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RAHEEM STERLING

SPOTTED on a train from London to Manchester, complete with a heavy head last Sunday, was the star of Manchester City’s FA Cup final win. While team-mates flew home by charter after their post-match party, Sterling wanted to visit family before heading north. He was clearly struggling — it had been a late night — but didn’t refuse a single request for an autograph or selfie. The 24-year-old winger has the common touch.

EMMA HAYES

WOMEN’S football is growing but not as fast as some would have us believe. One clear problem is the goalkeeping and Chelsea manager Hayes has bravely said what others have been thinking. She thinks the game would benefit if the goals were made smaller to accommodate clear physical differences between women and men. It’s a very good idea.

CRICKET WORLD CUP

IT’S too long, has a strange format and could be ruined by weather. But it could also be one of the most exciting staging posts in England’s attempts to place a stranglehold on short-form cricket. India’s Virat Kohli says England are fixated on scoring 500 and although that isn’t true, it could yet happen.