It was the hors d'oeuvre before the main course, as Harry Kane struck twice while Jude Bellingham and Marcus Rashford delivered the knockout blows as England survived a shaky battle to beat Croatia 4-2, to launch their World Cup campaign that lived up to its ​billing.

Organisers have unveiled the official Championship medals in Gold, Silver and Bronze, for this summer’s European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

For those tracking the fortunes of Indian football over the years, the question is one of the biggest clichés as the country has never progressed beyond the preliminary rounds of Asian zone qualifiers.

Sport 4 Life UK is inviting women and girls from across Birmingham to take part in a free Women’s & Girls Sports Festival this July, designed to break down barriers to participation and create more opportunities for women and girls to get active.

World 100m champion Oblique Seville will compete at the Novuna London Athletics Meet on Saturday 18 July.

The World Cup is in the Americas this summer, and despite being played across the pond, football fever has already taken hold of many Britons.