Liverpool FC

Liverpool FC

This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch. It's true that Scotland should be beyond the point of just being happy going to the World Cup - and these players are way past that notion.

I'm going to have a beer and then think, 'Wow, we're going to Dallas.' I'll have to dust off my cowboy hat, won't I?

The spacious, accommodating Wembley Taphouse concourse on Friday night was a family-friendly environment. It was refreshing to see a melting pot of England spectators from different walks of life.

Just about everything that could happen did. I live in LA, I did the Staples Center - home of the Lakers. That was an important building to people, but it was nothing like Everton.

Beyers Swanepoel was playing for Lions against Titans when he left for the airport around the 43rd over of the second innings without informing his teammates. His exit left the Lions down to 10 men for the final stages of the match, which they lost with a ball to spare.

"I was scared. I remember right away feeling, oh this isn't right. It was 10, 15 minutes into the game, I blocked a pass against Everton and I knew right away..."

I just thought, 'Why try and send a DVD to the club when it's going to get nowhere near? Why not just rock up myself and know he'd watch it?'

Aoibhe Brennan has earned her first call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for their World Cup 2027 qualifying double-header against Poland in April.

The court ruled that Nantes was not at fault in relation to the flight and that Cardiff did not suffer reputational damages. It added that Cardiff's 'extravagant claims' had already been ruled on by other courts and that Nantes suffered moral damage.