Tag

He said that “Michael has been a mainstay in the Australia team during a very successful period in its history”.

The England centre-back has joined the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Frank Lampard in the updated Guinness Book of World Records for a brace he scored for United against Burnley.

His involvement stretched his number of competitive appearances to 56 (32 goals) – Wayne Rooney played 47 (22 goals) – plus an end-of-season jaunt across the world to the Far East. Tottenham warned of burn-out, but when it came to it manager Mauricio Pochettino did...

Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick and Ander Herrera chipped in with another goal as United sealed their progression to the Champions League group stages with a 7-1 aggregate win.

Wales stay in 9th position with 1146 points, after breaking into the top 10 for the first time in the July rankings and overtaking their continent counterparts England for the first time.

A team boasting the likes of James Collins, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes have held on to their record-high ranking of ninth while the pampered Three Lions drop two places to round off the top 10.

Dancerama principal Rebecca Mullan said: “The song is so catchy and with the World Cup around the corner, we would love to hear it blasting out of every home and stadium throughout the land to show our support for such worthy causes, and, of course, our boys in red”.

Real Madrid blamed Manchester United for their failure to sign goalkeeper David De Gea before the Spanish transfer deadline and said they did everything needed to complete the transaction.

A key contributor to each of England’s three wins – most notably with centuries at the SWALEC Stadium and Trent Bridge – the 24-year-old frequently bailed out his side following poor starts, and did so in a delightfully positive manner to earn man-of-the-series...

“There never is one moment in selection”, emphasised Lancaster, again highlighting Burgess’s potential threat as a decoy runner.

Lancaster had to cut eight players from England’s training group, including two he has known since their childhood in Leeds, centre Luther Burrell and back-row Calum Clark.

Burgess’s selection is likely to prove highly controversial, especially as Burrell was ever-present in the last two Six Nations.

This should have been Cipriani’s World Cup – he only had one shot at it. He’ll be 31 by the time the next one comes around.

Australia’s captain Michael Clarke receives a guard of honour from his Australia teammates as he leaves the field after Australia wrap up the game on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia at The Oval cricket ground in London, on...

Louis Van Gaal handed Ander Herrera his first start of the season in place of Morgan Schneiderlin, while Michael Carrick started ahead of Bastian Schweinstiger.