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England captain Ben Stokes took six wickets on the opening day of his side’s solitary warm-up match before the Ashes begins next week. Stokes, returning after almost four months out with a shoulder injury, bowled 16 overs across three spells for his 6-52 against England Lions – all to catches on the leg side. Fast…

In an opening half that featured just one solitary try, the dominant theme was Leinster’s superiority in the scrum. With former Leinster player Michael Ala’alatoa appearing to struggle on their tight-head side, Munster could not get to grips with their opposing front row, who were able to use the set-piece to relieve pressure time and…

Berrettini’s only previous retirement from a Grand Slam match was at the 2023 US Open. He also made an early exit from the 2021 ATP Tour Finals because of an abdominal injury, while last season he had to pull out midway through matches in Madrid and Rome in the run-up to the French Open. But…

Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the first Paralympic gold medal for Russia since 2014 with victory in the standing super G. It comes two days after the 23-year-old won standing downhill bronze on Saturday to claim her nation’s first medal of the Games. These Games mark the first appearance of the Russian flag at a…

Ronnie O’Sullivan won a tense deciding frame against China’s Wu Yize at the World Open in Yushan to reach a first ranking final in more than two years. It came the day after he produced the sport’s highest-ever professional break of 153 in his 5-0 quarter-final victory over Welshman Ryan Day. The seven-time world champion…

The opening match set the tone for the evening when tennis coach Andres Schneiter knocked out men’s world number 34 Corentin Moutet. The upsets kept on coming across the quick-fire format as fellow players offered enthusiastic support from the side of the court and the crowd rallied behind the underdogs. Garland, who was beaten in…