Trent Bridge was not just the end of Ben Stokes’ international career, it was further confirmation that the Bazball project stood for nothingBy the very end, Trent Bridge was practically empty. This felt bleakly appropriate. If the age of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum lived by re-engaging a sceptical public…

American recovers from 7-4 down in deciding tie-breakTop seed says Netflix documentary is inspirationIt hardly seems possible that seven years have passed since a 15-year-old Coco Gauff announced herself on the world scene with a brilliant victory here over Venus Williams in the first round. Gauff has since won two…

Italian wins 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 in second roundNext faces the unseeded American Jenson BrooksbyJannik Sinner is not making it easy for himself this year. Matches he would have expected to sprint through here have become mini-marathons and there is the small matter of another ­heatwave arriving in London this…

Two of international football’s 200 club have had parallel careers with their countries, but will this be their last meeting?Can you remember what you were doing on 1 March 2006? Perhaps you were at Anfield, watching England beat Uruguay 2-1. You might have seen Switzerland put three goals past Scotland at…

Captain played in deep horror of Iceland defeat and he rescued an England team who were sliding towards disasterWell maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me. On a wild, boisterous, often agonising afternoon under the giant Victorian railway dome of the Atlanta Stadium, the Democratic Republic of Harry Kane…

⚽ All the latest news from day 22 of the tournament⚽ Bracketology | Knockout stage draw | And email us England will face Mexico at 1am BST on Monday morning. Thomas Tuchel is more of a fun uncle than responsible parent it would seem. I am not 100% sure how adults would function on little sleep, let alone the…

Martin is repulsed by Debbie’s maintenance routine, while she says it’s just the fallout of being a busy woman. You decide if his body of evidence stacks up• Find out how to get a disagreement settled or become a jurorI am not a germaphobe but I do get freaked out when I see bits of Debbie lying around the place…

(Warner)After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back​ nicely into​ old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York‘Ask yourself this – what are you doing it for? / Is it for you? Is it for them?” ponders Madonna during Bring Your Love, a collaboration…

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