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Holders Bordeaux-Begles and last season’s finalists Northampton Saints have been drawn in Pool 4 for the 2025-26 Investec Champions Cup.
In May, Bordeaux defeated Saints 28-20 in Cardiff to lift their first Champions Cup title.
Premiership semi-finalists Bristol Bears, Scarlets, Top 14 side Pau and United Rugby Championship (URC) runners-up Bulls are also in Pool 4.
Three-time winners Saracens are in Pool 1 alongside record six-time champions Toulouse.
They are joined by Glasgow Warriors, Sale Sharks, Clermont Auvergne and South African side Sharks.
Premiership champions Bath, who won last year’s Challenge Cup, are in Pool 2 with Munster, Gloucester, Edinburgh, Castres and three-time winners Toulon.
In Pool 3, Leinster, who lost to Northampton in last year’s semi final, again are drawn in the same pool as Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle, who defeated the Irish province in back-to-back finals in 2022 and 2023.
Leo Cullen’s team squeezed past the Top 14 side 16-14 in last year’s pool stage.
Leicester Tigers and Harlequins are also in Pool 3, with Bayonne and South African side Stormers.
Each team will play four different opponents in the pool stage, but not teams from their own league, with fixtures still to be announced.
In the Challenge Cup, Ulster, who finished 14th in last season’s URC have been drawn in the same pool as Parisian rivals Racing 92 and Stade Francais in Pool 3.
Pool 1: Toulouse, Clermont, Sharks, Saracens, Glasgow Warriors, Sale Sharks
Pool 2: Bath, Toulon, Munster, Castres, Edinburgh, Gloucester
Pool 3: Leinster, Leicester Tigers, Harlequins, La Rochelle, Bayonne, Stormers
Pool 1: Ospreys, Connacht, Zebre, Montpellier, US Montauban, Black Lion
Pool 2: Newcastle, Dragons, Benetton, Lions, Lyon, USAP
Round two: 12-14 December
Round three: 9-11 January
Round four: 16-18 January
Last 16: 3-5 April
Quarter-finals: 10-12 April 2026
Semi-finals: 1-3 May
Challenge Cup final: Friday, 22 May
Champions Cup final: Saturday, 23 May
A Ukrainian drone attack at an industrial plant in central Russia has killed three people and injured 35 others, a Russian regional governor has said.
Alexander Brechalov, head of the Udmurt Republic, said in a post on Telegram on Tuesday that the attack took place at a factory in Izhevsk city. Ten of the wounded were in a serious condition, he noted.
There was no immediate official comment from Kyiv. But a Ukrainian security official confirmed the attack, telling the news agency Reuters that the Kupol plant had been hit, with a fire breaking out as a result.
The facility, which produces air defence systems and drones for the Russian army, is located roughly 1,300km (800 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
If confirmed, the Ukrainian mission would be one of the deepest attacks of its kind inside Russia since the start of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion.
However, it is not as far as one Kyiv claimed last May, which reportedly hit an early-warning radar in the Russian city of Orsk, some 1,800km (1,120 miles) from Ukraine.
Speaking to the AFP news agency on Tuesday, an unnamed Ukrainian security service (SBU) official hailed the most recent drone mission.
“Each such special operation reduces the enemy’s offensive potential, disrupts military production chains and demonstrates that even deep in Russia’s rear, there are no safe zones for its military infrastructure,” they said in written comments.
The attack came a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would increase its drone production, following a surge in Russian drone attacks.
Moscow fired some 5,438 long-range drones at Ukraine in June, its highest monthly total yet, according to an analysis by AFP.
“The priority is drones, interceptor drones and long-range strike drones,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram late on Monday about Ukraine’s manufacturing drive.
The message followed a promise last month by Ukraine’s top military commander to improve the “scale and depth” of strikes on Russia.
In other developments, the Kremlin has denied the suggestion from one of United States President Donald Trump’s special envoys that it was deliberately stalling ceasefire talks.
Keith Kellogg, Trump’s Ukraine envoy, said on Monday, “Russia cannot continue to stall for time while it bombs civilian targets in Ukraine. ”
In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia was “not interested in drawing out anything”.
A date for a third round of negotiations has yet to be agreed.
Canada international Ashley Lawrence has left Chelsea to join Lyon after two years at the club.
The 30-year-old won four trophies during her time at Chelsea, including the Women’s Super League title in both seasons.
She made 60 appearances, scoring three goals and picking up eight assists as an attacking full-back.
Last season she featured 30 times for Chelsea and helped them win an unbeaten domestic Treble in manager Sonia Bompastor’s first season.
Prior to joining Chelsea, Lawrence played for Paris St-Germain, ending Lyon’s run of 14 successive French titles in 2021.
World number three Jessica Pegula hopes women’s matches at Wimbledon stay three sets long, while also believing that the men’s game would be more competitive if shortened from five sets to three.
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World number three Jessica Pegula hopes women’s matches at Wimbledon stay three sets long, while also believing that the men’s game would be more competitive if shortened from five sets to three.
Watch live coverage from every court on BBC iPlayer.