The Paris Olympic Games has been boosted by a major improvement in the water quality of the River Seine, making it sufficient to safely hold both the triathlon and the open-water swimming.
John Stones dedicated England’s dramatic European Championship win over Slovakia to a five-year-old leukaemia sufferer who died during the match.
In this Gareth Southgate era there have been a lot of memorable goals. Kieran Trippier’s free kick against Croatia. Luke Shaw’s strike against Italy. Harry Kane’s penalty against France. Add now Jude Bellingham’s bicycle kick against Slovakia. What do they all have in common? All have an identical beer-throwing and air pumping Boxpark social-media video which has become synonymous with England at major tournaments.