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New Zealand women are given a World Cup "wake-up call" after they are forced to come from behind to beat debutants Fiji in their opening game. The Ferns are one of the most successful teams in women's rugby league history – they have reached the final of all six World Cups, winning the first three before finishing runners up to Australia in the previous three years. They are generally considered.

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News, discussion and buildup to Sunday’s action Premier League table | Top scorers | Follow on TikTok The sun shone. The temperature was in the high 20s. There was a mood of great conviviality. If you were struggling with the official allocation, it turned out you could just email the president of Torreense and he’d sort you out. Were these “Nuno-tickets” real? It turned out they were. Not only that,.

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Updates as the Proteas host Australia at St George’s Park Play start time in Gqeberha is 10am local/7pm AEDT/9am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email Hello, cricket pals. Get ready for something spicy. And wet. Spicy and wet. The tom kha soup of cricket. It’s coming to your table very shortly, direct from Gqeberha, which you may know historically as Port Elizabeth. Here’s the deal. Australia in.

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Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez says he will be fit in a few weeks after being injured in the win at Everton. The 34-year-old Argentina international collided with Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite in the second half and needed treatment for eight minutes before leaving the pitch on a stretcher. Martinez was taken to hospital and manager Xabi Alonso said he was concussed. Martinez, wearing a hospital gown, wrote on social media,.

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Youngsters have licence to thrill in T20s, but it is time to get serious in ODIs The kids have permission for the 20-over show. Thomas Rew, 18, could become the third-youngest man to play for England. Eddie Jack, 21, has played seven T20s, but the eighth could be for his country. Both will tour Australia next month as part of the squad for the shortest form, but they have not.

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Bath had their moments in a 32-14 defeat, but Montpellier deployed old-fashioned grit and guile to play them off their own park Nobody really knows what to make of the orgy of tries that is English rugby these days. The dazzling hands, the scarcely believable comebacks, the, er, bewildered defences. Evidence of a new dimension of attacking rugby, uncontainable and breathless? Or not to be trusted? Bath have found themselves.