England’s Ashes defeat continues to spark strong opinions across cricket. James Anderson has offered a surprising take on where the team stands after the series.

Rehan Ahmed was the youngest man to play Test cricket for England when he featured in Pakistan in 2022, while his 17-year-old brother Farhan, an off-spinner rather than leggie like Rehan, became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in first-class cricket in Britain when taking seven for Nottinghamshire against Surrey in 2024.

Here is England's World Cup group stage opponents, which stadiums they will play at, and the times for the games.

Follow along with live updates from a full day of NFL wild card round action as the Bills take on the Jaguars, the 49ers face the Eagles and the Charges match up with the Patriots.

The Patriots are back in the playoffs as the No. 2 seed, going from 4-13 a year ago to 14-3 this season. Drake Maye, their second-year quarterback, put up an MVP-caliber season. But standing in the Patriots’ way is a pesky Chargers team, led by Justin Herbert. Under the lights in Foxborough, it promises to be a fascinating playoff game.

The morning after England’s sucker-punch of an opening Ashes defeat in Perth, Brydon Carse was sitting at a riverside cafe with his team-mates Zak Crawley and Harry Brook.

Former Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson was criticised in barrister Louis Weston's review of the handling of the closure, concluding she had "extraordinary and unjustified powers" which led to "unfairness" and prevented "proper challenge to decisions".