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Ex-England union internationals Danny Cipriani, Billy Twelvetrees and Tom Youngs, and league players Keith Senior, Adrian Morley and Danny McGuire, are among those taking part in the match. It will include unlimited tackles in your own half but six after halfway, uncontested scrums and line-outs, with five points awarded for a try, and two each for a conversion and a …

Harlequins scrum-half Will Porter has signed a new contract with the Premiership club. The news comes one day after Quins announced vice-captain Cadan Murley had also extended his deal at Twickenham Stoop. Porter, 25, joined Harlequins from Bristol Bears in 2023 and has made 28 appearances for the club, scoring seven tries. He has played in all six Premiership fixtures …

Some of England’s netball stars, including Imogen Allison, Beth Cobden and Funmi Fadoju, tell BBC Sport about the moments in their careers they would rather forget. Watch live coverage of England vs Jamaica from 15:45 GMT on Saturday, 16 November on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Coverage continues on Sunday, 17 November from 14:00 GMT on …

While the pitch was no minefield there was certainly enough to keep the bowlers interested, so having got England three down early, West Indies would have been confident of pressing home their advantage. The impressive Hosein removed Phil Salt and Buttler, England’s standout batters in the first two games, while the returning Joseph had Bethell caught behind. However, Will Jacks …

Former New Zealand captain Tim Southee has announced he will be retiring from Test cricket later this year. Southee, 35, will call time on his Test career following the three-match series with England across November and December, unless the Black Caps qualify for next year’s World Test Championship final. Southee’s final Test will be at his home ground of Seddon …

Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject contract offers from Liverpool, West Ham stand firm on Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause, Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject offers to renew his contract at Anfield as Real Madrid press on with negotiations to sign the 26-year-old when his current deal expires next …

If Raducanu is picked against Germany as expected, she will be tasked with putting her team ahead in the three-match tie before Katie Boulter plays in the second singles match. It has been a winning formula. Raducanu and Boulter won three of their four singles matches as GB beat France in April’s qualifier. Boulter, ranked 24th in the world, is …

Paolo Basarri has left his position as the compliance officer of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA. Multiple sources, both at and close to the FIA, said the Italian had been fired as a consequence of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem losing confidence in him. Basarri is said to have pushed back against or tried to navigate around a number …

Scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and full-back Freddie Steward start for England against South Africa as head coach Steve Borthwick makes four changes to his starting XV. The Leicester pair have yet to feature in the Autumn Nations Series but come straight into the line-up in place of Ben Spencer and George Furbank. Ollie Sleightholme makes his first England start on …

Prop Vilikesa ‘Billy’ Sela has signed a new deal with Bath. The 19-year-old is currently out for up to two months with a shoulder injury suffered during the Premiership Rugby Cup win against Bristol Bears last Saturday. Sela joined Bath’s academy in 2023 and made his first appearances in the Premiership this season, coming on as a replacement in the …