France may be overwhelming favourites for victory in their Rugby World Cup Pool A fixture with Namibia in Marseille, but it is a chance to work on tactical plans and get minutes into the legs of several players, flanker Charles Ollivon says.

Between six and nine senior officials of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked as part of a deal to end a threatened player boycott of the national team, a federation source told Reuters.

Scrumhalf Tate McDermott and powerful prop Pone Fa’amausili will be available for Australia’s do-or-die clash with Wales at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday in a welcome boost for a Wallabies side rocked by last weekend’s loss to Fiji.

India head coach Igor Stimac said his second-string men’s team “ran out of gas” in the second half against China but hailed the players as “heroes” despite a 5-1 drubbing in their Asian Games opener on Tuesday.

Communities in Kadavu have gained knowledge relating to the benefits of cooperatives for local development.

A 24-member team of medical professionals from Australia and other countries visited Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Hospital, Fiji to operate on children with Congenital Heart Disease.

Spain’s World Cup winning-squad agreed to end their boycott of the national team early after the country’s football federation (RFEF) said it would make “immediate and profound changes” to its structure.

Jude Bellingham scored deep in added time as Real Madrid wore down a resilient Union Berlin to claim a 1-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu in their Group C opener this morning, spoiling the Bundesliga side’s Champions League debut.

Lautaro Martinez’s late goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for runners-up Inter Milan at Real Sociedad as they kicked off their Champions League campaign this morning.

Bayern Munich struck twice in four minutes in the first half to set them on their way to a 4-3 victory over an embattled Manchester United this morning and make a winning start in Champions League Group A.

CA Lormont Rugby welcomed the Flying Fijians to a public training session with their Under-8, Under-10 and Under-12 teams on the club’s recently installed synthetic pitch.

Goalkeeper Mary Earps was voted England’s Women’s Player of the Year yesterday.