Alex Livie

The mobile phone is to modern-day snooker what the sweet wrapper was to those who played in the 1980s.

His tongue may have been partly in his cheek, but Alberto Bettiol and his XDS Astana team-mates seemed to enjoy their victory on Stage 13 of the Giro d’Italia.

Jonas Vingegaard and his Visma-Lease a Bike team produced a lesson in ruthless efficiency to win Stage 14 and take over leadership of the Giro d’Italia.

England are set to be without Chelsea full-back Reece James for their next two World Cup games due to injury. Arsenal superstar Bukayo Saka, meanwhile, is fit.

Germany were dumped out of the World Cup following a penalty shoot-out defeat to Paraguay in the Round of 32.

Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo was overcome with emotion after firing Netherlands ahead in their World Cup round-of-32 clash with Morocco.

Cristiano Ronaldo will bow out of international football ”with a clear conscience” saying he led Portugal to three titles.

Thomas Tuchel was given a scare, as John Stones and Declan Rice pranked the England coach about an injury.

The Belgium national team’s X account posted ”overturn this” after The Red Devils' controversy-marred victory over United States.

Erling Haaland’s World Cup ended in disappointment, but he did not leave empty-handed as the striker returned to Norway carrying a stuffed racoon.