Author: Tristan Wells

Steve Borthwick’s in-form team welcome the All Blacks to Twickenham for their most high-profile match of the month, hoping to deliver a statement ahead of December’s World Cup draw and notch up a 10th successive win.England have continued their excellent 2025 that saw a runners-up finish in the Six Nations followed by a summer tour clean sweep in Argentina and the USA that came despite missing most of their key players to British and Irish Lions duty.The Pumas are still to visit London before November is out, but the meeting with New Zealand is undoubtedly the headline showdown for England…

Freddie Steward and Tom Roebuck return from injury for England’s showdown with New Zealand, though Tommy Freeman and Ollie Chessum are both sidelined as George Ford makes his return at fly-half.Full-back Steward and wing Roebuck started the opening fixture of the Autumn Nations Series, a routine 25-7 victory over Australia, though neither was available for last weekend’s 38-18 win against Fiji due to hand and ankle issues respectively.However, both players returned to training at Pennyhill Park this week and each make a swift return after head coach Steve Borthwick made seven changes to his team to face the All Blacks…

It is almost four months since Dominic Solanke led the line for Tottenham in their first pre-season match of the summer.The 28-year-old has not started a single competitive match under Frank. His three appearances this season have all come off the bench and he featured for a grand total of 31 minutes in the Premier League.The most recent of those appearances came in August against Manchester City and the wait for Solanke’s first-team return goes on.Solanke picked up an ankle issue in the summer that meant he missed the majority of pre-season and it is one he never really fully…

“The Medical Services of the RFEF wish to express their surprise and discomfort after learning at 13:47 on Monday, November 10, the day of the start of the official training camp with the national team, that player Lamine Yamal had undergone an invasive radiofrequency procedure for the treatment of his pubic discomfort that same morning,” a statement from the RFEF read. Source link

The Three Lions can breathe easy with their place at next summer’s finals in North America having been sealed with two matches to spare thanks to last month’s rout in Latvia, where they made it back-to-back 5-0 away triumphs in Group K either side of a 3-0 home friendly victory over Wales.England have been flawless during qualifying so far with six wins from six, 18 goals scored and still none conceded, with players now intent on impressing head coach Thomas Tuchel with only one more camp to go after this before he names his World Cup squad.Serbia did look to…

Nigeria take on Gabon in their World Cup play-off semi-final on Thursday, with the Super Eagles eyeing a place at next summer’s tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Incidentally, Nigeria helped them with a 4-0 win against Benin, who had led the league table ahead of the day’s play, but they were leapfrogged by the Super Eagles after a humbling defeat. The victory for Nigeria sent them into a four-team mini-tournament, with the four top-ranked runners-up facing off for a place in the inter-confederation play-offs in March. Eric Chelle’s side play Gabon in Rabat, Morocco this week, and…

Socceroos boss Tony Popovic, the former Crystal Palace defender, is open to picking the teenager in his squad for next summer’s World Cup finals in North America after Overy made a significant impression during the recent Under-20 tournament in Chile, where Australia failed to reach the knockout stages after placing third in their group behind eventual finalists Argentina, and Italy. Source link

We may have a title race on our hands after all.Arsenal are still considered heavy favourites to win their first Premier League title in more than two decades, but dropped points at Sunderland followed by Manchester City’s thumping 3-0 win over Liverpool has given the race a whole new look.City are now just four points behind Arsenal, while reigning champions Liverpool sit eight off the pace after their fifth defeat in six games. Gary Neville believes City are Arsenal’s clear main rivals, but insists the Reds cannot yet be counted out with 27 gameweeks of the season still to be…

McLaren’s Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to stretch his Formula One lead to 24 points on Sunday after teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri picked up a penalty for causing a collision and finished fifth.Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli hung on for a career-best second place with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen third after starting from the pitlane, another astonishing performance from the four times world champion who won from 17th on the grid last year.Australian Piastri, who started fourth at Interlagos with sprint winner Norris on pole, had to serve a 10-second penalty for an early clash with Antonelli…

Norris took pole to follow his victory in the sprint race at Sao Paulo on Saturday, while title rival Oscar Piastri qualified fourth after crashing out of the sprint.Max Verstappen has said he can “forget about” winning the world championship after qualifying 16th and finishing fourth in the sprint.Norris is nine points clear of Piastri and 39 ahead of Verstappen with four races to go.Here’s everything you need to know about the race…When is the Brazilian Grand Prix?Brazilian Grand Prix start timeLights out at the grand prix is schedule for 5pm GMT.Brazilian Grand Prix starting grid2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)3 Charles…