France win blind football gold in shootout to delight home crowd

Was La Marseillaise rousing? Yes it was. Did the sky blush obediently behind the Stade Tour Eiffel on cue? Yes it did. Was an elegant young woman in a jumpsuit and heels clutching a cuddly Paralympic Phrges outside a 7eme restaurant? Yes she was. Did the afternoon rain stop? Yes. Was the stadium full? Yes

Argentina 67-27 Australia: men’s rugby union international – as it happened

I’ll be signing off now. Thanks to everyone who stuck with me. Commiserations to Australian fans having watched your team ship a record number of points in a record margin of defeat. But how good must you feeling if you’re a Pumas supporter?Angus Fontaine has the match report and I bet he’s got some harsh lines for the hapless Wallabies.For those wondering, they play Italy, Ireland and France this Autumn

Paris 2024 Paralympics day 10: Cockroft strikes gold, athletics, basketball and more – as it happened

Thanks for joining me. Have a good night.It was a tight match but USA secure gold for the third straight Paralympics. Serio and Williams the heroes for the Americans.Wheelchair basketball: Bywater hits a great three for GB

Olly Stone voices frustration that bad light sidelined England seamers

Olly Stone spoke of England’s frustration after a dark day in south London in which they were forced to bowl only spin in the final session and surrendered a commanding position in the third Test. After tea, with England’s seamers mothballed, Sri Lanka eased from 142 for five to 211 without further loss, whittling the first-innings deficit down to 114.“They’re the rules, aren’t they? You can’t change those,” Stone said. “It’s taken out of our hands. We’d have obviously loved to have bowled seam there

Josh Hull rises to the challenge to give England first payout on investment | Barney Ronay

Welcome to Hull. The question for England’s newest Test debutant leading in to this series-ender was: are you ready for this? Are you ready for the step up? Can you, Josh Hull, take the white heat of the purest form? Brace yourself. We’re flying into the sun here.In the event it may have helped that what both teams dished up either side of lunch on day two was something closer to a beer match, or one of those YouTube compilations that explain why people in Australia think the county championship is basically something along the lines of cheese rolling or hay bale tossing.Run-outs and misfields came and went

England self-sabotage in rush for runs as Sri Lanka cling on in third Test

One of the tenets of so-called Bazball is to put on a show for the crowd and on the second day of this summer’s final Test match – a day that transported the spectators back to the village green at times – Ollie Pope tried his best to adhere to it.But at 5.35pm, Pope having deployed spin from both ends for 17 straight overs after tea in a bid to keep the game moving, the umpires Joel Wilson and Chris Gaffaney decided enough was enough. Bad light had once again brought an early close at the Oval – the crowd almost resigned to the prospect and so less agitated than on day one – with Sri Lanka having reached 211 for five in reply to England’s slightly wasteful 325 all out.Pope’s lively 154 ensured his side’s first-innings total was competitive and in this final hour he could have brought on a quick and triggered the close