3 d. ago The Breakdown | Every World Cup match felt like a celebration of women’s rugby – the breakthrough we’ve dreamed of

When I started covering the Red Roses they played Six Nations games after many fans had left, but their World Cup triumph at a sold-out Twickenham is a new dawnA turning point, a line in the sand, a pivotal moment. Whatever you want to call it, this Rugby World Cup, and the final in particular, is a point women’s rugby won’t be turning back from. The showpiece at a sold-out Twickenham was a moment decades in the making, a long-held dream for so many in the sport.This summer has been unbelievable. The sight of thousands of fans in the stands, and not only for the England games, was just what the game needed. People travelled from abroad to support their nations but local communities also turned out for all 16 teams, which led Ruahei Demant, the New Zealand co-captain, to call England “world-leading” in supporting women’s sport. Every match also felt like a celebration of the game, whether that was down to players being applauded off their coaches, a fan at Twickenham saying “we’re al...

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6 d. ago England vs Canada LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup result, latest updates and reaction

Red Roses out to make amends for final defeat last time out

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6 d. ago England vs Canada LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest score, and try updates

Red Roses out to make amends for final defeat last time out

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6 d. ago England vs Canada LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Red Roses out to make amends for final defeat last time out

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1 week ago Gary Lineker new TV role details and contestants confirmed after Match of the Day exit

England icon Gary Lineker left his position as Match of the Day presenter in May after more than a quarter of a century but he is set to return to the presenting chair for an ITV show

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1 week ago England vs France LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup result, match stream, and latest updates

Red Roses looking to reach third consecutive final

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1 week ago Kildunne double takes England past France into Women’s Rugby World Cup final

Semi-final: France 17-35 EnglandRed Roses will face Canada in final next SaturdayA chance for trophy glory, a piece of rugby history, a bid to end 11-years of hurt. All are within England’s grasp next Saturday at a sold-out Twickenham against Canada, but it will not be an easy final by any stretch of the imagination and based on these semi-final performances alone, the Maple Leafs should be favourites. The Red Roses were put under immense pressure by France, who posed England the most questions they have been asked since the last time they played one anotherlast April. Le Crunch is usually a tense and close battle when hosted in England, the last one coming in the Women’s Six Nations which ended with England clinging on to a 43-42 thrilling win.France were cast as firm underdogs but they let their actions show what they thought of that with a thoroughly impressive performance, particularly in the first half, frustrating and dismantling the Red Roses. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ellie Kildunne double takes England past France and into World Cup final

Rugby World Cup semi-final: France 17-35 EnglandRed Roses will face Canada in final next SaturdayA chance for trophy glory, a piece of rugby history, a bid to end 11-years of hurt. All are within England’s grasp next Saturday at a sold-out Twickenham against Canada, but it will not be an easy final by any stretch of the imagination and based on these semi-final performances alone, the Maple Leafs should be favourites. The Red Roses were put under immense pressure by France, who posed England the most questions they have been asked since the last time they played one anotherlast April. Le Crunch is usually a tense and close battle when hosted in England, the last one coming in the Women’s Six Nations which ended with England clinging on to a 43-42 thrilling win.France were cast as firm underdogs but they let their actions show what they thought of that with a thoroughly impressive performance, particularly in the first half, frustrating and dismantling the Red Roses. Continue reading...

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1 week ago England vs France LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest score, and try updates

Red Roses looking to reach third consecutive final

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1 week ago England vs France LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Red Roses looking to reach third consecutive final

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2 w. ago Marcus Rashford goal celebration speaks volumes as Man Utd sent painful reminder

Marcus Rashford scored two sensational goals for Barcelona against Newcastle in the Champions League in a match that was watched by England manager Thomas Tuchel

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2 w. ago Salt drives England past Ireland in first T20 as Bethell’s big day goes to plan

First T20: England, 197-6, beat Ireland, 196-3, by four wktsSalt has rollicking opening stand with Buttler and hits 89Jacob Bethell’s big day began awkwardly and ended with England dominant. After Ireland put up 196, some serious work was required as the 21-year-old became his country’s youngest men’s captain.Enter Phil Salt, ready to make headlines once again. The opener followed his 141 not out against South Africa last Friday with 89 off 46 balls as England secured victory in the first of three Twenty20 internationals with 14 balls to spare. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago England vs Scotland LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup latest score, match stream and goal updates

The Red Roses hope to book a place in the semi-finals

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2 w. ago England vs Scotland LIVE: Women's Rugby World Cup match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

The Red Roses hope to book a place in the semi-finals

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2 w. ago ‘It’ll be nice to see him’: Rabiot and Rowe face swift reunion after brawl

Adrien Rabiot and Jonathan Rowe left Marseille in disgrace after ugly fight but are set to meet for new clubs in Serie APhysical fights between teammates are nothing new in football. Newcastle’s Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were famously sent off for trading blows on the pitch in 2005, before issuing grovelling apologies after the game. John Hartson kicked his West Ham teammate Eyal Berkovic in the face during a training-ground bust-up in 1998, with the midfielder claiming: “If my head had been a ball, it would have been in the top corner of the net.” Robinho once took a pop at Thomas Gravesen during a Real Madrid training session in 2006. The Dane responded, and was sold that summer to Celtic.But few altercations can match the ferocity of the fight between Adrien Rabiot and the England Under-21 winger Jonathan Rowe in the Marseille dressing room last month, after a 1-0 defeat by a 10-man Rennes side. The brawl was so “incredibly violent” that a junior member of the Marseille squad, D...

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3 w. ago Records tumble as Phil Salt’s stunning ton leads England to T20 rout of South Africa

2nd T20: England, 304-2, bt South Africa, 158, by 146 runsHosts hit their highest T20 total to go level in the seriesEngland made history, and for the first time more than 300 runs, on an extraordinary night in Manchester as they buried South Africa under a mountain of runs and shredded ­statistics. The highest total in the team’s T20 history was turbocharged by a brilliant opening stand of 126 between Phil Salt and Jos Buttler and by the nation’s highest individual score, Salt knocking himself off the top of that chart with an unbeaten 141. So within a week and against the same opponents they have set national records for winning margins in both one-day internationals and now T20s, the difference here an almost comic 146 runs.From the very start, with boundaries struck off each of the first three balls of the day, Salt tore into South Africa’s bowling much as he would in time tear up the record books. The result was the third highest team total in the history of international T20s,...

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3 w. ago Russian hooligans who attacked England fans now waging war for Vladimir Putin in Ukraine

Hooligans from groups that fought England fans at their Euro 2016 match against Russia in Marseille are now reportedly participating in Vladimir Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine

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3 w. ago 'Overwhelmed' communities push for SNP minister to copy England on 100

Communities are fighting to have more say on the increase in developments where they live

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3 w. ago England lose shortened T20 ‘shambles’ against South Africa in rain

South Africa 97-5; England 54-5; South Africa win by 14 runs (DLS)Reduced to nine-over contest before being cut to five-over chaseIt was mildly absurd in one sense, a day of rain showers in Cardiff turning the first T20 international between England and South Africa into a shortened thrash that did not get underway until 8.50pm.But the hardy spectators who stuck around were at least rewarded for their patience with something resembling a match; a bit of fun, chiefly, albeit one that now sees the tourists go into ’s second outing at Old Trafford with a 1-0 lead in this three-match end-of-summer series. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Serbia vs England LIVE: World Cup qualifier result, match stream and latest updates today

Three Lions make mockery of what was supposed to be the sternest test of Thomas Tuchel’s reign so far in Belgrade

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