Sport round-up: India tighten grip

Hosts close to victory over Sri Lanka in the third Test in Mumbai despite an unbeaten century from Kumar Sangakkara

Moody: mad dog and glory

The Leicester and England firebrand will be his usual snarling self when his side face London Wasps at Vicarage Road

Lamb rescues Irish in error-strewn spectacle

London Irish 16 Worcester 16: fly half’s penalty secures third draw in a row for away side in match little flow was possible

Biggar shows his rising talent

Ospreys 19 Munster 14: 20-year-old fly half scores 14 points to prevent visiting side from going top of Magners League

Heaslip sets sights on World Cup

The Ireland No 8’s assertiveness is a sign of a winner who wants to lift the Web Ellis Trophy in two years’ time

Lethal Robinson helps Gloucester to kick on

Gloucester 25 Newcastle 13: fly half’s boot contributes 17 points but home win spoilt by injury Akapusi Qera

England secure sudden-death win

England 17 Argentina 12: Ben Gollings helps England into semi-final of the Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens

All Blacks seek antidote to 'boring game'

Graham Henry, the New Zealand coach, calls for action to improve spectacle and looks to repeat performance that routed France

Guinness Premiership match-by-match guide

Late withdrawal of Mark Cueto, the England wing, is a blow for Sale Sharks as they visit high-flying Saracens on Saturday

Harlequins hold out to continue recovery

Leeds Carnegie 27 Harlequins 30: Leeds remain bottom of Guinness Premiership despite late fightback

England look to erase memory of defeat

Head coach Ben Ryan is looking to start Dubai Sevens in style with his side one of the favourites after reaching final last year

Diprose in frame for promotion at Harlequins

Club may have new director of rugby in place for Christmas fixture at Twickenham while Will Skinner returns to fitness

Catling given chance to repeat Oxford heroics

Key player of last year at Twickenham named for second Blue as teams are announced at the headquarters of the match sponsor

Barclay happy to takes reins at Glasgow

The Scotland player has been handed the captain's armband after Sean Lineen decided to rest a trio of internationals

Edinburgh lose Blair and Hogg to injuries

The pair feel the pain of Scotland duty but David Callam returns for the trip to play Scarlets in the Magners League

Cipriani could return to action at weekend

Wasps fly half in contention to face Leicester on Sunday after two months out with injury and chest infection

McCaw weighs in to row on ruck rules

The All Blacks captain says that referees cannot be expected to see all infringements at the breakdown

England left stranded in breakdown talks

More tedium in store as RFU representatives fail to overturn contentious ruck law at IRB meeting in Dublin

Wales slide down rankings

England climb to sixth in the IRB's global rankings as Warren Gatland's men slip two places following defeat by Australia

Lamb gives Bath the chop as crisis deepens

Bath 0 London Irish 16: Fly half scores all the points for Irish as Steve Meehan calls on supporters to back his struggling team