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‘A big shame’: Chris Woakes could miss rest of fifth Test with shoulder injury
England face playing the remainder of the fifth Test against India a bowler down after Chris Woakes injured his left shoulder while fielding on the opening day at the Oval. The 36-year-old was scheduled to have a scan on Thursday evening, with his ability to take an active part in the remainder of the game to be assessed overnight.Woakes, the only English bowler considered fit enough to play all five games of a gruelling series, was clearly in considerable pain after landing awkwardly while attempting to keep the ball away from the boundary in the 60th over of a rain-affected day. After treatment on the field he was led to the dressing room with his arm cradled in a makeshift sling.“It doesn’t look great,” said Gus Atkinson, who was the pick of England’s bowlers on his return to the team
Gambhir’s India can’t escape the Fortis-verse on rain-hit day
Nothing does irony quite like Test cricket. Say what you like about the world’s most desiccated, Miss Havisham-ish team sport, out there trailing around the post-colonial world still dressed in its yellowing wedding dress. It’s definitely got a sense of humour.On day one of the fifth England-India Test this was expressed in cosmic terms, and a single bold and improbable dramatic arc. Talk about groundsmen a lot
Gus Atkinson throws down gauntlet to India before England’s Woakes blow
Welcome to England, India. Or at least, welcome to the England their batters might have expected when touching down at the start of June. Cloud cover, stoppages for rain, and seamers operating on a green-tinged surface — the opening day at the Oval was certainly a far cry from what came before.And yet by the time stumps came at 7.30pm the tourists had scrapped their way to a serviceable 204 for six from 64 overs and it was England who were feeling a bit glum
England v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened
Righto, that’s us done for today. Ali Martin’s report will be in here and on-site shortly, so do check back for that, but otherwise, thanks all for your company and comments, sorry I couldn’t use them all, and see you tomorrow, headbands donned, for Thorpey Day. On which point, we’ll get into it again then, but as below, if anyone needs an ear a chat or a mate, you know my email. Peace out, people.It might not seem this way, but there’s loads of mileage left in this match yet
Tour de France Femmes: Squiban’s perfect attack earns home favourite stage six win
Maëva Squiban from Brittany won stage six of the Tour de France Femmes after a 32km breakaway through the forestclimbs of the Livradois-Forez national park to Ambert. The 23-year-old held off the pursuing peloton of favourites on the final climb to claim the biggest win of her career and the second stage win for a French rider since the women’s race was rebooted as the Tour de France Femmes in 2022.Squiban, riding for UAE Team ADQ, attacked alone, three kilometres from the top of the Col du Chansert, and maintained her lead on the fast descent, through the bonus sprint and into the finishing straight on the Boulevard Henri IV.“When they told me I had a minute and a half [lead] I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I mainly wanted to get a head start before the climb to the bonus sprint
‘Stop the rumours’: Max Verstappen confirms he will be with Red Bull in 2026
Max Verstappen has moved to end speculation linking him with a switch to Mercedes next season by stating he will remain a Red Bull driver in 2026. However, the world champion did not confirm he would see out the rest of his contract with Red Bull that runs until 2028.Verstappen was known to have been involved in talks with the Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, who has made no secret of his desire to persuade the four-time world champion to join the Silver Arrows, and Verstappen’s future has been under immense scrutiny of late.At this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the Dutchman unequivocally declared his immediate future would be at Red Bull.“It’s quite interesting to follow all that [speculation] and the amount of nice stories that came out of it,” he said
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