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Third one-day international, Lord’sEngland 387-3 (50 overs): Duckett 141 (135), Bethell 91 (93), Root 74* (48); Krishna 2-69India 360-7 (50 overs): Rohit 138 (110), Gill 77 (84), Kohli 74 (60); Curran 4-75England won by 27 runs, won three-match series 2-1ScorecardEngland hit the highest one-day international total at Lord’s to beat India by 27 runs and seal a thrilling 2-1 series victory.Opener Ben Duckett made the biggest men’s ODI individual score at the Home of Cricket in striking 141 off 135 balls as the hosts posted 383-7, surpassing the previous mark of 334-4 by England against the same opponents in 1975.Duckett…

Harry Kane believes Thomas Tuchel is the right manager to lead England to glory, but suggested the German has made errors. England capped off their 2026 World Cup campaign with their best finish since they won the tournament in 1966. Three Lions captain Kane did not feature as England romped to a 6-4 win over France in Saturday’s third-place play-off. Yet Tuchel has come in for plenty of criticism for how England retreated when defending a lead against Argentina, in their 2-1 loss in the semi-finals. Between Anthony Gordon’s opener for England and Lautaro Martinez’s stoppage-time winner for Argentina, the…

Toto Wolff, the Mercedes principal, has admitted the team let George Russell down. The British driver failed to score a point at the Belgian Grand Prix after a clash with Lewis Hamilton which Russell attributed squarely to his car’s performance not being up to scratch.The race at Spa was won by Russell’s teammate, Kimi Antonelli, who now leads Russell by 50 points in the world championship, a serious blow to the British driver’s title hopes.Russell was clipped by Hamilton on the opening lap sending him off into the gravel and ending his race. Russell said it had been a racing…

As unfortunate as Russell was, it should take nothing away from the quality of Antonelli’s weekend.He was more comfortable in the car than Russell, the pace came more easily to him, and he never once looked like not winning the race, not even when the VSC gifted Leclerc the lead.Mercedes’ battery deployment issue also affected him on the first lap – it seems the fact Verstappen passed him on the entry to Eau Rouge was down to this, rather than clever driving by Antonelli to get the Red Bull’s slipstream up the long straight that follows.”It was crazy,” Antonelli said.…

Vergil Ortiz Sr. believes his son was denied a long-awaited shot at WBC junior middleweight champion Sebastian Fundora, and he has publicly pointed the finger at Fundora’s manager, Sampson Lewkowicz. Responding to a question on X about why the WBC has never ordered Fundora to face Vergil Ortiz Jr., Ortiz Sr. dismissed the idea that such a fight would ever be mandated. “Sean [Zittel], that won’t happen. Sampson has blocked that fight for the past few. Ask him how he does it. We all are curious,” Ortiz Sr. said. Boxing writer Darshan Desai offered another explanation, arguing that Ortiz Jr.’s…

Italian singer Pausini told the BBC’s Carl Nasman that she’s “very excited” and “proud” to be performing alongside Williams and Scherzinger at the closing ceremony. “When Robbie [Williams] invited me to sing with him, I felt goosebumps everywhere because Robbie’s one of my favorite singer, songwriter, and performer,” Pausini told the BBC.The celebrity line-up will continue at half-time with performances by Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira and BTS.Madonna, the best-selling female music artist of all time, is set to perform after the launch of her new album, Confessions II, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart in July.Bieber…

Chelsea are interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen winger Kerim Alajbegovic, according to reports in Bosnia and Herzegovina. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. Bosnian outlet Faktor claims the 18-year-old has been identified as a target by Chelsea head coach Xabi Alonso. The report adds that Atalanta had been exploring a deal for Alajbegovic, but negotiations have been placed on hold following interest from the Blues. Chelsea have not made an official offer and neither…

Terence Crawford has named a former world champion as the “face of boxing”, convinced that Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis simply has more work to do. While coming off a star-making performance, it is difficult to declare that Ennis, a two-weight unified champion, is now the bona fide “face of boxing”. A selection of fans, meanwhile, have nonetheless attempted to make this argument following his sixth-round stoppage over Xander Zayas last month. But while it was, indeed, a scintillating display that saw him claim the WBO and WBA titles, there is still a way to go before ‘Boots’ becomes a mainstream attraction.…

HOCKEYIndian sub-junior hockey teams eye World Cup berths at inaugural Youth Hockey5s Asian ChampionshipThe Indian sub-junior men’s and women’s teams will begin their campaign in the inaugural FIH Youth Hockey5s Asian Championship in Muscat on Monday, aiming to secure berths in the maiden FIH Under-18 Youth Hockey5s World Cup.The six-day tournament will serve as the Asian qualifier for the inaugural FIH U-18 Youth Hockey5s World Cup.The Indian sub-junior men’s team, coached by Sardar Singh, heads into the tournament with confidence after clinching the U-18 Asia Cup title, defeating host Japan 4-1 in the final.The squad comprises players from the gold…

Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the Tour de France after breaking his collarbone in a crash which resulted in riders landing on spectators.In a stage 15 won by Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, two-time winner Vingegaard – seen as the only real threat to defending champion and yellow jersey wearer Tadej Pogacar – was tackling a tight right-hand bend off a roundabout when his front wheel slid out, causing him to land on his shoulder.The concertina effect caused three other riders to catapulte over Vingegaard and on to spectators standing on the outside of the corner, with Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates-XRG team-mate…