England v Albania: World Cup 2026 qualifier – live | World Cup 2026 qualifiers

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The teams England: Pickford, Walker, Konsa, Burn, Lewis-Skelly, Rice, Jones, Foden, Bellingham, Rashford, Kane.Subs: Dean Henderson, Trafford, James, Guehi, Jordan Henderson, Colwill, Eze, Rogers, Gordon, Solanke, Bowen, Livramento. Albania: Strakosha, Balliu, Ajeti, Djimsiti, Aliji, Laci, Ramadani, Asllani, Asani, Uzuni, Nedim Bajrami.Subs: … Read more

Eddie Jordan obituary | Formula One

Viewers of Netflix’s Drive to Survive have become accustomed to the modern Formula One world of enormous hi-tech teams supported by armies of corporate sponsors and marketing, media and PR specialists. Eddie Jordan, who has died aged 76 of prostate cancer, represented a previous era of buccaneering individualists who made their own luck and built … Read more

So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport? | Marina Hyde

Congratulations to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the surprise election of its new president, Kirsty Coventry, confirming its status as one of the few electorates on Earth never to have had a change election. Another one is Fifa, with those two organisations’ eternal contest to be the worst-run governing body remaining easily the hardest-fought … Read more

Women’s Elite Rugby: new league aims to boost US game and – finally – pay its players | Women’s rugby union

Kittery Wagner Ruiz went to two World Cups with the US Eagles and on Saturday will help make history as head coach of the Boston Banshees against the New York Exiles in Women’s Elite Rugby, a six-team semi-professional league kicking-off its first season. But even illustrious careers have to start somewhere, and Wagner Ruiz’s story … Read more

Jon Lewis out as England Women’s head coach after ill-fated Ashes tour | England women’s cricket team

Jon Lewis has left his role as head coach of England Women, paying the price for his team’s abject Ashes whitewash. Lewis’s position has been hanging by a thread ever since his side were thrashed 16-0 in their multi-format series against Australia at the start of the year. Having also overseen an error-strewn showing at … Read more