England, Ireland

Champions Ireland host England in blockbuster opener
Six Nations fans are usually made to wait to watch Ireland and England face each other, but not this year as the sides meet in Dublin on the opening weekend.
Ireland v England, Six Nations 2025: What time is kick-off and what TV channel is it on?
England begin the 2025 Six Nations Championship with a trip to defending champions Ireland in what promises to be an extremely difficult opening game for Steve Borthwick’s team.
Ireland v England - Big Match Predictor
Defending champions Ireland look to make it four straight home wins against England in the Six Nations.
England beat Ireland in Under-20 Six Nations opener
Holders England survive Junior Kpoku's 20-minute red card to defeat Ireland in the Under-20s Six Nations opener 19-3 in Cork.
Ireland vs England prediction: Defending champions to start Six Nations with a bang
Defending champions Ireland welcome England to the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, a Six Nations opener that presents the perfect opportunity for revenge as the hosts look to make it an unprecedented three championships in a row (4.
Itoje says England 'ready' for Six Nations kings Ireland
Maro Itoje says England are "ready to go" as they bid to upset the odds by launching their Six Nations campaign with a defeat of twice defending champions Ireland in Dublin. But they were also the only side to beat Ireland in last year's Six Nations and Itoje believes a new-look England can repeat that Twickenham triumph at Lansdowne Road.

India clinch T20 series v England

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England’s Ashes whitewash: How did it happen and what comes next?
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Tenth of England’s farmland must be rewilded to hit climate targets, ministers estimate
About 760,000 hectares — or 9 per cent of England’s agricultural land — will need to “change away from agricultural land for ...
Ireland v England referee Ben O'Keeffe involved in awful toilet incident after game
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England 'should be one of the candidates' for Lionesses squad - Vilahamn
Tottenham boss Robert Vilahamn believes Bethany England "should be one of the candidates" for a place in Sarina Wiegman's ...
Invasive Crabs Have Taken Over New England. One Solution? Eat Them.
Small, fertile, rugged and fueled by an expansive appetite, the species, he says, is “an exemplary invader, a perfect invader ...
England's torrid whitewash defeat by Australia in the Women's Ashes raises questions over futures of coach Jon Lewis and captain Heather Knight
RICHARD GIBSON A humiliating innings and 122 runs defeat to Australia in the Melbourne Test took the series scoreline to 16-0 ...
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The arrests come after people in 4x4s caused havoc in parts of the Cambridgeshire Fens on Saturday. An inquest opens into the ...