The England captain told his team-mates and the side’s backroom staff of his intentions on Sunday.

The former British number one is hoping to put a nightmare year behind him at Wimbledon.

Saracens 52-14 TrailfindersEight tries for winners in front of 8,000 fansSaracens just needed three ingredients to play Trailfinders off the pitch and win their first Premiership Women’s Rugby title in four years: clinical attack, brick-wall defence and an immense kicking game. Not only did they execute their game plan but the experience of being in their …

It was what Ben Stokes stood for, in tandem with the Boy's Own adventures he conjured with bat and ball, that made him one of the greats of England cricket.

Round of 32 action gets underway in Los Angeles

As the Trent Bridge crowd heard about Stokes’ imminent departure and rose to give him an ovation he removed Zak Foukes with his next delivery.

Benvenuto Cellini put his Epsom disappointment behind him by leading home a one-two-three for Aidan O'Brien in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.

Wakefield eke their way to a narrow win in a topsy-turvy encounter with Super League's bottom side Huddersfield Giants.

Marlie Packer scores two tries on her final Saracens appearance as the north London side secure a record fourth league title with a comprehensive 52-14 win over Trailfinders at Twickenham Stoop.

With the help of Australia, India cut loose in the last two overs of their innings to set their opponents a target of 171 in their must-win Women's T20 World Cup match at Lord's.

Selecao face the Samurai Blue in intriguing second last-32 showdown in Houston

One key man set to miss out through injury

Stokes became a specialist in the impossible and his ability to shock lasted until the very end – with his mid-Test retirement announcement

Stokes will walk away from England duty after the third Test match against New Zealand

The England captain told his team-mates and the side’s backroom staff of his intentions on Sunday.

The World Cup knockout rounds begin with Canada in action against South Africa

Williams, 44, said providing anti-doping officers with a daily one-hour testing window during her comeback was ‘gruelling’; the ITIA issued a response claying their whereabouts rules have not ‘changed’

Moroccans began moving to the Netherlands in the 1960s, lending match in Mexico a feeling akin to ‘a derby’Thirty-two years to the day since their first official encounter, Morocco and the Netherlands face each in what has the makings of a blockbuster last-32 match. Many things have changed since the 1994 World Cup group game in Orlando, that Netherlands …

Search for Steve Clarke’s replacement must look outside the country’s borders to avoid future World Cup disappointmentThere was one element of the Scottish Football Association’s otherwise baffling decision to give Steve Clarke a four‑year deal weeks before a World Cup ball had been kicked that made sense.When assessing alternatives to Clarke as …

From the blockbuster names living up to the hype to unknown quantities becoming household names overnight, let's have a look back at the group stage and hand out our awards.