Anna Davies scored five tries as a rampant England side swept to a record 82-0 win over Wales at Headingley.

The margin of victory was 10 points better than the 72-0 success over Russia in the 2008 World Cup.

The result also means Stuart Barrow’s side have now scored 248 unanswered points in four Tests since their 20-6 defeat by New Zealand in the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2022.

Wigan Warriors winger Davies’ effort saw her eclipse the mark for the most individual tries in a game for the Lionesses, previously shared by Emily Rudge and Leah Burke on four.

Olivia Wood’s fifth-minute try set the tone for the hosts, with debutant Amelia Brown scoring a hat-trick and second row Paige Travis and Eboni Partington also crossing twice.

There were also tries for Erin Stott, Katie Mottershead and Hollie-Mae Dodd, who was making her first appearance for her country since joining Canberra Raiders in 2023.

Michael Page continues to put himself in matchups in the combat sports face that leave the community a bit stunned.

“MVP” will face former WEC welterweight champion and UFC interim titleholder Carlos Condit in the headliner of Saturday’s Polaris 30 grappling card in London. The event streams exclusively on UFC Fight Pass.

The longtime Bellator star, now UFC welterweight, is ready to add more exciting things to his résumé.

“I’d like to leave a legacy of being a true martial artist, like I can go wherever the fight takes me and be competitive in those areas.” Page told MMA Fighting. “It’s definitely a fun that I seem to blindside a lot of people all the time and just pick out these random things. But yeah, I’m excited for this one.”

Page made his UFC debut at UFC 299 in March, defeating Kevin Holland via unanimous decision. “Venom” went on to face the undefeated Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 in June and lost a close decision in a fight many believed was Garry’s toughest to date. The 37-year-old had plans to add to his martial arts arsenal prior to competing at International Fight Week, and after sharing that time in the octagon with Garry, it became a no-brainer.

How did Page get matched up with Condit? It wasn’t the original plan.

“So after my last fight — in fact, before my last fight — I was already saying to myself, I wanted to take a little bit of time out just to focus on grappling,” Page explained. “And then after the last fight, I was like, yeah, 100 percent, I really want to just focus on the grappling side of things. And then a friend of mine is good friends with one of the fight organizers and fight matchmakers of Polaris, and he just mentioned it obviously, well he’s from my gym and he just mentioned it to say like, ‘Oh yeah, if you’re going to do that, would you be interested in doing this [in] Polaris?’

“I was like, ‘Actually, yeah, gives me something to work towards as well as just improving my jiu-jitsu. So that’s how they initially started and they actually end up speaking to the matchmaker. Initially, it was supposed to be Donald Cerrone, actually. … and then he kind of went dark so I’m not sure what happened on his side, but they said, just in case, let’s look for some other people because the responses are not coming anymore, and then obviously Carlos, his name came up and it’s like, yeah, another great match, just a beast in the game, someone that I respect as well, I’ve watched before. and I thought, yeah, still another great fight. A great match up, and now we’re here.”

Condit retired from MMA after dropping a decision to Max Griffin at UFC 264 in July 2021. “Natural Born Killer” competed in 24 UFC/WEC bouts, winning the WEC welterweight title in March 2007, and then defending in three times before moving over to the UFC. Condit captured the interim UFC welterweight belt with a victory over Nick Diaz at at UFC 143 in February 2012 before losing via unanimous decision to Georges St-Pierre nine months later at UFC 154 in the Fight of the Night.

The fan-friendly fighter would get one more crack at UFC gold, losing a controversial split decision to Robbie Lawler at UFC 195 in January 2016 in MMA Fighting’s Fight of the Year.

For Page, sharing the mat with Condit will be an honor, and the result is not as important as what the encounter will mean in his martial arts journey.

“In all honesty, it’s just the experience, full stop,” Page said. “One aspect of my game that I want to improve on is the grappling — but not in the way, maybe, people might think. I feel the space I want to improve on is the grappling under the lights. It’s very different. Now, I grapple regularly in the gym, and I have been for many years and I love grappling. I actually do love jiu-jitsu.

“Obviously, when I’m fighting, I don’t care to take it to a place that I am weaker than in terms of my strengths — [which] is my striking — so it’s not a place I want to take it to. But I really do enjoy jiu-jitsu. I do find here’s been a few matches where I get to a certain spaces of grappling and I end up being in like a conscious state of, ‘Oh yeah, I should do this now, I should do that,’ and you can’t fight in a fight being conscious like that. It has to be drilled, it has to be subconscious, you have to be reactive, otherwise you are 10-20 steps behind. If you’re having to go through a thought process because they’ve moved on, they’ve moved on.

“So it’s that side. That’s why Polaris has really intrigued me because I was like, ‘Actually it allows me to train my BJJ, but then also experience it under the lights with people watching and with that pressure. So I really want to just do that. That’s the only experience I want to take away from it. Other than that, like I said, I just love being a martial artist and just showing my skills in every aspect.”

Jorge Martin says the sprint race at Sepang on Saturday could have had an entirely different outcome had he not toughed it out with polesitter Francesco Bagnaia to take the lead midway through the first corner.

As it happened, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia fell out of second place on the third lap of the race, leaving Martin (Pramac Ducati) to stretch his points advantage from 17 to 29 with a straightforward victory.

The Italian’s fall highlighted the difficulty of trying to follow and overtake another rider in MotoGP – as did Martin after the race.

“If I hadn’t taken first position straight away today, I wouldn’t have won,” said Martin. “I think Pecco would have won and I would have been second. So to start well is really important.

“Nowadays, either you are like Enea [Bastianini] who can come from behind, or it’s impossible to win if you’re not in first position at the beginning.”

Martin also showed some sympathy for Bagnaia having been caught out at the slow, left-hand Turn 9.

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing

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“It’s been a really critical corner all weekend,” he added. “You have like three different asphalts on the perfect line. And at one point, there’s no asphalt! So it’s like motocross; super difficult. You need to ride a really precise line at that corner.

“I had a few moments there in my time attack yesterday and also today. And sometimes I had to [back off] there during the race too in order not to crash.”

Martin added that his sprint victory was not as easy as it looked after Bagnaia’s retirement.

“After Pecco’s crash, it was difficult to manage the situation,” said Martin. “But I was able to do it well. 

“You do have to think about the fact that Pecco has crashed. You think ‘be careful, you need to finish’. At one point I even thought I might have to [let Marc past] and finish second. 

“But I had a lead of eight-tenths, so it made no sense to wait for him. So I said ‘okay, let’s keep doing the thing you know how to do’. 

Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing

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“I was really focused on my braking references, just trying to do everything the same without changing anything.”

Martin’s successful Saturday means he could wrap up his maiden championship in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.

But he does not plan to take a particularly cautious approach or get bogged down in the permutations.

“When I try to relax, I get more nervous and everything gets more difficult,” he said when asked if he felt more breathing space with the extended points advantage.

“Today I was a bit nervous in the morning, so I said to Gino [Borsoi, his team manager], ‘Gino, I will go for it.’ I don’t want to finish second or third, I want to go for it. If Pecco is stronger, he will win. And if he’s not, he won’t’.

“Tomorrow will be a bit more of the same. If Pecco is much stronger, it’s okay. But I will do my best, because it’s the only way I can really be at 100% and focused.”

Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Team

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He noted that Bagnaia will be a dangerous competitor on Sunday given he has no choice but to win. 

“It’s a privilege to have this advantage at this point,” said Martin. “But it’s not over until it’s over.

“Tomorrow will be a really long race and Pecco will risk a lot to win. He has nothing to lose now – it’s all or nothing. To beat him under those conditions is really tough.”

However, Martin also echoed Bagnaia’s suspicion that the championship leader is unlikely to finish lower than second – despite his chaser’s hopes that other riders can take points off the Spaniard.

“We are a step in front of the others, so I think in the worst case I will try to finish second,” said Martin.

ADRIANO partied on the streets with his friends despite his upcoming return to football.

The Brazil legend has lived a flamboyant lifestyle since hanging up his boots, including partying on a yacht and being crowned an emperor during carnival.

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He enjoyed some down time with pals this week, taking to the streets of Brazil for some festivities.

Adriano, 42, stumbled around barefooted and laughed and joked with his friends, beer in hand.

He also poked his tongue out at someone and jokingly barged one friend.

Adriano is just weeks away from making a return to football, with the former striker to play in one final game.

The 48-cap former Brazil star retired in 2016 but bowed out of the game without saying goodbye to fans.

So he will play in one final farewell match between two of his former teams, Flamengo and Inter Milan, on December 15.

Adriano will play for both sides, swapping at half-time.

He said of his upcoming return: “Many people asked me to say goodbye.

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“Although I stopped playing a few years ago, I needed this match to end my cycle.

“I owed it to everyone who supported me and still supports me.”

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will start Brazil’s sprint race from the pitlane after making sweeping changes to their Aston Martin F1 cars.

Alonso and Stroll both struggled for speed in Friday’s sprint qualifying, only managing 16th and 19th respectively.

In response to the result and in a desire to further hone in on their car set-up for the remainder of the weekend, both Aston Martins have undergone changes under parme conditions, which means they have to start from the pitlane.

The FIA document specified that both the bodywork specification and the suspension set-up of Alonso’s and Stroll’s cars have been changed overnight.

Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, who qualified last, has also had his suspension set-up changed and will line up behind the two Astons at pit exit.

Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24

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Speaking after qualifying, Alonso had already suggested that he would treat the 24-lap sprint as a practice session, calling the race “useless” from his lowly grid position.

“The sprint for us really means nothing, as there are only eight cars scoring points,” the two-time world champion said. “And even if you are eighth or seventh, you score one point or two. So just the format doesn’t reward anything to be fast on Friday night and Saturday.

“For us there’s much more focus on Sunday, so that’s the way we treat the sprint weekends. A little bit useless until Saturday afternoon. And it’s the case on this one as well.”

Alonso explained set-up experiments following Friday’s sole practice session had also been one of the reasons why the Aston Martin team’s qualifying session had been so low-key.

“We didn’t have the pace in qualifying,” he said. “We made some changes also after FP1 that we knew were maybe detrimental to the pace of the car. But we had to keep ourselves focused on Sunday more than Saturday, so for us, the sprint is more a free practice.”