There were some handy cameos elsewhere though with Djed Spence making an impact at left back, Morgan Rogers adding much needed energy, and Dan Burn reminding everyone that even in the modern passing and possession era it’s perfectly fine to stick on a big fella when you’re defending a lead and e…

Did anyone think they would do it the easy way? Argentina were labouring towards penalties with eight minutes of extra time left against a dogged, supremely organised 10-man Switzerland. There was a high risk they would curse throwing away a game that felt like a cruise when Alexis Mac Allister headed them into an early lead. The game ground down to walking pace and they received an almighty jolt…

Tuchel’s half-time changes and Pickford’s skittishness lifted Norway, but backline finally rose to occasion England were back in Azteca mode in the end. Big Dan Burn was on to thump those headers away. Reece James and the magnificent Djed Spence were covering the flanks, Elliot Anderson was taking care of midfield on his own and the problem for Norway was that the hulking figure leading their att…

South Africa 42-28 Scotland Scots run in four tries to earn bonus point A breathless match, all the more so given the thin air of Pretoria, but the upshot is, for all Scotland’s wit and energy, South Africa march on with another full house of points. The visitors were brilliant in scoring their four tries, their pace and skill regularly making mugs of their hosts, but power remains the thing the …