strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and it means that those polls are extremely lopsided. and that means that the team is ranked one to five in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england actually are. so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through that pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they don t have any more disciplinary issues, then they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. next to the world athletics championships where the favourite, kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres in budapest the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field and take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe wel tayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan in third. britan s laura m