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Kai Havertz is currently being assessed over a knee injury

Organisers of the Women's Rugby World Cup expect next month's Twickenham final to smash the attendance record for a women's rugby match.

The catalyst for Johan Bakayoko's summer move to Leipzig was a conversation with Red Bull's head of global sport. "When I had the talk with Jurgen Klopp, that was like the trigger point for me," he explains. "Before, I wanted to go. But now, I have to go."

Jack Draper won the battle of the British No 1s as he and playing partner Jessica Pegula beat Emma Raducanu and Carlos Alcaraz in the first round of the US Open's revamped, star-studded mixed doubles competition.