Rugby
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Wade set to break Prem try-scoring record
Newcastle boss Dan McFarland is confident Christian Wade will break Prem Rugby's try-scoring record. The 35-year-old former England winger scored a hat-trick in Newcastle's 34-28 loss at Exeter to take his tally to 100 over his career. Wade needs just one more try to equal Chris Ashton's record of 101, which was set in April 2023. "Christian is a really good man, an excellent connector," McFarland told BBC Sport.
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Nottingham v Blues
Blues finally got their season started with a convincing win against Pirates. Nottingham have also won 1 and lost 3, but going to play them on a Friday night is never an easy task.
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Connacht v Saracens Champions Cup Preview
And so the Champions Cup 26-27 returns in yet another different format to the last, this time around with fixtures beginning in October. Not sure how to feel about this, it makes the whole competition very disjointed in my opinion and further disjoints the domestic league/s. Anyway, there seems to be a strong travelling contingent heading over to Galway to watch this one. I have never been to the Dexcom, so this will be another stadium ticked off the list (fun fact – it’s also used as a greyhound racing stadium).
Cricket
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Associate Tri-Tournament - Oman v Nepal League Decider?
In a three nation tournament there can be only one side that has two wins and today, in the third game the two undfeated sides meet in Muscat to dcide who the 'one' is. Both these international sides have beaten Canadaover the weekend and meet today to get the upper hand for the second part of the contest. Nepal have won the toss and will bat first
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Associate Tri-Tournament - Canada v Nepal
The second of the 6 games in Oman to move sides closer to 2027 ODI WC qualification. The Canadians need to bounce back after losing to Oman on Friday and it will be interesting to see if Nepal are still the force they were this time last year in this kind of tournament. The crowds might be bigger as well though in Oman this is a working day but the Nepalese tend to turn up for their side's games. Canada have won the toss and will take the field first to test the Nepalese batting.
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Associates Fighting for ODI 2027 WC places - Oman v Canada
The Associates are in that treadmill that they have to go through to actually qualify for World Cups that the Test sides don't seem to have to do.This time it is the ODI World Cup in Southern Africa in 2027. The League 2 sides are fighting through a number of tournaments to get for the final qualifying tournament in Namibia in Feb March next year. that means they play about 28 games against each other to get to the top of the League 2. Presently that means a tri tounament in Muscat between 3 major contenders in Canada, Nepal and Oman. Oman are presently 4th in the table (but with singnificant games in hand) while Canada are 6th and Nepal are trailing at 9th. They will play 6 games ("Home" and "Away") here to see if they can change the situationandmove closer to that final event and a berth in the real thing next year.
Football
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So, What Did we Learn in the International Break?
England played a mammoth four games in the extended break and look set to qualify for the semi-finals of the Nations League.
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The story so far…a new dawn or more of the same?
Lots of people say you can’t judge a team until after 10 games. I’m unconvinced by that but here’s what I would say we have learnt so far. Everybody agrees that our football is better. Going to Prenton Park is no longer done out of a sense of loyalty, it’s actually starting to be something I look forward to again. Been a few seasons since I felt that way.
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Barnsley sign Daniel Johnson
Barnsley have signed Daniel Johnson on a free transfer until the end of the season.
F1
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Singapore GP: Race sees Williams F1 Team let down by issues
The Atlassian Williams F1 Team would come away from the 2026 Singapore GP with both Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon suffering from various issues that would see Carlos only 14th and Alex 18th, even though Alex retired in the pits. Carlos would make an excellent start that saw him in the top ten but very early in the race he would suffer from technical issues that would see him lose places. After this it came down to the usual issue of having a car that simply lacked the pace in the race to fight with the other midfield teams. For Alex he would suffer from brake issues and it was decided to retire his car late in the race simply to save the car. Overall a frustrating race which again saw the team suffer from a poor performing FW48. The big question for the team will be whether they can find more performance from the car as we draw close to the season's end.
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Singapore GP: MIxed Saturday for Atlassian Williams F1 Team
Saturday at the Marina Bay Circuit would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team have to contend with both the Sprint and Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. The Sprint would see Carlos Sainz finish in 12th but for Alex Albon he would retire after suffering damage after being involved in a collision with another car. Then qualifying would be a far more positive session for the team with Carlos making it into Q2 and would finish in 14th. Alex would only manage 18th having to contend with a car that was not at its best after the crash in the Sprint. It was overall a far better result than what the team had achieved after Sprint Qualifying. Sunday's race will be a difficult one given the difficulties in passing but both Carlos and Alex will give it their best.
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Singapore GP: Sprint Qualifying frustrations for Williams F1
In what could only be described as frustrating and disappointing the Atlassian Williams F1 Team would see both their drivers fail to make it past SQ1 in the Sprint Qualifying for the 2026 Singapore GP. Alex would finish in 19th and Carlos 22nd. Across the FP session prior to the qualifying session the team would have various issues to contend with which would add to their difficulties in Sprint Qualifying. But then reports would come from both Carlos and Alex about a loss of engine power during their runs in SQ1 which added on top of their own car issues made their final sprint qualfying runs that much more difficult. It was later confirmed that the FIA had disabled Overtake mode as a result of a Red Flag during SQ1 but had failed to turn it back on and only saw their mistake with a small amount of time remaining. This would impact both Williams cars. The FIA acknowledged that their mistake but they did not establish whether this mistake would have changed which drivers progressed to SQ2.
Golf
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Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes
At last it begins - Go Europe
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La Manga best Golf Resort in Spain
The five-star La Manga Club has been named as the best golf resort in Spain for the third successive year.
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Change to selection process for European Ryder Cup Captain
The European Ryder Cup Captain, from the 2016 contest onwards, will be decided by a select five-man panel; it has been announced today by Ryder Cup Europe.
