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While England and Eddie Jones struggle for just one option in the number seven jersey, Warren Gatland has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal.

The Gloucester fly-half was a surprise omission from England’s squad for a recent training camp, the first since Cipriani was fined for common assault and resisting arrest on a pre-season tour of Jersey.

He has only been in England since 2012 but Fulham’s American international defender Tim Ream believes the explosion in women’s football in just six years means the sport is now unrecognisable.

José Mourinho was once Nuno Espírito Santo’s coach when the current Manchester United boss oversaw FC Porto between 2002 and 2004, but tomorrow the pair will stand in the dugout together as newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to Old Trafford.

Manchester is known as a world renowned destination for football and so it proved once again – only this time it was of the American variety.

Cycling sensation Katie Archibald admits she’s feeling the pressure of being nominated for the National Lottery Athlete of the Year award.

Budding American football stars of the future will descend on Manchester this weekend to contest the Jaguars Se7ens Cup – with the prize at stake an all-expenses trip to Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta early next year.

Jason Kenny is deservedly among the pantheon of Britain’s sporting greats, with a memorable list of triumphs forever etched in his and the nation’s memories.

She may have three European Championships gold medals and two British records to her name, but Dina Asher-Smith insists she’s not getting ahead of herself just yet.

Wigan RUFC are celebrating this week after director Frank Morgan received national recognition for his contributions to rugby at the Crabbie’s National Rugby Awards.

Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has pledged to follow in the footsteps of Sir Bradley Wiggins and attempt to pursue a career in track cycling when he retires from athletics next month.