Former captain Michael Vaughan said Zak Crawley “frustrates the life out of me”, but England should persevere with the opener.

All eyes will be on Kaizer Chiefs as crunch month looms in the PSL. Amakhosi have two league games in January but can they close the gap?

This is how the latest URC standings look after the Stormers and Lions claimed hard-fought wins over the Bulls and Sharks respectively.

Scott Boland dismisses Jacob Bethell for ten as England slip to 57-3 on day one of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Mitchell Starc takes the wicket of Ben Duckett as the England batter is caught behind for 27 to leave the visitors on 35-1 on day one of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer breaks down teenager Mateus Mane’s unstoppable performance against West Ham at home.

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Jermain Defoe praise the performance of Declan Rice, who scored two goals in Arsenal’s 3-2 win over Bournemouth.

Match of the Day’s Alan Shearer analyses the performance Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara and John McGinn as the Villans returned to form with a dominant 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest.

Barcelona move seven points clear at the top of La Liga after Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski strike late against Espanyol in the Catalan derby.

Glasgow Warriors move second in the United Rugby Championship with a bonus-point win over Zebre in Duncan Weir’s final appearance.

Sandro Tonali is on Chelsea’s radar, Napoli continue to track Kobbie Mainoo, while Real Madrid remain interested in Rodri.

For West Ham and Nuno Espirito Santo, the picture looks bleak. A hapless 3-0 defeat by bottom side Wolves on Saturday came as a stark reality check for the struggling Hammers.

Andoni Iraola is happy with Bournemouth’s performance but frustrated to be empty-handed after their 3-2 loss to Premier League leaders Arsenal.

After Hearts battled past Livingston to move six points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership, manager Derek McInnes says there is ‘more to come’ as new players arrive.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praises Gabriel Magalhaes and Declan Rice’s mentality, and says Arsenal showed maturity after their 3-2 win against Bournemouth at Vitality Stadium.

John McGinn gets a brace and Ollie Watkins scores on his 250th appearance for Aston Villa, inflicting a fourth straight league defeat upon Nottingham Forest.

Brighton end their six-game winless run with a comfortable victory over struggling Burnley in the Premier League.

Wolves secure a first Premier League win of the season at the 20th attempt as they make light work of fellow strugglers West Ham at Molineux.

Declan Rice scores twice, as Premier League leaders Arsenal come from behind to beat Bournemouth following early error.

Leinster ensure a clean sweep of their United Rugby Championship festive derbies thanks to a dominant second half performance against Connacht in the Aviva Stadium.