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England batter Tammy Beaumont has announced her retirement from international cricket. The 35-year-old will retire after England’s upcoming Test match against India which starts on Friday, which is the first women’s Test to be played at Lord’s. Beaumont made her international debut in 2009 and has played 11 Tests, 140 one-day internationals and 109 T20s….

Great Britain’s Amber Rutter won bronze at the International Shooting Sport Federation’s Shotgun World Cup as the Olympic medallist returned to international competition for the first time following the birth of her second son. The 28-year-old, who gave birth in October, finished behind world-record performances from champion Sara Bongini and silver medallist Victoria Larsson in…

Gregor Kobel is Switzerland’s penalty hero, after pulling off a stunning shootout save from Colombia’s Cucho Hernandez to help set up a quarter-final clash with Argentina. Source link

With 12 minutes of normal time remaining Egypt stood on the cusp of their greatest ever World Cup result. The Pharaohs led Argentina, the reigning world champions, 2-0 in Atlanta Stadium. A quarter-final spot – their first – beckoned for the football-mad African country. Then it went wrong. Horribly wrong. When Cristian Romero reduced the…

Tour de France stage four results 1. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek) 4hrs 10mins 45secs 2. Quinn Simmons (US/Lidl-Trek) same time 3. Raul Garcia (Spa/Movistar) 4. Marco Frigo (It/NSN) 5. Ramses de Bruyne (Bel/Alpecin-Premier Tech) 6. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Ineos) 7. Sean Quinn (US/Easypost) 8. Torstein Traeen (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) 9. Pablo Castrillo (Spa/Movistar) 10. Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) Tour…

Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran, who hit the winning runs to seal his country’s first World Cup victory, has died at the age of 38 The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said it was with “profound grief and deep sorrow” that Zadran has passed away, with the left-armer being treated for a rare immune condition…

Parks, who had originally given himself a year to see if wheelchair tennis was feasible, is proud but modest about his own role 50 years on. “I was the head of the organisation, I was the first player to really play the game but it’s hard for me to say Brad, you invented wheelchair tennis,…

A major recurring theme at the past few major tournaments has been about whether Ronaldo should start. He has scored 146 goals for his country, a record in men’s international football – but recently cynics have suggested he does not offer much else. And with fame and status that transcends the game, Martinez seemingly dared…

At the end of it all, Fery stood on Centre Court with his hands on his hips, shaking his head in sheer disbelief as the crowd rose to their feet. Swiss great Roger Federer, watching from the Royal Box, was among the thousands inside Wimbledon’s centre stage living each point of a captivating conclusion. Such…

The inquest heard Morgan had given an account of his relationship with Cusack to the FA as part of the investigation following her death. In response to Dean Armstrong KC, who is representing Cusack’s family, Morgan said: “In terms of the scenarios since Maddy passed away, I genuinely feel things have not been portrayed factually…