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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 […]

Key events 8th over: Australia 73-2 (Gardner 4, Mooney 45) Has Mooney even faced a dot ball? She picks out a gap to nab two from the first ball she faces from Afy Fletcher’s over then paddle sweeps for one. Honestly, there are bigger names in this Australia team, but Mooney is such a fantastic […]

Key events João Fonseca (24) beats Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6(4) 6-4 6-3 This is Bautista Agut’s last Wimbledon, so the two share a nice moment at the end. He’s also the best footballer on tour – he was on Villarreal’s books – a mantel that might soon pass to Flavio Cobolli. ext for Fonseca: De […]

Key events 8th over: Australia 62-2 (Perry 6, Mooney 21) Perry to the crease and into her work early with a boundary. Eight runs off the over again. There hasn’t been many fireworks this match, but we keep marching towards a fantastic finish. Share 7th over: Australia: 54-1 (Perry 0, Mooney 19) And that was […]

Key events It has all settled down now. We know where we stand, and that is with George Russell on pole, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton splitting him from Kimi Antonelli. And Max Verstappen down in fifth, ahead of the two McLarens. It’s still the big seven. Tomorrow, Dominic Booth will be with you […]

UK June heat record pushed even further to 37.3C A provisional temperature of 37.3C has been reached in Santon Downham, in Suffolk, setting another record UK high for June, the Met Office said., as rare red warnings remain in place on Friday This beats the previously reported 37.1C from earlier today, which was provisionally set […]

Key events There have been four instances of England failing to take a wicket in a full day of Test cricket, and here they jolly well are. Garry Sobers and Frank Worrell (West Indies, Barbados, 1959-60) Easton McMorris, Garry Sobers and Seymour Nurse (West Indies, Jamaica, 1959-60)McMorris retired hurt Gundappa Viswanath and Yashpal Sharma (India, […]