The Rugby World Cup is about to ignite this weekend as the pool stages have come to a close, with

World Cup-winning South African scrum-half Faf de Klerk looks set to leave Sale Sharks at the end of this season.

2020, with all its faults and misfortunes, turned out to be a pretty lucrative year for several industries. Companies like

The final day of this series was one where England will rue missed opportunities – none more glaring than the simple catch dropped by Joe Denly as New Zealand ended the test 241-2.

Despite averaging over 40 in his first four innings in an England shirt, two summers ago Lancashire’s Keaton Jennings was undone by South Africa’s pacemen. Now with recent good County Championship form under his belt, the 26-year-old hopes to press for a place in England’s Ashes squad for the battle against Australia.

If Jono Ross’s analysis of Akker van der Merwe as ‘Schalk Brits with added physicality’ turns out to be accurate Sale Sharks could be going places next season.

Manchester City’s fortunes have turned around dramatically since a takeover in late summer 2008 by the Abu Dhabi United Group, whose owner Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and a member of the country’s royal family. In light of the Matthew Hedges espionage saga, MM look at other moral quandaries in football.

Chris Ashton can light up England’s attack this autumn and force his way into Eddie Jones’ World Cup plans, according to Jason Robinson.

It’s five to nine in the morning and Whitworth Street is already scattered with teenagers, some of whom are sat on the floor, huddled under sleeping bags, trying to protect themselves from the November air.

On Valentine’s Day last year, South African athlete Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in what he claimed was a tragic accident.

England’s Visually Impaired Cricket team’s newest member from Ashton-under-Lyne is already targeting World Cup glory – despite having yet to make his first appearance.