15 h. ago England rugby star sent off for asking ref explicit question as she faces hefty ban

England international Sinead Peach is due to face a match review panel on Thursday, which will consider disciplinary action for her vulgar outburst during match that was being streamed online

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42 h. ago Welsh rugby's biggest month: Who's involved and what is on the table

September is a crucial month for Welsh rugby

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2 d. ago WSL players to resume taking knee after Jess Carter abuse prompted refusal

Teams set to perform gesture in selected October gamesConcerns raised that its ubiquity reduced its impactWomen’s Super League players will resume taking the knee this season after England’s Lionesses abruptly stopped performing the symbolic gesture at last month’s European Championship.England’s players announced they would no longer be taking the knee before their semi-final against Italy because of the racist abuse aimed at Jess Carter during the tournament. The 27-year-old defender was targeted online by several individuals, with the first of what is expected to be several arrests in the case made on Thursday. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Sir Alf Ramsey haunted by racist nickname as England players discussed family rumours

New book reveals how Sir Alf Ramsey was plagued by a racist nickname that followed him all his life

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3 d. ago Thomas Tuchel makes major Marcus Rashford statement with decision on Man Utd outcast

An outcast at Manchester United, Marcus Rashford is looking to reinvigorate his career at Barcelona, and England boss Thomas Tuchel has named him as the only player attached to the Premier League crisis club in his latest squad

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3 d. ago Biggest rugby players in the world as England star's young nephew makes list

South Africa are world renowned for producing some of the biggest athletes on the planet.

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4 d. ago Jack Grealish and four other players who deserve chance in Thomas Tuchel's new England squad

Thomas Tuchel has some big decisions to make for his England squad to face Andorra and Serbia as the Three Lions continue their World Cup qualification campaign in September

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4 d. ago Tonight's rugby news as Gatland in shock England link and Wales players given ultimatum

The latest rugby stories from Wales and around the world on Thursday, August 28.

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4 d. ago BBC legend's 6ft 10in nephew is young England rugby star but could play for Wales

The teenage lock currently plays hsi rugby across the border but is eligible to play for Wales

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5 d. ago Ellen White tips Michelle Agyemang to lead Lionesses to World Cup glory

Lionesses' legend Ellen White hails Michelle Agyemang as the player who could deliver World Cup glory for England.

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5 d. ago Former Lioness predicts one Euro star will lead England to World Cup glory

Michelle Agyemang was a star of the Lionesses' Euro 2025-winning campaign and England legend Ellen White believes she could be the player to lead the team to World Cup glory

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6 d. ago Rugby player, 17, tipped for England, died of ruptured spleen after doctors diagnosed her with an infection and sent her home, inquest hears

Cheshire Coroner's Court heard the teenager played for Cheshire and was being monitored by both England and Ireland's national rugby teams.

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7 d. ago Kobbie Mainoo's Declan Rice row and Gary Neville suspicions as Man United career stalls

Kobbie Mainoo has gone from FA Cup final hero and England star to a bit-part Manchester United player under Ruben Amorim in little more than a year

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1 week ago Ilona Maher's relationship status, huge net worth and WWE offer

Ilona Maher is the world's most famous rugby player on social media and faces England tonight

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1 week ago Tottenham only want players who wear club’s ‘fantastic badge’, says Frank

‘I don’t want players that don’t want to come to the club’Mikel Arteta echoes importance of desire to join a teamThomas Frank has made it clear that he only wants players at Tottenham who are committed to the club’s “fantastic badge” as the dust begins to settle on the Eberechi Eze saga.Spurs reached an agreement with Crystal Palace for the transfer of the England forward on Wednesday and believed they had one with the player as well. Yet hours later, Arsenal swept in to gazump them and are primed to confirm his arrival in a £67.5m deal. If it is a coup for Arsenal and a dream move for Eze, who supported the club as a boy, it has been an episode Spurs would rather forget. They failed in a bid for Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White in July and are without their two main central attacking midfielders, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison. Both have long-term injuries. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ilona Maher headlines stars to watch at Women's Rugby World Cup 2025

Rugby's biggest star since Jonah Lomu is in the USA squad

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1 week ago Sir Tom Jones stops Cardiff gig as he addresses boos from crowd

Tom Jones was on stage at Cardiff Castle when he spoke out about the controversy surrounding one of his biggest hits that was banned from use in Welsh rugby matches

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1 week ago The two sides of a Women’s World Cup that could transform rugby

The biggest Women’s World Cup in history could change the rugby landscape - even if some familiar challenges remain

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1 week ago ‘She did it, big time’: Ilona Maher’s road to becoming rugby’s biggest breakout star since Lomu

USA center was ‘the kid in the pink scrum cap’ then soared with a winning blend of speed, power and body positivityOne Saturday in September 2014, the women’s rugby team from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut travelled to Norwich, Vermont. On the home team, a powerful 18-year-old prop scored three tries in a convincing win.Quinnipiac coach Becky Carlson turned to her assistant. “Oh man,” she remembered saying. “Who’s the kid in the pink scrum cap? I’d give my right arm to have her. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Five to watch: the Wallaroos who can shape the Women’s Rugby World Cup | Angus Fontaine

From former gymnasts and versatile veterans, to a sevens convert and teenage sensation, these players can lift Australia to new heights in EnglandAustralia begin their Women’s Rugby World Cup campaign with a clash against Samoa on 23 August and high hopes of at least matching their best result at the tournament when it was last held in England. The Wallaroos finished third at the global showpiece 15 years ago but if the current No 6-ranked side are to survive their pool, let alone snatch a breakthrough World Cup crown, they must first face down the game’s biggest star, the US’s Ilona Maher, as well as host England.These are the five players who can help lift the Wallaroos to new heights and lay down a marker before Australia host the World Cup in 2029. Continue reading...

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