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Bethell earns first England Test call-up for NZ tour
England call all-rounder Jacob Bethell into the Test squad for the first time for the series in New Zealand.Top stories - BBC News - October 29 -
Test is 'still level', says England spinner Ahmed
England leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed says the third and deciding Test in Pakistan is "still level" despite the tourists losing three wickets late on the second day.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
England aim to be ruthless in tough autumn Tests
England play the first of their four autumn internationals against New Zealand on Saturday, so how is the team shaping up and who are they playing?Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Uncapped Bouchier and Kemp in England Test squad
Maia Bouchier and Freya Kemp could make their Test debuts after being included in the squad for England's tour of South Africa.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Thune faces first Trump loyalty test
So far, it seems like the Senate’s leader-in-waiting and other Republicans are giving the president-elect wide latitude on his picks.Politics - Politico - November 15 -
Pakistan v England: third men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened
Pakistan rallied to take a 77-run lead with Saud Shakeel scoring 134, before England slumped to 24-3 at stumps. 26th over: Pakistan 81-3 (Shan 18, Saud 22) Saud cuts Bashir very nicely for four. ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Pakistan beat England in third Test to seal series victory – as it happened
Pakistan quickly racked up the 36 runs required to complete a 2-1 series victory after England crashed to 112 all out in Rawalpindi. 15th over: England 47-3 (Root 13, Brook 18) Sajid Khan rattles ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
All Blacks Test sets tone for England mission to crack elite
England aim to prove they belong in the highest echelons of the Test game this autumn. The All Blacks are a tantalising first encounter.Top stories - BBC News - November 1 -
World Test Championship is wide open but England remain on outside
New Zealand’s historic series clean sweep has set up an unexpectedly exciting race to the final at Lord’s next year. A week on from New Zealand’s 3-0 triumph in India and the result feels no less ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Freddie Steward recalled as England make four changes for South Africa Test
Borthwick picks Steward for first time this autumn Van Poortvliet, Underhill and Sleightholme also in Freddie Steward has been recalled to the England side to face South Africa, with Steve ...World - The Guardian - November 14 -
England warn rebels that joining rugby breakaway would end Test careers
Plans afoot for global league with eight franchise teams But RFU insists anyone who signs up won’t be in Test side Steve Borthwick’s ailing national side could be decimated by England players ...World - The Guardian - November 15 -
England's first Tamil footballer aims for the top
Barnsley's Vimal Yoganathan hopes to inspire other British Asians to consider a career in football.Top stories - BBC News - November 2 -
Salt century fires England to victory in first T20
Phil Salt powers a superb century to take England to a commanding eight-wicket victory over West Indies in the first T20 in Barbados.Top stories - BBC News - November 10 -
Liverpool show resilience at Arsenal to pass first true test
Going to Arsenal and getting a point was the first real test of Liverpool's 2024-25 title credentials.Sports - ESPN - October 27 -
Australia rest first-choice Test players for Pakistan T20 series
Josh Inglis only inclusion who is a chance of making Test squad Australia to host three ODIs before three T20s against Pakistan Australia have opted to leave out all of their first-choice Test ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
C's prevail in 'test' game to hand Cavs first loss
The Celtics survived a second-half charge from the Cavaliers and rode hot shooting on 3s to a 120-117 win that ended Cleveland's perfect start.Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago -
Gaetz’s Withdrawal Means the Senate Passed Its First Test
Trump failed to push Republicans past their red line.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Australia v India: first men’s Test, day one – live
Updates as the series gets under way at Optus Stadium in Perth Any thoughts? Email or get in touch on X @GeoffLemonSport Thanks Marty, and good morning from Perth, as it is here. Lovely day, ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
India dominate day two as Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul grow lead over Australia
Opening pair guide the visitors to 172-0 after their bowlers dismiss Australia for 104 at Optus Stadium. There it is! Rana short and nasty, Lyon punches it, fist rather than bat, to gully for a ...World - The Guardian - 22 hours ago -
Australia v India: first men’s Test, day three – live
Updates as the series opener continues at Optus Stadium Play starts in Perth at 10:20am local/1:20pm AEDT Any thoughts? Email Jonathan 61st over: India 191-0 (Jaiswal 95, Rahul 74) India ...World - The Guardian - 23 minutes ago -
Borthwick backs ‘energised’ Henry Slade to sparkle on England return
Slade selected at outside-centre against New Zealand Ben Spencer to make first England start on Saturday Steve Borthwick has insisted he is not taking a risk by selecting Henry Slade to face the ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
West Indies beat England by eight wickets: first men’s one-day international – live
Evin Lewis’s coruscating 94 helped West Indies to an emphatic victory in a rain-affected game. 4th over: England 19-0 (Salt 8, Jacks 9) Seales continues and Salt again clips for two to midwicket, ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Harwood-Bellis and Hall given first England call-ups
Lee Carsley names Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Lewis Hall in his final England squad for this month's Nations League fixtures.Top stories - BBC News - November 7 -
England beat West Indies by eight wickets in first men’s T20 international – live reaction
Updates from the 8pm GMT start in Bridgetown Get in touch! Share your thoughts with James 3rd over: West Indies 17-1 (Lewis 13, Pooran 1) Topley mixes up his lengths well, Pooran tries to ...World - The Guardian - November 10 -
Windies chase 219 for first win of T20 series against England
West Indies successfully chase 219 against England for their first win of the five-match T20 series.Top stories - BBC News - November 17 -
Dismal England slump to series defeat as Pakistan wrap up third Test victory
Third Test: England 267 & 112; Pakistan 344 & 37-1 Pakistan win by nine wickets, claim 2-1 series victory A series that started with England breaking records ended with England simply broken. ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Pakistan v England report cards: grading every player after Test series
Top marks for Noman Ali and Sajid Khan who surprisingly impressed but a series to forget for Ben Stokes. By Gary Naylor for the 99.94 Cricket Blog . Ben Stokes (53 runs at 13.3; no wicket for ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Pakistan v England: four takeaways for McCullum’s side after Test series defeat
Ollie Pope continues to baffle and team’s failure against spin are just some of the many weaknesses for England. When Zak Crawley presented Ollie Pope with his 50th Test cap in Multan a few weeks ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
All-rounder Jacob Bethell called up for England’s Test tour of New Zealand
Warwickshire player’s first time in Test squad Wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith will miss tour The England Men’s selection panel has named a 16-player squad for the three-match Test tour of New ...World - The Guardian - October 29 -
Marler left England camp for personal reasons before post criticising haka
Prop calls for haka to be ‘binned’ before deleting post Post has provoked fierce backlash in New Zealand Joe Marler left the England camp preparing for the autumn internationals opener, against ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Borthwick’s England face All Blacks test in fixture that still stirs the soul | Robert Kitson
The visit of New Zealand to Twickenham is always special regardless of changes to stadium names or rules. For those who, for some strange reason, only watch international rugby much has changed ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Borthwick faces up to South Africa in defining test of England’s character | Robert Kitson
A win would resurrect the autumn but a heavy defeat by the world champions could see his team equal an all-time low. Not for the first time in rugby union’s turbulent professional history there is ...World - The Guardian - November 16 -
Fiji surge to first victory in Cardiff as Wales’s losing run stretches to 10 Tests
Wales 19-24 Fiji Caleb Muntz stars as Fijians avenge loss at World Cup As the full-time whistle blew in Cardiff the entire Fiji team sank on to the turf at a stadium where they had just claimed ...World - The Guardian - November 10