21 h. ago Red Roses face familiar foe as former England captain Jo Yapp plots World Cup upset with Australia

Australia head coach Jo Yapp is hoping her side can spring a surprise at the scene of one of the Rugby World Cup’s greatest shocks

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44 h. ago Alex Matthews to captain England in final World Cup pool game against Australia

Victory would cement England’s position at top of Pool AJess Breach will win 50th cap on the left wing in BrightonAlex Matthews will captain England for only the second time in her career in their final pool match of the Rugby World Cup against Australia, among one of 12 changes made to the Red Roses’ starting XV.Jess Breach will win her 50th cap on the wing in Brighton and Holly Aitchison will potentially make her first appearance of the tournament from the replacements bench with a victory cementing a top of the pool finish. The Red Roses have already secured their quarter-final place. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘We are hunting them’ – Jess Breach urges England to turn into predators not prey against Australia

Breach will win 50th cap and has never lost in England jerseyAlex Matthews captains team aiming to win to seal Pool AJess Breach said England want to be “the predator” not other teams’ prey at the Rugby World Cup after she was named to win her 50th cap against Australia in the Red Roses’ final pool game.Australia need to beat the World Cup hosts on Saturday or pick up bonus point to secure a quarter-final spot; beyond that it will come down to points difference and on how the USA v Samoa game pans out.Messaging in the England camp this week has been about flipping the script to being viewed as the hunters. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago ‘We are hunting them’ – Breach urges England to be predators not prey against Australia

Breach to win 50th cap and has never lost with EnglandAlex Matthews captains team aiming to win to seal Pool AJess Breach said England want to be “the predator” not other teams’ prey at the Rugby World Cup after she was named to win her 50th cap against Australia in the Red Roses’ final pool game.Australia need to beat the World Cup hosts on Saturday or pick up bonus point to secure a quarter-final spot; beyond that it will come down to points difference and on how the USA v Samoa game pans out.Messaging in the England camp this week has been about flipping the script to being viewed as the hunters. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Alex Matthews to captain England against Australia as Jess Breach wins 50th cap in Women’s World Cup

Matthews, a 2014 World Cup winner, leads the side in the continued absence of skipper Zoe Aldcroft as England seek top spot in Pool A

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57 h. ago Michael Owen takes aim at Harry Kane for 'nuts' career decision

Michael Owen has spoken about England captain Harry Kane's decision to move to the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, despite Kane winning his first league title with the club

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3 d. ago England captain Harry Brook admits heavy South Africa loss is ‘not good enough’

South Africa needed less than 46 of the scheduled 100 overs to confirm a thumping seven-wicket win in the first match of the Metro Bank ODI series.

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3 d. ago Sir Alastair Cook suggests radical new rule for Test cricket

Former England captain Cook has proposed a law change that would benefit the bowlers in Test matches

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8 d. ago Women's Rugby World Cup: England captain Zoe Aldcroft to miss pool stage with knee injury

Red Roses skipper will not play against either Samoa or Australia as Marlie Packer leads John Mitchell’s side instead

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8 d. ago Zoe Aldcroft to miss England’s next two games in Women’s Rugby World Cup

Captain picked up knee injury against USAMarlie Packer captains Red Roses against SamoaThe England captain Zoe Aldcroft has been ruled out of the rest of the Rugby World Cup pool stage with a knee injury picked up in the Red Roses’ opening 69-7 win against the USA last Friday. England have two more pool matches, against Samoa on Saturday and Australia on 6 September.Aldcroft is not England’s only worry as Emily Scarratt is out with a shoulder injury and Holly Aitchison is still sidelined with an ankle problem after missing the first game. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Captain Zoe Aldcroft set to miss rest of pool stages as England ring changes for Samoa

The Red Roses opened their tournament with a 69-7 thrashing of the United States in Sunderland but have lost captain Aldcroft for the next two games

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8 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Chris Robshaw supported after major 'first' weeks before September launch

The former England rugby captain is one of 15 celebrities set to take part in the hit BBC One dance show this year

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8 d. ago Andrew Flintoff says ‘I didn’t know if I had it in me to carry on’ after Top Gear crash

‘Cricket is a bit safer’ says former England captain Flintoff was injured in crash in December 2022 Andrew Flintoff has said he “didn’t know if I had it in me to carry on” after his crash at the Top Gear test track.The 47-year-old was speaking on Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams: Ultimate Test, the third series to be made in which the former England cricket captain attempts to build new teams from teenagers who have limited experience of the game. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Harry Kane embarks on new food business venture as he launches his own vegan protein bar

The England Captain, 32, has collaborated with vegan oats brand 3Bears to create the new Crispy Cocoa and Salted Peanut protein bars and cereal.

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1 week ago Harry Kane launches vegan snack bars in new food business venture

England captain Harry Kane has launched a new vegan snack bar in a bid to cash in on the growing market for vegan food as the protein bars promise to keep you 'Kane-Powered' all day

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1 week ago Maro Itoje shares pictures of his Nigerian wedding party with model wife Mimi in London

England and Lions rugby captain Maro Itoje celebrated his Nigerian wedding with model wife Mimi in London

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1 week ago England and Lions rugby captain Maro Itoje and his model wife host stunning Nigerian wedding in London, as team

Maro Itoje's summer of celebrations continued on Friday with his Nigerian wedding party to model wife Mimi.

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1 week ago Kane and Bayern lay down ominous title marker as Ten Hag suffers shock defeat | Andy Brassell

The Bundesliga favourites thrash RB Leipzig 6-0, while Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund endure setbacksRemember when Harry Kane never scoring in August was a curio that felt like it needed an exorcism? Nobody in Germany remembers, and an era when Bayern Munich’s centre-forward seemed even vaguely stoppable seems like a very long time ago. The optics of his imperious second-half hat-trick in this opening game were very welcome, particularly in the light of the Bundesliga’s groundbreaking new TV deal which meant viewers in the England captain’s home country could see Kane do his thing on the BBC or on a choice of two different YouTube platforms.Yet the remarkable thing about Bayern’s first-night salvo is that they still would have destroyed RB Leipzig, one of their more challenging domestic hurdles of recent years, had Kane not showed up to the party. It was the dictionary definition of ruthlessness but Ole Werner, the new Leipzig coach, could have done nothing in his half-time ...

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1 week ago Conor McGregor poses with 'yacht neighbour' David Beckham and sons Romeo and Cruz as UFC star hails football legend's 'dynasty'

The childhood United fan McGregor expressed his joy in meeting the former England captain and shared a number of snaps alongside Beckham and his young sons.

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1 week ago Tim Key: ‘I imagine Alan Partridge smells lightly of Brut aftershave’

The comedian, actor and poet behind The Ballad of Wallis Island on stalking an England cricket captain, being evicted in Edinburgh and his love for fig rollsYour new film The Ballad Of Wallis Island scores an impressive 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. Who would you most like to hurl 96 rotten tomatoes at?Do I have to hurl them at the same person, or can I split them? Can they be living or dead? Let’s take 40 to hurl at Hitler. I wouldn’t mind keeping 10 back just in case I need to hurl them at a random person. That leaves 46. How rotten are they? Maybe I’ll eat 10, which leaves 36. Is there anyone I can help you with? Continue reading...

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