Rhian Brewster scored his second hat-trick in two games as England's Under-17 team beat Brazil 3-1 in Kolkata to reach Saturday's World Cup final against either Spain or Mali.
England striker Jamie Vardy has likened the mood in the squad ahead of the World Cup to that of Leicester City's Premier League title-winning campaign.
It was a good day for England's basketballers at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday but a truly special one for two of them.
Indian shuttlers Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Siril Verma notched up contrasting victories to reach the semifinals of the women's and men's singles events at the Russian Open Grand Prix, in Vladivostok, on Friday.
Ecstatic after clinching a maiden Grand Prix title at the Brazil Open, the Indian mixed doubles pairing of N Sikki Reddy and Pranaav Jerry Chopra have set their sights on winning a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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