Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson are withdrawn from their County Championship fixtures in the clearest indication yet they will be available to play for England in the third Test against New Zealand.

The Coral World Cup betting offer has been improved for the tournament and is now a bet £10, get £50 promotion

Red Devils started their World Cup campaign unconvincingly

Lionel Messi needs one goal to create World Cup history

The former BBC presenter, currently starring on The Rest Is Football on Netflix, made a shock cameo on ITV’s coverage

The captain was stood down from the second Rothesay Test against New Zealand pending the results of an disciplinary investigation.

Italian apologises for incident in Saturday sprint raceMarc Márquez wins Sunday’s main event in BrnoThe MotoGP championship leader, Marco Bezzecchi, was banned from Sunday’s Czech GP after slapping a track marshal in the face after a crash in Saturday’s sprint, MotoGP said.The 27-year-old Italian Aprilia Racing rider crashed out of the sprint with two …

Leicestershire, Notts, Hampshire and Derbyshire all win inside three days while Ben Stokes returns for Test dutyAnd Essex are in real trouble now with Dean Elgar and his limpet like qualities gone, lbw Stone for 42. Essex 65-4, trail Notts by 208. Nick Friend of The Cricketer was at Chelmsford for the first two days and tells me that Essex prepared a pitch …

Matt Henry ripped through England on the final morning to finish with career-best figures of 11 for 109 49th over: England 184-5 (Root 76, Cox 1) Henry sets the agenda with a perfect first delivery on off stump that is defended awkwardly by Root. After Root takes a single later in the over, Jordan Cox gets off the mark from his 15th delivery. Can’t imagine …

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stokes did not believe he breached the team curfew that made him the subject of an investigation while his England team were being thrashed by New Zealand at the Oval.

British tennis icon Andy Murray discusses returning to coaching with Jack Draper, Serena Williams' comeback and filling the void of not playing.

Spaniards must beat Saudi Arabia to avoid further World Cup embarrassment

Group G remains wide open after consecutive opening draws

New Liverpool star dealt injury blow ahead of matchday two as Spain sweat over star man

The 21-year-old will have to battle through qualifying again.

Alex Hughes was Grimsby Town’s player recruitment lead and worked with his father during spells at Blackburn, Manchester City and Fulham

The Real Madrid star, 22, shone in the Three Lions' World Cup opener on Wednesday as they beat Croatia 4-2.

MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi has been suspended from Sunday's Czech Grand Prix after appearing to slap a marshal

It comes after van der Vaart slammed Liverpool and Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk after the Dutch drew their World Cup opener with Japan last week.

Sky Sports' Michael Bridge explains why Spurs' pursuit for the Italian midfielder isn't over.