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Key events 71st over: India 278-7 (Deepti 55, Sayali 0) Sayali blocks away against Ecclestone, remaining scoreless after 14 deliveries. Share 70th over: India 276-7 (Deepti 53, Sayali 0) Villiers tweaks away for her 17th over on the bounce. Share 69th over: India 275-7 (Deepti 52, Sayali 0) Ecclestone skips through her six in quick […]

Key events Where to watch France v Morocco? Graham Ruthven has the details: Share Is anyone considering flying to Miami for Norway v England? I’ve just had a look at flights, just out of interest. You can fly to Miami tomorrow, via Madrid, for about a grand with BA. With a direct return flight, coming […]

Key events We may hear about the casualties from the crash later on, but currently race radio has not indicated any DNFs. Hopefully just some manageable road rash for those who hit the deck. Share Updated at 17.16 BST Quick chat with stage favourite Jasper Philipsen on TNT. He was clearly disappointed with fifth place and […]

Key events Had the feel of a second-week transition stage today, not day four of the race. Must have been the woozy heat and the way the bunch knocked off their effort in the stage’s second half. Share Pedersen reflects on ‘masterpiece in teamwork’ double quotation markI would say a masterpiece in teamwork, maybe not […]

Key events Tomorrow’s stage, then, ought to be one for the breakaway now His Pogship has gotten off the mark. It covers 181.9km from dreamy Carcassonne to Foix, covering four categorised climbs. Share At the other end of the race, Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Intermarché) abandons the Tour. Last I heard he was alone with […]

Key events Jonas Vingegaard keeps his yellow jersey. Well, he did not lose any time to Pogacar (aside from bonus seconds). I think that’s a good outcome for the Dane, who we know to be less explosive and less suited to a punchy stage like this. Jonas Vingegaard defended his yellow jersey on day two […]

Key events 23 min: We don’t get the scrum because SA went early and gifted a free kick to England. The men in white regroup and run it. Atkinson is melted by PSDT. But England still have it. It’s scrappy, the Boks defence is so quick. JvP box kicks a clever little dinked one that […]

Key events This is how we saw things from the outset. Reacquaint yourself with today’s cast and crew. Share Preamble Australia have made it out of the group stage at the World Cup twice before. On both occasions, in 2006 and 2022, they lost their first knockout game to the eventual champions, respectively Italy and […]

Two 15-year-old boys who were spared custody for raping two girls have been sentenced to four years’ detention after the court of appeal ruled their sentences were “unduly lenient”. After a national outcry, the attorney general, Richard Hermer, referred the case to the court to consider whether the sentences given to three boys – identified […]

The month of June was the warmest in England on record, driven by a searing heatwave in the final days of the month, which for the first time had red heat alerts for three days, according to Met Office data. The Met Office said provisional statistics showed Wales and the UK as a whole had […]