Your Guardian sport weekend: England v Australia x2, Women’s World Cup final and more

An epic World Series returns to Toronto for Game 6 with the Blue Jays one win away from their first championship since 1993. We’ll bring you all the action live.England are 2-0 down in the series but can salvage pride in Wellington. James Wallace and Tanya Aldred will be at the OBO helm, while Simon Burnton reports from Sky Stadium.Billy Munday will bring you all the news and set the scene for the day’s football, which includes seven matches in the Premier League as well as the FA Cup first round

Wallabies firing again in time for England clash after return to free-running DNA

If only Henry Slade had managed to stop Ben Donaldson getting that offload away, if only Ollie Sleightholme had been able to make that wrap-up tackle on Len Ikitau, if only Marcus Smith was able to catch Max Jorgensen. But Slade didn’t, Sleightholme couldn’t, Smith wasn’t, and Jorgensen scored in the corner. This time last year the Wallabies beat England 42-37, their first victory against them at Twickenham in nine years, and it was, the players will tell you themselves, the moment when everything changed. “This game last year was a big turning point for us as a group,” says the Australia captain, Harry Wilson. “It really made us believe that on our day we can beat anybody in the world

Women’s tennis thriving on the court as season wraps but WTA must catch up

The final weeks of the women’s tennis season showcased one last twist in the furious race to determine the qualifiers for the WTA Finals. Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, finally caught fire after a year of near misses, bulldozing through her opponents to win a title in Ningbo, China that solidified her spot in Riyadh among the eight best players in the world.Just as significant as Rybakina’s qualification, though, was its consequences for the player she usurped. Mirra Andreeva, the 18-year-old prodigy who won WTA 1000 titles in Dubai and Indian Wells this year, had seemed like a sure bet to qualify in singles for the finals. Her failure to do so underscores the fact that this year has been the toughest and most competitive women’s tennis season in years

England looking for northern stronghold to relight Ashes fire after Wembley letdown

All change. In truth, something had to give following the nature of England’s performance at Wembley last weekend but as Shaun Wane’s side look to send the Ashes to a deciding Test in Leeds next Saturday, there are wholesale changes that the hosts hope will provoke a reaction both on and off the field.Wembley was underwhelming last weekend on multiple fronts. England limped to a fairly miserable 26-6 defeat, in which they showed little of what had been promised in the build-up to a first Ashes series in 22 years. But the atmosphere felt flat, in part due to what Wane’s men delivered, but also due to the fact the stadium wasn’t full

Ireland and All Blacks back in Chicago with memories of 2016 on the mind

It is back to where it started for Ireland. And by “it” we mean any kind of success against the All Blacks. With that, of course, comes credibility on the world stage, a status they still enjoy.On Saturday night, UK and Ireland time, afternoon in the United States, Ireland take on New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago. Before any considerations of team news and vibes, the words Ireland, New Zealand and Soldier Field will transport many a rugby fan back not quite nine years

Australia beat India by four wickets: second men’s Twenty20 international – as it happened

We’ll be back on Sunday to cover game three of the five-match T20 series. We would ordinarily expect India to bounce back anyway, but the absence of Josh Hazlewood for the rest of the series will be a reasonable leveller too.Here is the full report of Australia’s four-wicket victory over India in front of more than 82,000 fans at the MCG.Mitch Marsh continued his strong start to the summer with 46 runs that not only set up the successful chase but also would have boosted his hopes of a recall for the Ashes. The Australia skipper says all the right things while speaking on Fox Sports