Three Pakistan batters made first-innings tons in daunting total of 556

Defence coach insists coaching “cohesion” under Steve Borthwick is most important factor

Blues survived late scare at Stamford Bridge

Europe captain Luke Donald confirmed “we’ve had that discussion”.

The former Manchester United and England ster was shown a red card during the Championship match

Aamer Jamal produced a stunning catch at midwicket to send England captain Ollie Pope, only filling in as an opening batter, back for a two-ball duck

The Tottenham striker is in the squad for the first time since 2017.

El-Abd has taken over from Felix Jones after the Irishman who helped South Africa win the 2019 and 2023 World Cups unexpectedly resigned in August.

El-Abd has answered close friend Steve Borthwick’s SOS to take charge of England’s defence after forging an impressive coaching career in France

Chelsea 3-2 Real Madrid: Sonia Bompastor continued her winning start at Chelsea as the Blues took all three points at Stamford Bridge

Defender suffered deep cut to hand while doing dishesSwift medical response and operation saved his thumbThe Ipswich defender Axel Tuanzebe faces a spell on the sidelines after a horror accident that put him at risk of losing a thumb.Tuanzebe missed the promoted side’s 4-1 defeat at West Ham on Saturday with an unspecified hand injury that his manager, …

Opener sustains injury on left hand while fieldingSalman says tail ‘brings best out of me’ after unbeaten 104England are monitoring the fitness of Ben Duckett after the opener sustained a suspected dislocated thumb on his left hand while fielding on the second day of the opening Test against Pakistan, forcing him to sit out the start of his team’s …

Badosa pulled eyes back with chopsticks in photograph‘I didn’t know this was offensive. I take responsibility’The Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa has apologised after she was accused of racism over a photo that appeared to show her pulling her eyes back with chopsticks while in China for a series of tournaments.Following her defeat on Saturday in the …

Executive committee met for regular meeting in LondonUnited could still take decision to remove managerNo clarity has been offered regarding Erik ten Hag’s future at Manchester United following a summit meeting of the club’s hierarchy on Tuesday during which the Dutchman’s position as manager was discussed.The meeting, a regular diary appointment of …

IAN HERBERT: When you take the partisanship out of the equation and work through it, it is impossible to view it as anything less than a shredding of City's claims of injustice and prejudice.

MAN UNITED CONFIDENTIAL: The wall, sanctioned by Ineos and the leadership group, was installed in the last fortnight at the request of the manager.