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A 38th straight Test win and eighth successive Six Nations title are far from formalities as a patched-England face a rejuvenated France in Bordeaux
The government has commissioned UK Sport to conduct an "initial strategic assessment" into a potential bid for the north of England to host the Olympics and Paralympics in the 2040s.
  • 3rd ODI: England 181-7; NZ 141-4. NZ win by 17 runs (DLS)

  • Play halted with tourists ahead on DLS – series drawn 1-1

New Zealand shared the series spoils – and the ICC Championship points – after winnin…

New Zealand beat England by 17 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to level the three-match series in Cardiff.

Updates from the third ODI in Cardiff; start 11am BST
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It is brightening up in Cardiff, the covers are off and the stumps are being put in place.…

The Guardian view on Middlemarch: the greatest novel in the English language | Editorial ⊕⊕

George Eliot’s masterpiece of provincial life still has much to teach us about sympathy and tolerance

Virgina Woolf declared Middlemarch “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”. He…

On Sunday the Red Roses chase an eighth straight Women’s Six Nations title, with hosts Les Bleues seeking a slam too

It all comes down to this, again. France have been runners-up to England in the Wom…

Germany's home shirt pays tribute to their 1990 and 2014 designs, which might make for troubling reading if you're an England fan, because they won the tournament in those years.

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