In short:
- The top five control their own destinies
- 17 points SHOULD be enough
- 19 points WILL be enough
- No team can clinch or be eliminated today
Bob Willis was a cricketing - and later a broadcasting - legend. Our Producer in charge of covering the annual 'Blue for Bob' day is running the London Marathon to raise money for the fund established in Bob's name. If you can, please sponsor him here: https://t.co/r2puImdnHK
Four years ago today Warney left us, so let's raise a glass to these two today. More than a thousand Test wickets and just as many fond memories in this picture.
The Panthers may have alternated wins and losses for ten games in a row this season, but for sheer beauty, do seasons ever get any better than the Seahawks' efforts in 1985?
The AFC has some massive games this Sunday which could dramatically impact the playoff chances of the teams depending on whether they win or lose (as the arrows show). The NFC appears to be more cut and dry.
DeMarcus Lawrence becomes the fourth player with multiple Fumble returns for TDs in the same game. The first was Al Nesser - for the Akron Pros against the Wheeling Stogies on 3 October 1920 - a game in which he also recovered a blocked field goal in the end zone
The Raiders ran only 30 offensive plays in their defeat to the Chiefs today, the fewest by any NFL team in a game since the Browns ran 28 in their 0-43 defeat to the Steelers on 12 September 1999
With Australia already having qualified for the semi-finals of ICC WWC 2025, South Africa could join them by the end of Saturday with victory over Sri Lanka and a win for Pakistan against New Zealand
After yesterday saw a full day's play at The Oval and none elsewhere, it appears the last time that occurred on the first day of a Championship round in England was on 22 June 1968 when Essex and Middlesex had a full day at Southend, but the other seven matches were washed out
Ravi Bopara played on the second day of official Twenty20 cricket, when he was out first ball - caught by Ali Brown (who retired in 2011) off the bowling of Adam Hollioake (who initially retired in 2004)