Monday Lunch Sport Update

Messi Might Play On Internationally; Borthwick New England Rugby Coach; John Durkan Memorial at Punchestown Today; Naas Tuesday Racing Goes ahead.

Lionel Messi has suggested he will continue to play international football.

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner finally got his World Cup medal, as Argentina beat France on penalties yesterday.

Messi says it will be his last appearance at the tournament - but he stopped short of confirming his outright international retirement.

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There's one game in the English Championship tonight.

Strugglers Wigan Athletic play second-placed Sheffield United.

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Steve Borthwick has been appointed as England head coach on a five-year contract.

Borthwick, 43, masterminded Leicester's Gallagher Premiership title triumph last season, and he succeeds Eddie Jones in English rugby's top job.

Jones was sacked almost two weeks ago after presiding over England's worst year of results since 2008, managing only five wins from 12 games.

The Rugby Football Union also announced that Leicester assistant coach Kevin Sinfield will join Borthwick as defence coach at Twickenham.

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Venus Williams has confirmed she's continuing her tennis career after accepting a wild card for the Australian Open.

Now 42, she's currently ranked below 1000 in the world and has just one victory in singles since March 2021 - at Wimbledon that same year.

Her sister, Serena, appeared to retire from the sport last year - but she's left the door open for a return.

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Former champion Gerwyn Price is among those in action at the PDC World Darts Championship later.

The 2021 winner plays Luke Woodhouse tonight at the Alexandra Palace.

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Galopin Des Champs headlines the field for the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown this afternoon.

The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old will be have Paul Townend up for the Grade One feature at ten-past-two.

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Racing will go ahead as planned at Naas tomorrow after an early-morning inspection.

The track was found to be fit for racing and the ground is yielding, yielding to soft in places, with the first race at 12.05pm.