Rugby World Cup: England v Samoa – Ben Earl’s long road to Test prominence
After 15 straight appearances as a replacement, Ben Earl is set to start for the sixth time in seven England matches against Samoa on Saturday Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Date: Saturday, 7 October Kick-off: 16:45 BST Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app The first […]
Ireland v Scotland: Ali Price replaces Ben White at scrum-half for Gregor Townsend’s side
Hosts: France Dates: 8 September to 28 October Coverage: Full commentary of every game across BBC Radio 5 Live, Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and Radio Scotland, plus text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app. Ali Price has been chosen ahead of Ben White at scrum-half as Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend makes […]
Ben Davies: Spurs defender ‘was close’ to Wales captain’s role
Ben Davies joined Tottenham Hotspur from Swansea City in July 2014 Ben Davies will captain Wales in Aaron Ramsey’s absence with manager Robert Page acknowledging the Tottenham defender was considered as permanent skipper. Cardiff City’s Ramsey will miss Wales’ games against Gibraltar and Croatia with a knee injury. Davies will now captain the side, having […]
Ben Chilwell: Chelsea defender set for spell on sidelines with ‘bad’ hamstring injury
Ben Chilwell also missed a significant potion of last season through injury, making just 23 league appearances Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell has suffered a “bad” hamstring injury with no timescale yet put on his return, says Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino. Chelsea are already without Reece James until after the international break with a thigh problem. […]
Ben Duckett hits unbeaten century for England against Ireland before ODI is abandoned
England 280-4 (31 overs): Duckett 107*, Salt, Crawley Ireland: Did not bat Match abandoned, England win the series 1-0 Scorecard Ben Duckett made an unbeaten century but England were denied the chance to post a mammoth total against Ireland as the third one-day international was abandoned because of rain. Duckett was 107 not out off […]
Ben Tozer: ‘Dad was scared because he knew something was wrong’
Ben Tozer: Wrexham defender makes cancer check plea after father’s death “The last time I spoke with him, the last words we said was ‘I love you’ to each other even though we didn’t know what was going to happen.” The emotions are still evidently raw two months on as Wrexham club captain Ben Tozer […]