James Vince blunted the much-hyped Australia attack but fell foul of England's new number one enemy Nathan Lyon just when he was all set to tame the Gabba on day one of the Ashes.

Ben Strevens was left to rue yet more injury problems as Eastleigh were beaten 3-1 at Fylde.

Eastleigh came from behind to defeat struggling Chesterfield and move themselves safely into midtable in the National League.

EASTLEIGH manager Ben Strevens admitted wishing his side’s match against second-from-bottom Chorley was postponed after all.

EASTLEIGH are through to the FA Cup first round after two penalties for Scott Rendell.

Scott Rendell struck against former club Woking to earn Eastleigh a point as they extended their unbeaten run to eight matches.

Ben Strevens is hoping that Eastleigh will sign him some reinforcements as his injury crisis worsens.

Scott Rendall admitted his confidence is sky high after his fine goalscoring continued with a match winning hat-trick.

Eastleigh are facing an unwanted FA Cup replay after being held to a 2-2 draw at Stourbridge.

EASTLEIGH warmed up for Saturday’s FA Cup tie at home to League Two Crewe Alexandra with a fourth successive victory at the Silverlake - thanks to three goals in ten first-half minutes.

Despite an equaliser from Sadio Mane, Saints suffer a 2-1 defeat to Sunderland The Stadium of Light.

Pictures from the first leg of Europa League play-off between Saints and Midtjylland.

Pictures from the Barclays Premier League match between Watford and Saints.

Pictures from the Europa League play-off between Midtjylland and Saints.

A fantastic game at St Mary's, but that is of no consolation to Saints, who ended up on the wrong side of a five-goal thriller.

​Saints batter Championship side MK Dons to progress through to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup at stadiummk.

HARRY Foyle stole the show with two best-yet individual performances as St Cross Symondians thrashed hapless New Milton by 162 runs to move fourth in the ECB Southern Premier Division.

A HAMPSHIRE Cricket League match will start at 8.30am on Saturday so players can watch England’s World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.

SEVENTEEN points separate the top five in Hampshire League County Division 1 – after the leading three sides crashed to defeat.

Lyndhurst & Ashurst Cricket Club has reinstated an annual fixture – more than 100 years after it was last played.

Hythe & Dibden are Hampshire League County Division 1 champions – but only by a solitary point from Parley.

A CRICKETER who asked for his leg to be amputated to cure constant pain is back in the England team.

FORGET the fairytale, this is Cinderella for the 21st Century.

A CLOSE encounter with a menacing crocodile was not exactly what I had in mind for last night but, with panto, anything goes.

MORE than sixty years since his untimely death, the musical that celebrates the life of Buddy Holly is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

IT'S the ultimate fun bus.

AFC BOURNEMOUTH have completed the signing of flexible attacker Lys Mousset from French side Le Havre for an undisclosed fee understood to be in the region of 6.5million euros. The 20-year-old, who was reportedly on the radar of Arsenal, Spurs, Sunderland, Southampton, Copenhagen and Monaco, has signed a four-year deal at the Vitality Stadium. A product of the revered Le Havre Academy that brought through the likes of Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Lassana Diarra, Mousset scored 14 goals for the Ligue 2 outfit from wide and central attacking positions last season. Capped eight times at under-20 level by France, he appeared against England in the recent Toulon Tournament final and also attracted interest from Bristol City, Italian club Torino and Spanish top-flight side Sevilla. Mousset is Eddie Howe's third new arrival this summer following the permanent signing of midfielder Emerson Hyndman from Fulham and Nathan Ake's season-long loan from Chelsea.

A FORMER Aston Villa striker has died after he was Tasered by police.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is fully committed to the club amid speculation of a move to Arsenal.

HARRY Redknapp has “no doubt” Cherries will steer clear of trouble – and the club’s former boss says he admires Eddie Howe’s refusal to sacrifice his footballing principles as the survival battle hots up.

GASTON Ramirez has returned to the Middlesbrough fold in Spain as he attempts to rebuild his reputation on Teesside.

BOURNEMOUTH manager Eddie Howe has been given the full backing of chairman Jeff Mostyn.

Sutton United's former Eastleigh manager Paul Doswell has no sympathy for Arsene Wenger following Arsenal's spectacular collapse against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Bournemouth have been fined £35,000 after accepting a charge from the Football Association for a breach of anti-doping rules.

STEVE Pomery and Dave Pool took an early lead in The Eastleigh Pairs Carp and Silvers League on Witherington Topmoor.

NEW Forest carp farmers Heather Fisheries were delighted to be asked to provide a memorial fish for the Stone family to put into Christchurch Angling Club’s Hucklesbrook Lake.

BROADLANDS Lakes have reported some good fish again this week.

It was a good week on Boadlands with lots of big fish being caught.

Kim Bowden, the assistant secretary and treasurer of the Angling Trust Wessex Region Marine certainly showed that he has got what it takes when he went afloat from the Portsmouth based boat ‘Dawn Venture’ skippered by Ross Burnett.

Orchard Xmas Match at Bashley produced the best weights in the various Xmas matches that took place at the weekend. Doug Wright took 61 lb 8 oz of carp to 9 lb dapping bread to the far bank on the pole early before switching to pole and maggot in the closing stages to win from peg 37. John Pole finished second from peg 16 with 51 lb of small carp to the far bank on pole and maggot. Others M.Rowe 49 lb 14 oz, N.Cornwell 44 lb 4 oz and N.Fox 42 lb 12 oz.

ECHO fishing correspondent Mark Simmonds landed his fifth Amazon Red Tail over 100 lb when taking Black Spot at 110 lb from Teak Trees, Chang Mai in Thailand.

A FORMER world champion angler from Hampshire has won a national award after inspiring hundreds of youngsters to aim for glory.

A 9lb bull huss bagged by Adrian Moody from the Waterside was the highlight when the Lymington club staged a shallow boat competition, writes Chris Clark.

DAVE Malone is standing down as Winchester City’s director of football at the end of 2018.

LOCAL sport will be bidding a sad farewell to Alan Frederick, doyen of Southampton Schools’ football for close on 60 years and popular bowls enthusiast, tomorrow.

A HAMPSHRIE 12-year-old with cerebral palsy spent time with the captain of Southampton Football Club, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

A SOUTHAMPTON football team has scored big after being newly kitted out.

Hundreds of budding young footballers took part in Oakwood Youth FC's annual, six-a-side tournament at Test Park in Southampton.

AMBULANCE crews rushed to the scene of a football match in Hythe after a player was knocked unconscious.

GABI Taylor has credited her new team for her improvement as she prepares to make her Fed Cup debut alongside Great Britain teammates Johanna Konta and Heather Watson.