PAUL NEWMAN AT THE OVAL: What a way to end England's longest season and what a catch from the flying figure of Joe Root to complete a victory that sees the first drawn Ashes since 1972.

Both men have been staples of the cricketing world since their debuts in the 1970s, but were - in their own words - 'being retired' after the TV network did not renew their contracts.

He had a disastrous time at the Ashes in England, scoring just a measly 95 runs. 

Candice and David Warner have been enjoying plenty of family time since their return from England following The Ashes series.

Ben Stokes has revealed being sledged relentlessly by David Warner was the motivation behind his stunning match-winning century against Australia at Headingley in August.

With another year's end came another installment of SPOTY, as England cricket star Ben Stokes picked up the honour. Sportsmail went behind the scenes to capture the special moments on reel.

Sky Sports breached Ofcom's broadcasting rules on swearing during their cricket coverage this summer, but have been cleared over David Gower using the f-word in his final Test.

Alistair Shipsey said his uncle Ivan Milat is a 'victim' and initially suggested his ashes be scattered in Belanglo State Forest, near Sydney, where the hitchhikers he murdered were found.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT BARLOW: The chairman of Truro City is not easily fazed. He has won the Ashes Down Under and faced the West Indies pacemen at Perth.

Ben Stokes is glued to the aftermath of his miracle at Headingley on television and, revealingly, finds his thoughts immediately turning to the opposition. 'I remember watching this in The Test,' says Stokes.

England's white-ball opening batsman says he has been going 'stir crazy' during the coronavirus lockdown, hitting a tennis ball against a wall as he attempts to stay in some kind of touch.

Dan Garrett, 30, of London, who founded Farewell, a UK will writing and death specialist, told FEMAIL direct cremations are 'here to stay' and will surpass traditions dating back 'hundreds of years'.

The Good Morning Britain star has been a vociferous critic of the royal couple ever since they complained about their treatment by the media on an ITV documentary that aired on Sunday.

Chrissy Teigen, 33, has been having a tough time understanding the phrases used by the contestants on the hit British reality show Love Island

President Trump blasted former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in a series of tweets an hour into her Capitol Hill testimony.

The Duke of Sussex collared the company's CEO Bob Iger and advertised his ex-actress partner's 'interest' in doing the roles during a Lion King premiere in July.

Fact-checkers have identifies multiple false posts and the Silicon Valley tech firms are battling to stop such claims from spreading to avoid mass hysteria

Louis Tomlinson soldiered on with his commitments on Monday afternoon following his uncomfortable appearance on BBC Breakfast.

Louis Tomlinson has refused to appear on BBC Breakfast ever again.

Sarah Vine: The death of Caroline Flack is truly a tragedy. A talented young woman who nevertheless felt so worthless and unloved, so scared and hopeless, she decided to take her own life.

The amusing incident was shared on Twitter by Ed Cumming, of Hampshire, who posted a photo of the soggy mess today. He wrote: 'My friend bought 18 loo rolls and her kids put them all in the bath.'

The High School Musical actress, 31, took to Instagram Live on Monday to share her views on the spiraling pandemic. A clip from the video quickly went viral as fans seized on her cavalier comments.

Vanessa Hudgens has apologised for her flippant Instagram video, in which she called the potential quarantine timeline 'a bunch of bull**t'.

The 34-year-old model took to Twitter to write about famous people having 'a dumb frickin' moment' and urged fans not to ruin their lives squarely based on that.

The 27-year-old, who works as an orthopaedic clinical nurse specialist, revealed that she took the test after losing the ability to taste and smell, while a cough and fever are listed as the main symptoms.

The Love Island star took to Instagram on Wednesday as she discussed losing her sense of taste and smell, and revealed she's also experienced sleep disturbance.

Actor James Woods told actress Alyssa Milano to 'buy more ammo' after she urged people to stop stockpiling weapons as gun sales surge amid the COVID-19 outbreak

She previously revealed she had tested positive for the coronavirus after working on the NHS frontline. 

Trump brought up possible treatments including 'injecting' cleaning agents in the body and use of ultraviolet lights at Thursday's White House press briefing.

The 27-year-old Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a photograph of herself in hospital, clad in her uniform and wearing PPE

Serbia have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Albania following their abandoned qualifier but they have also been deducted three points and ordered to play two games behind closed doors.

France players including Olivier Giroud and Hugo Lloris were put through their paces at a training camp in Clairefontaine ahead of their international friendly with Albania on Saturday.

Albania have been awarded a victory over Serbia by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a Euro 2016 qualifier was abandoned when a drone with a political banner flew into the stadium.

Chelsea duo Branislav Ivanovic and Nemanja Matic were forced off with injuries before Serbia downed bitter rivals Albania 2-0 to give themselves some pride in Euro 2016 qualifying.

Some of them have been there, a few of them have done it - but do the managers who are guiding 24 national sides at Euro 2016 really know what their players are going through?

Neither side are particularly fancied as winners ahead of their first game, but with talent throughout the Switzerland side, it would be foolish to write them off before they have even kicked a ball.

France will be looking to dampen down the voices of criticism that piped up after their less than convincing opening game win over Romania last week as they face Albania in Marseilles.

Host nation France made it two wins from two with two late goals to down Euro 2016 minnows Albania, Here, Sportsmail rates the performances inside the Stade Velodrome.

IAN LADYMAN IN MARSEILLE: France made it two Euro wins from two against Albania at the Stade Velodrome on Wednesday night, with late goals from Antoine Griezmann & Dimitri Payet.

Romania head into this clash knowing that three points could be enough to take them into the next round but only if Switzerland lose to France.

West Bromwich Albion went top of the Championship - albeit for a short time - as they disposed of QPR at Loftus Road. Victory meant they extended their unbeaten run to nine in a row.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT LOFTUS ROAD: Sam Baldock scored 15 minutes from time to rescue a point for the Royals as QPR only had themselves to blame for defensive complacency.

Wayne Rooney was all smiles on Thursday afternoon as he pulled on the Derby County kit for the first time as he prepares to join up with the rest of the squad ahead of their next match.

The 18-year-old attacking midfielder has scored 12 goals and registered nine assists in 18 matches since the start of the campaign. Aston Villa are thought to be following the progress of Brissett.

QPR and Brentford are among the clubs following Australian-born striker Lyndon Dykes. The powerful 24-year-old has caught the eye with his performances for Livingston.

Queens Park Rangers lost ground in the Sky Bet Championship play-off race with a 1-0 defeat at struggling Reading.

HECTOR NUNNS AT LOFTUS ROAD: Jordan Hugill took full advantage of a badly weakened Swansea team to grab his first FA Cup goals for six years.

QPR have announced 'a number of staff' have been placed on furlough leave while non-playing employees at the club - including manager Mark Warburton - have taken a voluntary pay cut.

As many as half of second tier clubs are believed to be in advanced talks with players over percentage deferrals with growing optimism that agreements will be reached in the coming days.

PETE JENSON: Once an elegant midfielder at Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid, Marbella's Esteban Granero is trying to help the scientific community fight against the pandemic with his company Olocip.