MATCH REPORT: A much-changed France eased past Argentina 28-13 in Mendoza on Saturday in Felipe Contepomi’s first game in charge of the hosts. Skipper Baptiste Serin as well as debutants Antoine Frisch and Theo Attissogbe crossed for tries for Les Bleus, who were without star scrumhalf Antoine Dupont as he prepares to play Sevens at the Paris Olympics.

Les Bleus overpower Los Pumas

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the international between New Zealand and England in Dunedin. The big question is: ‘Will the All Blacks be Razor sharp?’. Scott Maurice Robertson, after missing the cut on a previous occasion, finally takes charge of the All Blacks in an international.

RECAP: New Zealand v England

MATCH REPORT: The Joe Schmidt era started with a 25-16 win for Australia over a willing Wales team. The Wallabies outscored Wales by three tries to one in an arm wrestle in Sydney on Saturday. Taniela Tupou, Filipo Daugunu and Tom Wright all crossed for tries as an energised Australia...

Wallabies outlast willing Wales

MATCH REPORT: The Springboks recorded their first win over Ireland in eight years after they edged Saturday’s Loftus Versfeld encounter 27-20. It was a gritty and nervy encounter in Pretoria with both teams getting three tries in the 80 minutes. Both teams had periods in the match where they...

Boks see off Ireland in tense and gritty Loftus encounter

OPINION: The Wallabies gave Wales a great welcome to Sydney as they defeated the visitors 25-16 at the Sydney Football Stadium in the first of their July Tests. 1 Gareth Thomas – 3 — He was dominated at scrum time and looked out of his depth against a powerful Wallaby forward pack. Would have been relieved to exit the field shortly into the second half. Off at 41.

Player Ratings: Wales

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Pakistani ex-cricketer Kamran Akmal has tendered his apology to Harbhajan Singh for the racist comments for which he targeted Arshdeep Singh and the Sikh community during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 match between India and Pakistan. This animated conversation was held after the World Championship of Legends battle between the India Champions and Pakistan Champions at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on July 6.

Harbhajan Singh Admits Mistake in Mocking Babar: Kamran Akmal Apologizes

The Tunisian has a technical team dominated by North Africans and a Frenchman he has brought with to Naturena.

Malesela gives new Kaizer Chefs coach Nasreddine Nabi advice on local assistant coach

Nottingham Trent University recognises the career of England's second highest Test wicket taker.

Cricketer Stuart Broad to get honorary degree

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West Indies CEO believes time is nigh for touring teams to receive fees for fulfilling their overseas obligations

Johnny Grave: West Indies' Covid tour showed Big Three need strong opponents

The Independent

The King has hosted the West Indies cricket team ahead of its first Test match against England at Lord’s.Charles, who is head of the Commonwealth, expressed his care and concern for those affected by Hurricane Beryl as he met the squad at Buckingham Palace on Saturday.The team were joined by High Commissioners from across the Caribbean region.Earlier this week, the King sent his and his family’s “heartfelt condolences” to the people of the region following the death and destruction caused by the hurricane.Charles spoke with the prime ministers of Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Jamaica on Friday to...

King hosts West Indies cricket team ahead of Lord’s Test match

Mason Greenwood is getting frustrated over the lack of progress surrounding his Manchester United departure and has told Sir Jim Ratcliffe and other club chiefs when he wants to leave by, according to reports. Greenwood is currently in limbo, having finished his Getafe loan spell but in the knowledge that...

‘Impatient’ Mason Greenwood incredibly sets own Man Utd exit timeline amid crunch Ratcliffe talks

Scottish Labour has taken every SNP seat in Glasgow and Edinburgh as First Minister John Swinney pledged his party would do some “soul searching” after a “very poor” performance.The SNP held all of the seats in Glasgow and all but one in the Scottish capital, but Anas Sarwar’s party turned the SNP yellow to Labour red in the early hours of Friday morning as they swept across the central belt, matching the performance at a UK-wide level which paved Sir Keir Starmer’s way to Downing Street.With more than half of Scotland’s constituencies declared, the Labour Party has been dominant, taking ...

Labour sweeps SNP out of Glasgow and Edinburgh as Swinney pledges ‘soul search’

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England have never had a shootout this good - and it's sent the BBC pundits into overdrive of excitement

'Pressure is for tyres!' Everything the BBC pundits said after England's greatest-ever penalty shootout

NEWS: Fullback Melvyn Jaminet has been removed from France’s squad after a video of him making racist comments was published on social media, the French Rugby Federation announced on Sunday. The images of Jaminet come from an Instagram story made by the 20-time international, who came off the bench...

French remove fullback after racist comments

MATCH REPORT: The defending- champion Cheetahs got their 2024 Currie Cup season off to the perfect start. Outscoring a much-changed Griffons team by 12 tries to two, the Cheetahs made a massive statement of intent with their 82-20 victory in Bloemfontein on Saturday. It was the Cheetahs’ greater accuracy against...

Cheetahs run riot in Bloem feast

MATCH REPORT: Gus Warr, Dylan Richardson and Arron Reed each scored two tries to lead Scotland in a 73-12 rout over host Canada at the weekend. The Scottish squad set a record with 10 players earning their first caps, breaking the old mark of eight debuts against Tonga in 2021, and crushed their rivals before a crowd of 11,447 in Ottawa.

Scotland routs Canada

Legendary Pakistani cricketer Kamran Akmal made a controversial remark about Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh during the TV broadcast of the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup in New York. The clash between Harbhajan Singh and Kamran Akmal in the WCL brought the controversy back to the forefront.

Harbhajan Singh Amazing Conversation With Kamran Akmal after WCL Game

The Guardian

This week at Lord’s is about celebrating the greatest seam bowler of all time. There will never be another like him

No one has loved playing for England more than Jimmy Anderson | Moeen Ali

UK racing and betting unite in welcoming Lisa Nandy’s appointment as cabinet minister with gambling oversight. Lisa Nandy has been described in glowing terms by former Labour colleague Michael Dugher as the Betting and Gaming Council chair joined others in welcoming the appointment of the cabinet member now charged with making decisions that will impact racing and gambling.

UK racing and betting unite in welcoming Lisa Nandy’s appointment as cabinet minister with gambling oversight

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VIDEO: Peyper adds his voice to Bomb Squad debate

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: The Springboks’ use of the famous ‘Bomb squad’ against Ireland has not gone down well in some parts of the rugby fraternity. The...

VIDEO: Peyper adds his voice to Bomb Squad debate

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