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England suffered a fifth straight defeat at the hands of world champions New Zealand on Saturday, going down 24-21 at Twickenham as once again the Red Rose fell just short against the world’s number one side.

Former Manchester United stars’ protracted takeover of Salford City FC is now official as their buyout with business partner Peter Lim has been approved.

Bury come into the Tranmere game having won nine in a row at home and will be looking to progress into the JPT area semi-final.

A Manchester MP has called for a UK “Rooney Rule” to be introduced after recent research revealed that there were only 19 black and ethnic minority coaches in the 552 top coaching positions in English Clubs.

Thomas, who has been capped seven times for England already, swapped Sale Sharks in the summer for a move to Bath and despite being frustrated at being the second cab off the rank for club and country this season, Justin Leonard insists he has made the right move.

England manager Roy Hodgson’s comments this weekend on the ‘burden’ of captaincy on Wayne Rooney raises serious questions about his recent performances and whether there is anyone better for the job.

Super-sub Mata notched the only goal as Louis van Gaal’s Reds ran out 1-0 winners over Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Hudson-Smith, 20, powered England to gold in the 4x400m relay at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow before repeating the feat with Great Britain in Zurich at the European Championships, also adding individual silver in Switzerland.

Andrew Tutte, Nathan Cameron and Daniel Nardiello sealed victory as Bury beat Hemel Hempstead to progress in FA Cup.

Max Clayton, Craig Davies and Lee Chung-Yong all scored against Wigan to earn Neil Lennon’s Bolton Wanderers a fourth win in six games since taking over from Dougie Freedman.

Rochdale played the majority of the tie with ten men after captain Ian Henderson was dismissed, but struck the woodwork twice in a tightly-fought match at Sixfields.