The Independent - 06.08.2019

preparation was the main reason why Australia spurned tour games this time round and opted for a 25-man, Hunger Games-style shoo ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 Timeless Lyon closes Australia’s show once again Five-hundred Test wickets is a realistic goal for the tim ...

to 2014, he had a real problem with the final stanza. Maybe it was the way he arrived and those who did the job for Australia be ...

Nathan Lyon is congratulated by his teammates (Getty) That didn’t eventuate but it didn’t matter – the game was over now; Lyon w ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 Root insists Anderson was fit to face ‘brilliant’ Aussies The England bowler labours with a nagging calf i ...

“It was a group decision to select him,” said Root, who added that his injury in the game was not expected. “He passed every fit ...

really thankful for that. I don’t know if it’s really sunk in yet. “It’s been a hell of a six weeks. I’ve really enjoyed playing ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 Is Maguire really worth £80m to Man United? The centre-back becomes the most expensive defender in history ...

The main factor is how that very price itself is set. As goes without saying, but is often under-considered in such issues, pric ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 How Maguire can reignite United in two key areas The centre-back poses in the club shirt after his transfe ...

week. Maguire was admitted to hospital that night suffering from a concussion. Meanwhile, several of his team-mates ended the ev ...

exploit? For a defence which conceded 54 goals last year, Maguire’s defensive qualities are desperately needed. But for one whic ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 Sane has to make decision between Bayern and City The winger is yet to commit to a new contract or push fo ...

In all of that, as City remarkably may be willing to sell one of the Premier League’s most electric young players, only one thin ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 Why Liverpool fans booed the national anthem – an open letter to Rees-Mogg Supporters booed God Save The Q ...

You probably didn’t see Sunday’s Community Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester City. It was a 1-1 draw and City won on ...

Bill Shankly was a socialist (Liverpool FC) You may think they aren’t mature enough for this but Jon-Paul Gilhooley, the younges ...

This brings me to another point. Your family makes a huge song-and-dance about being Catholic. Lots of Scousers are Catholic. In ...

TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019 George hopes cricketing glory and Australian infused culture can inspire England The hooker is emblematic ...

And even taking into account yesterday’s Ashes First Test defeat, it is the parallels between the men’s cricket and rugby teams ...