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Embed from Getty Images   England manager Eddie Jones has announced his 37-man training squad ahead of the Autumn Tests. The squad prepare to travel to Brighton for a three day training camp from Sunday, and the final squad announcement will be on 26 October. Of the 37-man squad, there ...

Embed from Getty Images   Team GB have won silver in the inaugural Olympic Rugby Sevens after they lost 43-7 in the final against pre tournament favourites, Fiji. Fiji, who claim their first ever Olympic medal, dominated possession, and scored five tries before the break through Jerry Tuwai, Osea Kolinisau, Leone ...

Embed from Getty Images   The most decorated Olympic athlete, Michael Phelps, last night won his 20th Olympic Gold medal as the American finished ahead of rival and defending champion, Chad le Clos, to win the 200m butterfly. And it didn’t stop there as Phelps added his 21st Gold to ...

Embed from Getty Images   The first round of the ICC T20 World Championships has finished and the final ten teams will compete to get to the final and win the competition. The first round consisted of  eight  teams in two groups and the winner of each group got through ...

Embed from Getty Images South Africa and England head to the Wanderers Stadium for the crucial third test in the series. If England win then the series is theirs. If South Africa win then it will go down to the final test. A draw would ensure England could not lose ...

Embed from Getty Images After a difficult series against Pakistan, England showed they are a team on the rise in Test cricket after securing a comprehensive victory over South Africa. Although South Africa had a dismal series against India, they were expected to be a different proposition on home soil ...

Embed from Getty Images England head into the Test series with South Africa after a disappointing result in the UAE. However, these conditions are likely to suit them more and they should be able to give a better account of themselves. The first test is in Durban with conditions looking ...

View image | gettyimages.com In an era where an away series victory in Test cricket is becoming more and more rare, England will find themselves as rank outsiders when they tour South Africa this month. England look like an impressive side at home, having not lost a Test series in ...

View image | gettyimages.com   South African paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after his original manslaughter verdict was overturned in a South African appeals court earlier this morning. The athlete, who was found guilty of culpable homicide in October 2014, shot dead his girlfriend Reeva ...

View image | gettyimages.com   The RFU have announced that Australian Eddie Jones will replace Stuart Lancaster as the new England head coach. The 55 year old, who becomes England’s first foreign coach, brings a wealth of international experience to the position as England look to progress from their disappointing ...