Rugby: England women lose final
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England's dream of glory ends in brave defeat as New Zealand claim a third successive Women's Rugby World Cup.
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BATTERED but unbowed, England lost the re-run of the World Cup final in one of the most sensational matches Twickenham has seen in recent years.
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South Africa deal England's chances of defending the World Cup a major blow as they destroy the reigning champions in Paris.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: England face South Africa without Olly Barkley and captain Phil Vickery.
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England will try and salvage something from the wreckage of their Six Nations season by stopping bitter rivals France's hopes of the Grand Slam here at Twickenham on Sunday.
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England lost three wickets in the space of five balls as New Zealand won a tense World Twenty20 Super Eights match by five runs at Kingsmead on Tuesday.
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England's rugby union squad arrived back in London on Monday following their World Cup final defeat to South Africa.
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France's hopes of a Six Nations Grand Slam were sensationally ended at Twickenham here on Sunday as a makeshift England side overcame the odds to win 26-18.
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England slip to a third straight Test defeat as Dimitri Yachvili kicks France to Six Nations victory at Twickenham.
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Second-half goals by Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly put the United States into the semifinals of the Women's World Cup with a 3-0 victory Saturday over England.
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Sport: World Twenty20: England face exit in Super Eights after losing to New Zealand by five runs.
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England go out of the European Under-21 Championship after a dramatic 13-12 penalty shoot-out semi-final defeat to Holland.
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England signed off their troubled trip to Zimbabwe on Sunday by completing a 4-0 whitewash in their one-day international series. England scored 261 for six and
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England fans trudged home from Paris on Sunday after their team's defeat in the rugby World Cup final, bitterly disappointed but with heads held high after a widely-praised England display.
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England's first World Cup opponents, New Zealand, crash to a two-wicket loss to Bangladesh.
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England's hopes of making the CB Series finals look slim after they lose by 58 runs to New Zealand in Perth.
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England are reduced to 95-4 in reply to South Africa's 441 in the third Test in Cape Town.