Latest - Italy equalled the international record of 36 unbeaten games but were held to a 0-0 draw in Switzerland that keeps World Cup qualifying Group C in the balance.
The European champions were the better side but also wasteful, with Jorginho seeing a second-half penalty saved.
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Roberto Mancini's side top the group with 10 points, four points ahead of the second-placed Swiss but having played two matches more.
Romelu Lukaku marked his 100th cap with an early goal to set Belgium on their way to an impressive 3-0 win over the Czech Republic.
Belgium, the world number one ranked side, extend to 29 their unbeaten home record and kept them top of their group.
England kept their perfect record in their group with a 4-0 win over Andorra at Wembley.
Spain got back to winning ways as they thrashed Georgia 4-0 to go back to the top of their group.
Midfielder Serge Gnabry scored two early goals as Germany rediscovered their form in front of goal to hammer Armenia 6-0 and go top of their group.
Brazil and Argentina's World Cup qualifier was abandoned just minutes after kick-off after Brazilian health officials objected to the participation of three Argentine players they believe broke quarantine rules.
The visitors walked off the pitch at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo after the officials came out to stop the game.
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England make good start to chase
England made a strong start to their pursuit of a daunting 368-run victory target against India in the fourth test, which appeared delicately poised heading into the final day at the Oval.
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Openers Haseeb Hameed and Rory Burns guided England to 77 for no loss at stumps with the hosts needing 291 runs to go 2-1 up in the five-test series.
Hameed was batting on 43 at stumps, while Burns was on 31 but the home side will need to pull off something special on Monday to accomplish a record chase.
England's highest successful run chase was when they achieved a 359-run target in a 2019 Headingley test against Australia.
Earlier, India's number eight batsman Shardul Thakur smashed his second fifty of the match and Rishabh Pant his first of the series to help India post 466, the highest total of the series.
The 100-run partnership between Thakur and Pant was followed by cameos from tailenders Umesh Yadav (25) and Jasprit Bumrah (24) as the tourists recovered after losing three wickets, including captain Virat Kohli, in the morning session.
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Lawson takes double victory
New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has won both races in the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship.
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The 19 year old, who is the youngest driver in the field, won both races at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
The Ferrari driver has improved to second in the standings.
Lawson trails South African Kelvin van der Linde by 12 points with three rounds remaining.
The next round is in Assen in the Netherlands in a fortnight.
Lawson will return to F2 next weekend for the next round at Monza.
Roglic wins Vuelta
Primoz Roglic rode to victory on stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espana and claimed a third straight red jersey in the process.
The Slovenian, who clocked up a time of 44:02, finished the 33.8km individual time trial from Padron to Santiago de Compostela 14 seconds ahead of second-placed Magnus Cort Nielsen of Denmark and 2:04 up on second overall in the GC Enric Mas of Spain to cap a fine three weeks.
Australian Jack Haig finished third, while Adam Yates of GB ended the tour fourth.
The winning margin is the biggest at a Vuelta since Alex Zuelle in 1997.
Elsewhere, Fabio Jakobsen of The Netherlands claimed the green points jersey, while Michael Storer of Australia won the King of the Mountains jersey.
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Walsh third in Poland
Tom Walsh has finished third in the shot put competition at a Continental Tour athletics meeting in Poland.
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Olympic champion Ryan Crouser won with a distance of 22.39 metres with fellow American Joe Kovacs second with 22 metres and Walsh third with 21.68 metres.
It is the same top three finish from the Tokyo Olympics.
Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce won the women's 100 metres, while Olympic 200 metre champion Andre De Grasse of Canada won the men's 200.
Walsh now heads to Zurich for the next Diamond League Final meeting this week.
Samoa Sevens could go on hold
Samoa's rugby sevens programme could be put on ice after Covid-19 forced the cancellation of more World Series tournaments.
The Singapore and Cape Town legs will not take place this year due to the impacts of Covid-19, while the Sydney and Hamilton events in January have also been scrapped.
Back to back tournaments in Dubai, in November and December, are now poised to kick off the 2022 World Series for both men and women.
The men's circuit is set to resume in Canada this month with tournaments in Vancouver and Edmonton, that will determine the 2021 series champion.
But Samoa has joined the likes of Fiji and New Zealand in skipping the events because of the ongoing effects of the global pandemic.
Lakapi Samoa's General Manager of High Performance, Seumanu Douglas Ngau Chun, says the cancellation of so many tournaments means they will have to review the future of their sevens programme.
An extended squad is still training in Apia but Seumanu says they are unable to offer the players permanent contracts and they are being paid a daily allowance.
FIFA appoints former coach to advice on womens game
FIFA has appointed former World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis to lead the technical advisory group on the future of women's football.
Ellis, who lifted the World Cup with the U.S. in 2015 and 2019, will work with various stakeholders to explore ways to improve the current match calendar and build global development and competitiveness in the women's game.
Ellis takes charge just months after FIFA's congress voted to carry out a feasibility study on holding the men's and women's World Cups every two years instead of four.
European governing body UEFA this week opposed the plans, saying that the proposal would also face resistance from the European Club Association as well as major domestic leagues.
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