Are Portugal better without Ronaldo?
As Cristiano Ronaldo prepares for his sixth World Cup with Portugal, BBC Sport take a closer look at his place in the team.
This was a training game – England & Tuchel now need to get serious
England have one more game to prepare for their World Cup campaign – and they must use it wisely, writes Phil McNulty.
Patient, precise, clinical – are Scotland ready to make World Cup mark?
Scotland thrash Bolivia and are in decent fettle one week out from the biggest game of their international lives.
Friendship to be forgotten with French Open on the line
Alexander Zverev and Flavio Cobolli are good friends – but they will put that to one side when they meet in the French Open final on Sunday.
The pioneer in an unlikely World Cup team
When Desmond Armstrong faced the media at the World Cup in 1990, the first question he got was one that would stick in his mind for the wrong reasons.
Teenage star v 500-1 qualifier – a French Open final of contrasts
Mirra Andreeva is a teenage star long predicted to win a Grand Slam title while Maja Chwalinska is a qualifier who came out of nowhere. On Saturday, they meet in the French Open final.
Mr Irreplaceable and Ballon d’Or contender – is this Kane’s time?
Harry Kane has been described as irreplaceable for England, but will the World Cup provide the stage for him to prove he is now the best?
Vaughan feels sorry for batters on poor Lord’s pitch
Michael Vaughan says he feels sorry for batters over the state of the Lord’s pitch after 33 wickets fell on the opening two days of the first Test between England and New Zealand.
17 wickets fall as England take control on another action-packed day
England have a golden opportunity for victory in the first Test against New Zealand despite a chaotic collapse of four wickets for one run in 11 balls on the second day at Lord’s.
‘Just what England wanted’ – Tongue gets two early wickets
England’s Josh Tongue bowls New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith early on day two of the Second Test.