Another dramatic day in a gripping series ends with India 58-4, needing a further 135 runs to reach a target of 193 to win the third Test against England on Monday's final day Lord's Cricket Ground. My AFP News Agency report via Barron's bit.ly/3GFKdEZ, pix Ben Stansall #ENGvIND

So, 40 years after Live Aid, 'Rocking All Over The World' by Status Quo again heard Wembley Stadium -- following 1st rd of Okolie-Lerena bout that precedes the undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois I'm covering for AFP News Agency #UsykDubois2

Don't think my friend and AFP News Agency colleague Adrian Dennis has anything to worry about, but here's the scene Wembley Stadium ahead of Usyk-Dubois II. #UsykVsDubois

Thought Oleksandr Usyk would beat Daniel Dubois, but didn't forecast a 5th rd KO. Having also covered his first defeat of Anthony Joshua, think he's one of the most outstanding sportsmen I've seen in action. My AFP News Agency wrap via Barron's bit.ly/4f4oun4 #UsykDubois2

Have an idea which news agency 'assisted' Al Jazeera World, but look at stunning pic from my AFP News Agency colleague Adrian Dennis. If one of us mere 'caption writers' misses a key moment, we can usually catch up. Not so easy for the ringside snappers. bit.ly/412FwMn #UsykDubois2

A hope for all boxers, especially heavyweight champions, is they quit while still ahead. Yet Oleksandr Usyk, seemingly with no more worlds to conquer, wants to box on. And who am I to tell him different? My AFP News Agency piece via Barron's bit.ly/4m1lCcy #UsykDubois2

Just read the The Telegraph obituary of Sandy Gall. Loved the glorious line, when speaking of his time fronting News at Ten in the 1970s, about how he was paired with the "alarmingly refreshed" Reginald Bosanquet.

Rory McIlroy said he had enjoyed an "awesome week" back in Northern Ireland, even if his charge to win the British Open for a second time fell short u.afp.com/SYKN

I covered every day of that remarkable series, indeed every international of that astounding summer, for AFP News Agency. Here is the diary I wrote in 2005 for what was then the Wisden Cricketer but are now once again the The Cricketer and Wisden, bit.ly/4kOBA8W

I covered every day of that remarkable series, indeed every international of that astounding summer, for AFP News Agency. Here is the diary I wrote in 2005 for what was then the Wisden Cricketer but are now once again the The Cricketer and Wisden. bit.ly/4kOBA8W

Hello again to the 'Spirit of Cricket' as India capt Shubman Gill hits out at England time-wasting. Perennial problem is it too often means 'something I don't like' - see 2023 Bairstow Ashes row - and thus meaningless. My AFP News Agency piece via Yahoo bit.ly/40Z9Asg #ENGvIND

Issue for Ben Stokes is ICC unlikely to change over-rate policy anytime soon. Would amuse the rest of the world if his stubbornness cost England a place in next WTC final at Lord's - it would also be a shame. My AFP News Agency piece via Barron's bit.ly/3IFdm3M #ENGvIND

One of my press box colleagues Emirates Old Trafford has just uttered the immortal line: "Well it wasn't forecast for rain." This is a Test match in Manchester. Short of death and taxes, nothing is more certain than rain during a Test at Old Trafford. So stand by for dry game 😂#ENGvIND

Never great when the intro to a day's play at a Test concerns an injury to a player, particularly one who brings so much joy to the game as Rishabh Pant. My AFP News Agency report via RFI English bit.ly/4o3pHPt, pix by the great Darren Staples #ENGvIND