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The former Wales international hasn’t played since 2011 when he decided to hang up his boots after a career which spanned 15 years.

Last weekend saw a thrilling clash between Premier League title contenders Manchester City and Liverpool which showed that even optimistic City previews can sometimes get it wrong, plus with Liverpool seeming virtually unstoppable, should Pep Guardiola’s team give up their hopes of winning another Premier League title?

New Zealand dominated England on day five of the first test at Mount Maunganui by skittling the tourists for 197 after tea to hand the hosts an impressive win by an innings and 65 runs.

England began the day requiring four wickets to bring New Zealand’s innings to a close and again they started cautiously but to great assurance.

England will be ruing their own dismissals where they did enough to get themselves out rather than succumbing to New Zealand’s own efforts.

England have successfully kept themselves ahead of the game in a tight contest on day two in Mount Maunganui with New Zealand 144/4 (Williamson 51, Nicholls 26*) and trailing England 353 (Stokes 91, Denly 74, Southee 4/88) by 209 runs at stumps on day two.

The first day of New Zealand’s test summer was an attritional one for both sides but England will be the happier of the two going into day two at Mount Maunganui.

Aston Junior was speaking to MM at the premiere of Busby, a new film about legendary United boss Sir Matt Busby, who he played under during a seven-year spell at Old Trafford.

Knowing only a point was needed from their final two group games, Harry Kane’s hat-trick helped them mark the national team’s 1,000 international fixture as they wrapped up qualification.

The 38-year-old, who retired just over a year ago, chatted to MM at the premiere of the new film Busby at Manchester’s Everyman cinema.

Four games this Sunday will take place in major stadiums, including Liverpool welcoming Everton to Anfield and Tottenham facing Arsenal at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in two huge derby fixtures, as women’s football bosses the English domestic scene while the men’s game pauses for an international break.