56 h. ago England v India: third women’s T20 cricket international – as it happened

Sophia Dunkley and Danni Wyatt-Hodge impress with the bat as England secure final ball win against India 5th over: England 34-0 (Dunkley 23, Wyatt-Hodge 9) Shree Charani into the attack with her left-arm spin. Dunkley picks up four over midwicket and then plays an absolute doozy of a straight drive for SIX! That was a really excellent shot, Dunkley held the pose and rightly so.4th over: England 22-0 (Dunkley 11, Wyatt-Hodge 9) Deepti Sharma into the attack, she whirls through an over in double quick time for the cost of just two singles. Quiet start for England, they might chance their arm a bit now. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago England v India: second women’s T20 cricket international – live

All the action from Bristol, play from 6.30pm BSTSign up to The Spin, our weekly cricket newsletterEngland are unchanged, which gives their XI the chance to right Saturday’s wrongs.India do change a winning side, but only to bring back their captain Harmanpreet Kaur in place of Harleen Deol. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Internazionale v Fluminense: Club World Cup round of 16 – live

Updates from 3pm (8pm BST) game in CharlotteEmail Scott with your thoughts7 min: Darmian comes through the back of Cano, and is fortunate not to go into the book. Inter have already committed a couple of fouls, so their next miscreant might not be so fortunate.5 min: Inter try to reply immediately, Darmian making good down the right. But his cross is no use. What a start by Flu, though; the Brazilians, well, flew out of the traps and got right up in Inter’s collective grille. They got their reward. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago South Africa v Barbarians live: Result and reaction as Springboks kick off international year with rout

South Africa 54-7 Barbarians: The world champions hammered the invitational side to kick-start their year of international rugby in style

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1 week ago Huge summer of women's cricket sees England Women hosting India and the return of The Hundred

Cricket fans across England and Wales are set for a huge summer of sporting action, starting later this month with a refreshed England Women side, following a whitewash of the West Indies, taking on India in a series destined for unlimited drama. New Head Coach Charlotte Edwards and new Captain Nat Sciver-Brunt will lead their team in three Metro Bank ODIs and five Vitality IT20s across June and July, with the rivalry between the two nations running deeper than ever before as – for the first time – England Men and England Men’s Mixed Disability sides will also host India.

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1 week ago Warning shot for 2026: Club World Cup’s brutal heat exposes a World Cup risk

That the US gets hot in the summer is hardly breaking news. Even if it may not give any one team an advantage, it puts players, fans and officials at riskIn the 31 years since the United States last hosted the men’s World Cup, a few things remain unchanged.Recent politics notwithstanding, the US population is diverse and air travel is relatively easy, so international games tend to attract supporters no matter where they live. As long as ticket prices are reasonable, a good crowd is a good bet. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Majorca airport LIVE: Emergency alarm as roof collapses onto arrivals

The section of roof has collapsed at the arrivals area of Palma de Mallorca Airport, the main international airport for the Spanish holiday island - follow this live blog for updates

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1 week ago The view from Iran: ‘People have returned to Tehran, although the bombing hasn’t stopped’

Anahita, a Tehran resident in her 30s, tells of fears over retaliation to US strikes, regime arrests, and shortages• Israel-Iran war – live updatesThe internet in Iran was down for a full three days [at the end of last week], and there was no way to communicate with others. This outage has added to people’s fear and anxiety, as we no longer knew which cities had been bombed or which areas were under evacuation orders.If the internet outage continues, many jobs will be lost. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Harry Brook revels in leading ‘awesome’ England after West Indies clean sweep

England won the T20 series 3-0 to match their one-day international result.

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3 w. ago Ben Duckett sets tone as England thrash West Indies to continue perfect run under Harry Brook

A thrilling total of 248-3 equalled the record score on English soil

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3 w. ago England beat West Indies by 37 runs in third ODI to complete series sweep – live reaction

England complete series sweep in SouthamptonWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James3rd over: England 33-0 (Duckett 22, Smith 11) A drag down from Hosein is slapped to the square boundary by Duckett. Don’t bowl there, son. Duckett plinks down the ground for a couple, losing his shape slightly as he tries to go down the ground. SIXAH! The pint sized opener smears a big one on the sweep behind square. Four more down the ground all along the baize. Shai Hope can’t plug the gaps and Duckett is manipulating the field with aplomb. Seventeen runs off the over.2nd over: England 15-0 (Duckett 6, Smith 9) Jason Holder with the second over, long limbs chugging into the crease and decent bounce off the custard cream coloured surface. Shot! Smith drives on the up over mid-on with that deliciously clean swing of the blade. Sizeable outfield in at the Utilita (as no one calls it) boundaries harder to find than at postage stamp sized Bristol. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ben Duckett blows West Indies away as England wrap up T20 series sweep

England, 248-3, beat West Indies, 211-8, by 37 runsDuckett hits 84 off 46 balls in 120-run opening standHarry Brook hit an unbeaten 35 off 22 balls, a quickfire cameo on a usual night, yet the slowest of England’s offerings in this record-breaking contest. His side piled up 248 for three, their highest total at home in this format, to set up a 37-run victory over West Indies in the third and final Twenty20 international.Ben Duckett top-scored with 84 from 46 balls as he shared an opening stand of 120 with Jamie Smith, 135 brought up at the 10-over mark. The destruction calmed down a touch thereafter but West Indies were still invited to pull off their highest successful T20 chase. It never felt on, even as Evin Lewis whipped away a first-ball six. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago England v Senegal: men’s international football friendly – live

Updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off at the City GroundLive scores | Read today’s Football Daily | And mail RobThis is a good piece from Jonathan Wilson on why Thomas Tuchell is so keen to have Jordan Henderson aroundThe details of Henderson’s performance against Andorra are largely irrelevant. Some players thrive against minnows, some struggle in a game very different from the high-level fixtures with which they are more familiar. How you play against Andorra is not going to determine whether you have a part in a potential World Cup-winning side. But one recovery run to stymie an Andorra counter after Dan Burn had lost possession caught the eye; Henderson, at least, was switched on. And it was after he was substituted after 63 minutes that England slipped into the individualism that so annoyed Tuchel.Henderson is a professional, the non-commissioned officer maintaining discipline and morale, ensuring the plan is followed and standards maintained. He has captained a team that won th...

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3 w. ago England v West Indies: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

T20 updates from Southampton; start 6.30pm BSTWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James We’ll be underway in less than ten minutes. Just enough time to dig into Don McRae’s wide reaching interview with Pat Cummins on the eve of the WTC Final. Some topics were still off-limits though But the ball-tampering saga remains an awkward topic. He listens quietly while I tell him about my 2021 interview with Cameron Bancroft who, as a callow opening batter trying to find his way in Test cricket, followed instructions to use sandpaper to rough up the ball. His captain, Steve Smith, David Warner and Bancroft were banned and the batter, when pressed on whether any of the bowlers had known of the plan, told me that “it’s probably self-explanatory”.Cummins took seven wickets in that Test, which Australia lost heavily, and I ask if he really had no idea what was being done to the ball. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he says bluntly.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Steve Clarke's Scotland critics live in cloud cuckoo land at times

Scotland head coach Steve Clarke has come under pressure in recent months.

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3 w. ago Emmerdale fans say same thing as ITV soap faces another major schedule shake

Emmerdale has been cancelled on Tuesday 10 June as the ITV soap has been replaced by Live International Football amid a schedule shake-up, much to the dismay of viewers

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3 w. ago Liechtenstein vs Scotland LIVE as George Hirst finishes from close range for his debut international goal

Steve Clarke's side need a morale boosting win in their final outing before the serious business of World Cup qualification

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3 w. ago Luke Wood takes England return in his stride after ‘weird’ PSL experience

Wood starred in the series-clinching T20 win over the West Indies.

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4 w. ago It feels like we’re a group of mates – Skipper Harry Brook hails England unity

Brook has won five on the bounce against the West Indies since taking over as white-ball captain from Jos Buttler.

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4 w. ago Audacious Banton turns tables on West Indies to seal series for England

Second T20I: WI 196-6, Eng 199-6; England won by 4 wktsRight-hander dominant in the middle with Jacob BethellThe drought continues for the West Indies men. A total of 196 looked serious enough to end a sequence of nine consecutive away defeats against England, a run going back to the bio-bubble Test series of 2020. With the hosts requiring 71 off 39 balls, Jos Buttler and Harry Brook gone, the game looked up. Then came Tom Banton, a first-ball six and a change of tune, the final summary a four-wicket victory to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Twenty20 international series.The Somerset right-hander is usually a top-order man but was dominant in the middle alongside Jacob Bethell as the pair put on 43 off just 15. Banton pummelled Gudakesh Motie’s left-arm spin while Bethell struck Alzarri Joseph for three monstrous sixes. The left-hander’s failed ramp on 26 mattered little as Banton remained, his own audacity including a reverse-flick for four off Jason Holder. He finished on ...

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