Gregor Townsend’s men hope to change hearts and minds after their autumn setbacks

Sometimes in life, timing is everything. Alex Scott can attest to that. Making it from the Channel Islands to the England men’s squad is so difficult that no-one had done it for 31 years before Scott

The experts on their nations’ chances – and the matches that could be key to success

The end. The collapse. The exhaustion of 11 Arsenal players, slumping to the turf against the glittering backdrop of a Toon foil display. Mikel Arteta’s thousand-yard stare. Granit Xhaka’s chevron bro

Martin Odegaard has been living with Arsenal’s past for almost as long as he’s been alive. When the club last felt invincible, Odegaard was a small child in Drammen, Norway, kicking a ball against the

Had qualification for the World Cup been decided by population, Spain would only just have made it for the past seven tournaments. Ranked 31st by that metric, they lag behind Myanmar, Sudan and Colomb