Between the Lines takes a closer look at the numbers behind the World Cup and asks whether the stats suggest that England really can win the tournament for the first time in 60 years.
Chris Billam-Smith has reiterated his desire to face Jai Opetaia ‘as soon as he can’ after his gruelling stoppage hometown victory over Ryan Rozicki in Bournemouth.
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James Cole provides the latest updates on whether Ben Stokes will step down as England test captain after being involved in an incident at a nightclub following victory at Lords.
British and Irish Lions women's head coach Jo Yapp says she will pick the best possible side for the team's inaugural tour of New Zealand next summer. It could mean the team being heavily weighted towards world champions England.
BBC Sport chief cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew says Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson's drinking incident in a London nightclub is "not on" and the team has to be accountability over England's drinking culture.
Thomas Taylor attacked Daniel Brookwell during a fifth-tier Welsh league match between Porthmadog FC and Trearddur Bay on 17 January.
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Joe Dickerson is one of North America’s best referees, but he’ll be off the field in a high-pressure position when the World Cup begins• Predict the winner | Daily podcast | Download our appJoe Dickerson never set out to be a referee. As a player, he was told that reffing would be to make money on the side, learn responsibility, and – more pertinent …
Midnight bedtime was entirely a public relations exercise to reconnect with fans – the same fans the ECB invites to one long piss-up at Lord’sThe laws of cricket run to 200-and-some pages. The International Cricket Council’s Test playing regulations fill another 125, the anti-doping code packs another 66, the code of conduct is 44 more, illegal bowling …
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who has been acclaimed as the best official in Africa, was dropped from FIFA's list for the tournament after American authorities refused him permission to enter.
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England have been in the States for over a week now, training ahead of their first match on June 17 against Croatia. The whole group is now together after the four Arsenal players joined.
Each federation for the 48 teams taking part in the tournament is entitled to receive and distribute eight percent of stadium capacity for every game, adding up to several thousands of tickets.
Craig Gordon admits he thought the chance to go to a World Cup with Scotland had "passed him by".
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Australia suffer only their second one-day international defeat by Bangladesh - and first for 21 years - in their series opener in Mirpur.
British number three Jack Draper says he hopes to make his return from a knee injury at the Eastbourne Open this month.
Rio Ngumoha will leave the US this week after impressing with England's World Cup squad but will return to the country for Liverpool's pre-season tour next month.
How Craig Gordon's career has been a series of comebacks and the 43-year-old's World Cup inclusion for Scotland seemed an impossible dream only a few months ago.
Exclusive: The Foreign Office has issued a warning to England and Scotland supporters over America’s ‘open container’ laws on drinking in public
Yapp revealed that she had already consulted Andy Farrell, who led the men’s Lions to series victory in Australia last year
