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Words rarely fail England seamer Mark Wood but even he struggles to explain the ability that wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler possesses.

After progressing to the semi-finals of the World Cup, Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions have a golden opportunity to make the final in Moscow on Sunday.

MM looks back over the list of our city’s bad boys – players with local links who found themselves in handcuffs at one stage or another during their career.

England take on Sweden tomorrow with spirits high both in Russia… and at home.

Team GB have won the international Foosball World Series after knocking out Germany… on penalties!

Southgate rung the changes in the Three Lions’ loss against Belgium– replacing eight of the 11 who played against Panama in preparation for their last-16 knockout clash.

Penalty shoot-outs were first used at the World Cup in 1982 and have decided knockout ties at every edition of the tournament ever since.

England probed after going 1-0 behind shortly after the break, but couldn’t prevent defeat in their third and final group game before the round of 16 – where both Belgium and England will be present.

The Scot, 31, played his first competitive match since his quarter-final defeat to Sam Querrey at The Championships 12 months ago at Queen’s after a lengthy hip problem.

Speaking at the 2018 Jaguar Championships at David Lloyd Royal Berkshire, Henman expressed his hopes for the former British No. 2 after he came through two rounds of qualifying for before losing 6-4 6-2 1-6 6-0 to France’s Benjamin Bonzi at the final hurdle.

Norrie, who once lived and trained at Roehampton’s National Tennis Centre whilst he developed his game, is the current British number two and is steadily climbing up the world rankings, where he’s now at No.79.