‘An eternal shame’: Bilic and Croatia aim to use 7-0 humbling as fuel against England

No one will say it – certainly not Slaven Bilic, who always believes in achieving goals that may seem unreachable to most others – but the impression is that Croatia would be satisfied to accept another defeat, provided…

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Dupont picked at 10 amid France fly-half crisis

Grandidier-Nkanang focused on Sevens, winning Olympic gold alongside Dupont in 2024 before making a successful switch back to the 15-a-side game with Pau. Dupont, a specialist scrum-half with only a handful of…

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Bowler Meredith agrees to Somerset return in 2027

The 30-year-old first joined the club in 2024 and has gone on to take 56 wickets in 34 T20 matches at an average of 17.94. Meredith, who has also played in three 50-over and six T20 internationals for Australia, was…

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Maniche recalls Porto’s UCL win and Mourinho’s pre-Man Utd team talk

Maniche, or Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro to give him his full name, played in six different countries, won Serie A with Inter, and helped Portugal to the 2004 Euro final and the 2006 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, but…

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Premier League quiz: Name the 30 players with the most assists

You’ve got 15 minutes to name them all. Players who are still active in the league are denoted with an asterisk. Once you’ve completed this quiz, have a go at naming the 25 oldest Premier League goalscorers in history.…

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Danny Kelly, football broadcaster and renowned editor, dies aged 69

Kelly edited the NME and Q magazine, and launched the Football 365 website before going on to be a presenter and pundit on the BBC and TalkSport . He had been receiving treatment for oesophageal cancer. Tributes were led…

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Liverpool’s Dutch players: Name all 11 from the Premier League era

An asterisk denotes the player is still on the books at Liverpool. If you’re after another challenge after this one, why not have a go at naming Liverpool’s 30 most expensive transfers of all time ? If you enjoy our…

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Mark Butcher: Liam Patterson-White fits the bill for England more than any other spinner

Patterson-White received his maiden call-up to England's Test squad as the sole specialist spinner in the 15-player group for the series in South Africa. He was given an ECB development contract last month, and has been…

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The Spin | Farewell Dennis Breakwell, Somerset stalwart and mentor to generations of cricketers

Breakwell died this week at the age of 78, after a 15-year career as a slow left-arm bowler at Northamptonshire and Somerset, and more than 20 years as a groundsman and coach at King's College Taunton. There he cut the…

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Settling the score: A list of cricket’s most explosive autobiographies

We look at some other controversial cricket autobiographies. Usman Khawaja’s book was expected to be controversial even if he had skipped the Sandpapergate incident in its entirety. From the Homeworkgate incident of 2013…

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