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A squad shuffle rather than wholesale changes for Germany, with Melanie Leupolz, Klara Bühl and Lina Magull starting after coming off the bench against Spain. Thembi Kgatlana doesn’t start for South Africa; unless she’s injured, that’s a hard one to explain. South Africa (4-1-4-1): Dlamini; Ramalepe, Van Wyk, Matlou, Vilakazi; Ndimeni; Mthandi, Makhabane, Biyana, Jane; …

Swansea-born Junior All Black Taine Plumtree wins this line-out against Morgan Jones World Rugby U20 Championship: Wales v New Zealand Wales (5) 8 Tries: Thomas-Wheeler Pens: C Evans New Zealand (0) 7 Tries: Vaa’i Cons: Burke Wales beat New Zealand in a dramatic and rain-disrupted encounter in Rosario to reach the fifth-place World Under-20 Championship …

It has been described as the world’s most sought-after beer. Just over 5,000 barrels are brewed annually by the 19 Trappist monks of St Sixtus abbey in Westvleteren, Flanders, and drinkers tempted by the regular appearance of its darkest brew at the top of the world rankings must travel in person and on appointment to …

6.35am EDT 06:35 14th over: West Indies 58-1 (Hope 17, Lewis 35) The Bangladeshi fans seem to be out in force in Taunton – we get a nice shot of nine fans, each with one letter of the country’s name on their shirts. You’ve got to be organised with that sort of thing, particularly as …

England were beaten by Japan in the 2015 semi-finals but their third-place finish was the best in the team’s history England are in a far better position to beat Japan than when the two sides met in a “painful” World Cup semi-final four years ago, says defender Lucy Bronze. Former champions Japan beat England 2-1 …

Top story: Conservative candidates set out plans to reunite Britain Good morning briefers. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories this morning. Boris Johnson may have been missing from last night’s Conservative leadership television debate, but he still managed to dominate proceedings as his five rivals took their chance to attack the frontrunner. …

CHICAGO — A new day is dawning on the New York Yankees’ season. Compared to every other day in an injury-ravaged spring that was dominated by a bevy of little-known backups, this new day will look and feel vastly different. With two of the biggest tests the Yankees will face this year looming on their …

Kendall Jenner is known for being the second to youngest daughter in the Kardashian/Jenner household. She first got her notoriety from appearing on her family’s hit reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Kendall Jenner at the 2019 Met Gala | Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic Like all of her other sisters, Kendall is known for more than just being …

You’re forgiven if you thought that was an American football scoreline. They have never finished worse than third at the World Cup. Meanwhile, the US men are currently 30th in FIFA’s world rankings, while the women are the best in the world, and have never been worse than second in the history of the FIFA …

The United States women’s national team’s stayed perfect at the 2019 Women’s World Cup by beating Chile 3-0 on Sunday, with a familiar face leading the way. It wasn’t the attacking outburst we saw in the 13-0 win over Thailand in the opener, but against a more formidable opponent, Carli Lloyd started in attack for …