NIK SIMON AT STADE DE FRANCE: Big brother Tom, who sang the anthem beside Ben in 2012, reminisced about the first time he fell victim to his sidestep on the family farm.

NIK SIMON: The team travelled to France in disarray after a disastrous warm-up series but silenced some of their critics by reaching the semi-finals.

RAY HOUGHTON: In those days we were pretty much unbeatable, finishing first, second, first, second before coming sixth in my last year at Liverpool.

England’s only defeat in Rugby World Cup was the agonising 16-15 loss to South Africa in the semi-final.

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Max Verstappen completed a Friday practice double at the Mexico City Grand Prix as Lando Norris emerged as the world champion's most likely pole challenger.

Chelsea will hope to avoid a third straight home defeat to Brentford

Texas beat Arizona 6-5 in 11 innings in Game 1 of Fall ClassicCorey Seager’s game-tying home run saves Rangers in ninthSend Hunter at tweet at @HunterFelt or email himWe’re almost in time for the actual baseball! The official broadcast has begun and… oh wow, not even a big long dramatic montage. I like how more down-to-earth this is compared to the NFL …

Matheus Franca, Jesurun Rak-Sakyi and Naouirou Ahamada were singled out after coming on as substitutes

Katie McCabe grabbed a hat-trick as the Republic of Ireland cruised to a 5-1 win over Albania in the Women's Nations League at Dublin's Tallaght Stadium.

Spurs lead the way and Arsenal follow behind after win

Spurs kicked off the weekend with a hard-fought win over Crystal Palace

Joel Ward’s own-goal and Son Heung-min’s eighth goal of the campaign sent Spurs five points clear

Ange Postecoglou wants Tottenham's fans to "continue to dream" after a 2-1 victory at Crystal Palace saw his side move five points clear at the top of the Premier League for the first time.

JEFF POWELL IN RIYADH: Fury is a shorter favourite to win this than Donald Trump to win the US presidential election even if he has to set up office in jail.

IAN HERBERT: The arena was thrown into darkness, from which Eric Cantona suddenly materialised on an upper balcony, Christ-like and bathed in light on Thursday night.

Fernando Alonso loses control, spins then styles it out through the fast Turn Nine during P2.

Ben Youngs could barely hide his delight at signing his international career off on a high as England held on for victory over Argentina in the 2023 Rugby World Cup bronze final.