England close day two of the second Test against New Zealand on 222-6, trailing by 169 after a day of poor decisions leaves the tourists firmly in control at the close of play at The Oval.

Brighton's Dutch defender Jan Paul van Hecke joins Premier League rivals Tottenham for £52m.

The referee at the centre of the controversial fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Rico Verhoeven tells a boxing commission he had seen enough to stop the bout in the 11th round before the bell sounded.

Ben Stokes could return as England captain as early as next week for the third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.

Reds are looking for a long-term replacement for the departing Mohamed Salah

Thomas Tuchel was left to sweat over star duo following opening World Cup victory

Elye Wahi was initially denied entry to Canada amid an ongoing match-fixing investigation

Tuchel was unhappy with where photographers were placed for the national anthems on Wednesday

Tottenham have added Jan Paul van Hecke to their squad after bringing in Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi on free transfers

Joe Root is leading an inexperienced XI including three debutants in the second Test against New Zealand.

World Cup visitors will be heading to Philadelphia in the coming weeks

The Northern Irishman carded a one-under 69 on day one.

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Second Test, day two: New Zealand 391; England 222-6Debutant Jordan Cox left to shepherd hosts’ tailFor all that the job wore him down over a five-year period, Joe Root was only ever going to say yes when England found themselves needing a sensible stand-in captain in the wake of Ben Stokes and that late night after Lord’s.But there will surely have been …

According to police, the 20-year-old male was attacked near 1 Centre St at around 11:50am. The Knicks' parade set off from Battery Park just after 10:30am.

CRAIG HOPE: Thomas Tuchel says England must play football that supporters in pubs can fall in love with, as he vowed to keep on attacking at the World Cup.

It is anticipated that the regulator will recommend a one-match ban - applied retrospectively - meaning that both Stokes and Atkinson would come into the reckoning for the series finale.