The excellent Van der Merwe, whose surging runs and six tries have defined Scotland’s supremacy in the fixture in recent years, gave England an unwelcome reminder of his talents inside five minutes. After Ollie Sleightholme had kicked away possession to Blair Kinghorn, the powerhouse wing scorched outside Ollie Lawrence, drawing the England cover. Quick hands

LONDON — With eight minutes of normal time left on Saturday, West Ham United replaced matchwinner Jarrod Bowen with Evan Ferguson, a striker they signed on loan earlier this month. If you didn’t know better, it almost felt like a move to mock Arsenal. After all, how Gunners boss Mikel Arteta must have wished he

England’s Champions Trophy bid began with a damaging defeat as Australia pulled off an epic chase of 352 to counter Ben Duckett’s 165 in Lahore. Opener Duckett took England to 351-8 – the highest score in Champions Trophy history – only for Josh Inglis to hit a sensational 120 not out from 86 balls to

The scoreline was level and with five minutes added on both sides were aiming to secure victory late on in an enthralling contest. In the 94th minute, Idrissa Gueye’s thumping drive was pushed back into the danger area by Andre Onana and a combination of Maguire and De Ligt appeared to bring down Young. Replays

“There were so many people there,” Sayell said. “We didn’t really know what was going on.” However, on her return home there was no paparazzi. Instead, she was banned for three months and the team’s manager, Harry Batt, was banned for life. Despite this, Sayell went on to become a founder member of the Arsenal

Wolves forward Matheus Cunha said he did not consider leaving the club during the winter transfer window. The 25-year-old had been linked with a move away from Molineux in January, with Arsenal, Spurs and Manchester United reported to have been interested. However, he silenced transfer rumours by signing a new four-and-a-half-year contract earlier this month.

Watching two of the very best fighters in the world challenge themselves against one another never loses its fascination. That will be the case when Artur Beterbiev rematches Dmitry Bivol for the undisputed light-heavyweight world championship on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Box Office. When they first met in October, the two were rival champions,

Crystal Palace, Everton and Leeds United are among the clubs who have set their sights on Celtic winger Nicolas Kuhn. (TBR Football), external Celtic winger Nicolas Kuhn is on a three-man summer shortlist for Eintracht Frankfurt, along with Freiburg’s Ritsu Doan and Strasbourg’s Dilane Bakwa. (Frankfurter Neue Presse, external in German) Jeffrey Schlupp is not

Eric Ramsay is convinced his decision to accept a head coaching role in Major League Soccer rather than the Championship will benefit his overall development. The 33-year-old Welshman starts his first full season at Minnesota United against LAFC on Saturday, having joined the club in March last year before guiding them into the play-offs, where