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Elsewhere, England are down to a near fourth-choice second row combination, with Lilli Ives Campion, who has suffered a knee injury, becoming the latest lock to be sidelined. Zoe Stratford, Abbie Ward and Rosie Galligan are all pregnant, while Morwenna Talling has been ruled out of the tournament with a leg injury sustained in the…

The England and Wales Cricket Board has appointed former national selector Ed Smith to its board as a non-executive director. Smith, who played for Middlesex and Kent and earned three Test caps, will join the ECB on 1 October when his one-year term as MCC President ends. He served as England men’s selector from 2018…

Chelsea have sacked head coach Liam Rosenior after less than four months in charge and on the back of losing five consecutive Premier League matches without scoring for the first time since 1912. Rosenior arrived at Stamford Bridge in January, signing a five-and-a-half-year deal, but has won just 11 of his 23 games across all…

Estevao was visibly upset when he left the field against Manchester United. “He was devastated,” Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said after the match. “He was crying at half-time. I’m really devastated for him.” Brazil face Morocco in their opening World Cup group stage match on 13 June. It is the second time this season…

Pidcock, who is famed in cycling for being a ‘demon descender’ – following his 2022 Tour de France stage win on Alpe d’Huez, in which he reached speeds of 100km/h – described the crash in March as “like one of these horror crashes you see… I [was] lucky I could talk on the radio”. The…

Bethan Lewis will lead Wales against England in the Women’s Six Nations on Saturday (14:15 BST) with fellow back rower Kate Williams ruled out through injury. Williams came off in the second half of the 38-7 defeat by France last weekend with a leg problem and will miss Wales’ meeting with the world champions at…

Khun Top went on to say “necessary decisions” will be made to “rebuild, improve and restore the standards expected” at Leicester. Manager Rowett, who succeeded Marti Cifuentes in February, had 14 games to save the club from the drop. They were relegated after 12. Leicester had already been docked six points for historical spending breaches…

Tottenham are looking to appoint a lead psychologist for their men’s first team after boss Roberto de Zerbi said they need to “change the mentality”. Spurs have slipped into the Premier League’s bottom three, having gone 15 league games without a win. De Zerbi was appointed as Tottenham’s third head coach of the season at…