The curious scheduling of this World Cup meant England came into this fixture having not played since a seven-wicket win over South Africa just under a week ago. England captain Heather Knight acknowledged her players had filled the days outside of training on the golf course and in coffee shops. So this was a useful encounter to rediscover their match …
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Women’s Rugby Union – WXV 2024: WXV 1: Canada v England
Coverage of the WXV 1 match between Canada and England.
Read More »Lee Carsley: What can England learn from Luis de la Fuente and Lionel Scaloni?
Southgate came through the same route as Carsley, being promoted from the under-21 job and leading England initially on an interim basis, although he had previously managed Middlesbrough too. Carsley’s managerial experience has entailed interim spells at Coventry, Brentford and Birmingham. While many England fans wanted Southgate to go, criticising perceived negative tactics, he will go down as the country’s …
Read More »Pakistan v England: Harry Brook can be our best ever – James Anderson
James Anderson believes Harry Brook can become England’s best ever batter, surpassing even new record run-scorer Joe Root. Brook became the first England man to make a Test triple century for 34 years in the astonishing defeat of Pakistan in Multan. In the same Test, Root made 262, and in doing so he passed Sir Alastair Cook’s previous England best …
Read More »George Baldock death: Greece players pay tribute after historic win over England
Goalscorer Vangelis Pavlidis said Greece’s players “gave everything” for their late team-mate George Baldock, who died the day before their historic win over England at Wembley. Pavlidis scored in stoppage time as Greece beat the Euro 2024 finalists 2-1 on Thursday evening – the day after their players learned of Baldock’s death. A minute’s silence was held in memory of …
Read More »Pakistan v England: ‘Records are made to be broken, spirit is made to last’
For Brook, who admitted he was merely trying to beat his father David’s highest score of 210, it was also testament to a fitness regime implemented when he missed England’s tour of India earlier this year. Leaner, more agile in the field and with perhaps the safest pair of hands in the England team, Brook said he would have “got …
Read More »New Zealand 31- 49 England: Red Roses show ‘class’ in WXV1 win
Watch highlights as England show “too much class” and outplay world champions New Zealand, beating the Black Ferns 49-31 in their second match of their WXV1 title defence. READ MORE: Clinical England hammer New Zealand at WXV Available to UK users only.
Read More »New Zealand v England in WXV: Black Ferns not ‘invincible’ before game
This is not the first time that New Zealand’s aura of invincibility has started to fade. Heading into their home World Cup in 2022 they were defeated four times in a row – twice by England and twice by France. What followed was a 16-match winning run and a home World Cup triumph in front of a then record-breaking crowd …
Read More »Pakistan v England: Ben Stokes out of first Test in Multan
England captain Ben Stokes is out of the first Test against Pakistan after failing to recover from a hamstring injury in time to feature. Stokes, 33, has not played since the beginning of August, but England said 10 days ago he was “on track” to participate in this tour. The all-rounder mainly trained apart from the rest of the squad …
Read More »George Ford: England fly-half given fitness boost before autumn internationals
However, he is set to miss his club’s next two Premiership matches at least, which will give Harlequins’ Marcus Smith and Northampton’s Fin Smith a head start when it comes to competing for the England number 10 shirt. Ford was ever-present throughout the Six Nations earlier this year as England won three and lost two of their five matches, before …
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