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Goalkeeping legend has finally hung up his gloves after almost three decades at the top of the game

A group of girls and young women gathered early Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Manguinhos neighborhood to watch the Brazilian team compete in the Women’s World Cup and pray for a win in the make-or-break match

It will be two years this month since Sam Curran played his last Test match, a small quirk of the not-that-new regime that a cricketer seemingly so suited to the brief is yet to get a hit under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

Gianluigi Buffon, 45, retires after a career that included a World Cup title and many trophies with Juventus. He helped Juventus win 10 Serie A titles and stayed with the club even after the 2006 “Calciopoli” scandal.

James has truly announced herself on the world stage with three goals and three assists.

The perfect reaction to your team upsetting Brazil and moving on at the World Cup.

James, 21, is carving her own legacy away from older brother and Chelsea right-back Reece James, who regularly appeared alongside his sister at junior level

Kadidiatou Diani scored a hat-trick as France marched into the last 16 of the Women's World Cup on Wednesday in a 6-3 thriller against Panama. Les Bleues finished top of Group F ahead of Jamaica, who held Brazil to a goalless draw, denying talismanic striker Marta a fairytale ending to…

Final group games between Roses and Diamonds, as well as Jamaica and New Zealand, will set up tantalising semi-finals at the Netball World Cup