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Exeter claimed their first Gallagher Premiership victory of the season at the ninth attempt as they edged out West Country rivals Gloucester 22-15. The Chiefs had not won a Premiership game since May, but they climbed off the basement above Newcastle after a predictably nervy encounter at Sandy Park. Prop Josh Iosefa-Scott’s try six minutes from time secured the points …

Frazer Clarke has vowed to come back from his crushing first-round loss to Fabio Wardley. Clarke would relish a fight with Kubrat Pulev, the former Anthony Joshua and Derek Chisora victim who recently picked up a WBA regular, or secondary, title with a victory over Mahmoud Charr. “I’d take it. I watched them both. It wasn’t great viewing,” Clarke told …

Shan Masood lamented “the same mistakes” Pakistan keep making after they slipped to an eighth Test defeat on the trot in South Africa and their seventh in their last nine games. In a topsy-turvy game, the final twist belonged to South Africa as they recovered from an epic collapse that saw them lose four wickets for three runs to record …