Johnny Sexton kicked four penalties and two more conversions to help Ireland to victory in Melbourne

1.10pm BST

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt on his team leveling the series: “We knuckled down and worked our way into the game. We accumulated points where we didn’t last week. Probably the third quarter was the turning point of the game. We really kept that pressure on.

“We really kept them under pressure. Then, we were just hanging on at the end. We’re just going to glue everyone together and see how we shape up for next week.”

1.07pm BST

Wallabies captain Michael Cooper: “We had no ball. We had 25% (possession). It’s tough to win a game like that. Ultimately, not good enough. We got turned over quite easily. The Irish did quite well over the ball.”

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1.06pm BST

24th over: England 154-2 (Roy 71, Root 15) Roy just carries on where he left off, punching Tye past mid-off for four.

1.01pm BST

Play will resume at five past. The poor old Aussies just had time to see their footballers and rugby players lose, so a nation’s honour is in their hands.

• Former world No 1 makes late decision to take part
• Murray drawn against Australian in first round

Andy Murray decided at the last minute on Saturday morning to make his comeback at Queen’s Club this week, ending a year of pain, indecision and concern about his future.

The former world No1 and five-times Queen’s champion will play his first competitive match since Sam Querrey beat him in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last July – and he has been drawn against Nick Kyrgios in the first round.

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1.04pm BST

Argentina Caballero; Salvio, Otamendi, Rojo, Tagliafico; Biglia, Mascherano; Meza, Messi, Di Maria; Aguero.

Iceland Halldorsson, Saevarsson, R. Sigurdsson, Arnason, Magnusson, Gudmundsson, Bjarnason, G. Sigurdsson, Gunnarsson, Hallfredsson, Finnbogason.

1.02pm BST

This happened a minute ago at the precise moment Phil Neville started talking about VAR

BBC World Cup coverage has peaked. pic.twitter.com/Fl08hPlX5U

The Socceroos get their World Cup campaign under way as they take on Didier Deschamps’ much-fancied side – follow all the action LIVE!

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The Super Eagles’ entertaining style in qualifying caught the eye, but with the world watching, will Rohr stick or twist with his approach?

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10.00am BST

We’re only two days into Russia 2018 and we’ve already enjoyed sackfuls of goals, oodles of controversy and lashings of individual brilliance. Can the rage be maintained on day three?

Initial responsibility for keeping the party atmosphere alive falls to France and Australia.