Gary Stead, New Zealand's head coach, has suggested that the possibility of sharing the World Cup was something that "should be considered" after his side were denied in a heartbreaking finish at Lord's on Sunday. The teams could not be separated after 100 overs and also tied the Super Over, but England lifted the trophy after winning on boundary countback.

Having slept on the result, Kane Williamson described the manner in which the final was decided "a real shame". New Zealand had further cause to be disappointed, after it transpired that England should almost certainly have only been awarded five overthrows, rather than six in the final over of regulation time.

"Make sense of it? I think that'll take quite a bit of time actually," Williamson said. "Such a fine line. May be the worst part is there is so much you can't control in those situations and it still sort of eventuates the way it did. All in all it was a real shame that the tournament was decided in the way it was after two teams went at it. And two good teams were playing a cricket game, but it was still a tie.

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Stead and Craig McMillan, New Zealand's batting coach, agreed that allowing England and the Blackcaps to share the World Cup would have been an ideal finish. Asked during a media interaction at the team hotel whether he would have preferred New Zealand being declared joint winners, Stead was open to the suggestion.

"Perhaps when you play over a seven-week period and can't be separated on the final day, that is something should be considered as well," Stead said. "But again that's one consideration over a whole lot of things that went on over the World Cup. Everything will be reviewed, and I think that it's a good time to do it now. But probably just let the dust settle for a while."

However, McMillan, whose contract finished with the World Cup, was more straightforward, saying sharing the trophy would have been the "right thing" in contrast to the tie-breaker in the form of the Super Over, a rule adopted last year by the ICC. "It is not going to change yesterday's result. But what is probably fair to say at the end of seven weeks in a big tournament like this, when you have two teams can't be separated after a 50-over match and then a Super Over and neither team did actually lose in many ways in terms of runs scored.

"Then perhaps sharing the trophy would be the right thing to do. Wasn't to be yesterday, which we all are disappointed with. But it is sport and those were the rules."

There were a number of turning points during England's chase, with several occurring one after the other in the final half hour. The biggest was when Martin Guptill's return throw from deep midwicket hit the back of Ben Stokes' bat and ricocheted for four overthrows, thus reducing England's target to a mere three runs from two balls. The on-field umpires Kumar Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus consulted the TV umpire before declaring the six runs.

Subsequently, as reported by ESPNcricinfo, it seems England were actually wrongly awarded an extra run. Simon Taufel, a former ICC Elite Panel umpire, said the match officials had "goofed up". New Zealand remained unaware of exact wording of the rule even the day after.

Williamson said he trusted the match officials' word and refused to complain about how things turned out. "I actually wasn't aware of the finer rule at the point in time," Williamson said. "Obviously you are trusting the umpires in what they do. You throw that into the mix of few hundred other things that may have been different that we wouldn't be just talking about one thing.

"Two great campaigns. From our side of things, we are really proud of the ay the guys went about their business. And am sure the English were as well, they had a great campaign. It sort of showed - we went toe-to-toe and it was the fine print that decided it."

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Stead, too, tried hard to be realistic. He felt New Zealand could do nothing but accept their fate. He felt Super Over probably was currently the only way to pick a winner until the ICC devised a better solution. "That is one," he said of the idea of having several Super Overs, again and again, until there's a winner. "I guess a valid way as well. The hard thing I find is a 50-over competition being decided on a one-over bout, just doesn't seem quite right, but then I don't write the rules. That's the way it goes."

Both Stead and McMillan were confident the ICC would review whether the Super Over was indeed the best way to deal with the scenario like a tie in a World Cup final. But for New Zealand, as McMillan said, nothing would change now.

"Small margin this, isn't it? I don't know that rule to be perfectly honest. I have played a lot of games of cricket, watched a lot of cricket - overthrows have just been added to what has been run as opposed to the point of the throw coming in. So, again, it will be something that will be something debated, discussed, but again it doesn't change the result."

The two-time Paralympic champion tells Jessica Whittington how his love for athletics is back with a vengeance

The saying goes that absence makes the heart grow fonder and that is certainly the case for Jonnie Peacock, who has regained a real hunger for athletics following a break from the sport.

Since storming to Paralympic success as a 19-year-old in 2012, the sprint star has remained in the spotlight thanks to his further global gold medal-winning achievements as well as a stint on television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing but, at the end of 2017, he decided it was time to refocus.

His year out did the trick and now the two-time world champion says his enjoyment is “back with a bang” ahead of a big couple of seasons featuring the World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai and the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

“Taking that mental break was a big thing,” says the 26-year-old, who retained his Paralympic T44 100m title in Rio. “That real desire is back – the hunger, I guess, and I can’t see it going any time soon.”

It’s similar, he adds, to the feeling he had when just starting out in the sport in 2012.

“I guess the difference now is I know a little bit more about what I can achieve and I am super excited to train at the moment,” he says. “It’s my love, it’s my passion. I feel like I’ve rediscovered that, it’s been relit. Every night I’m sitting there excited to see what I’ve got the next day.

“I’m just enjoying it all again. I’m really looking forward to going to train, for the next speed session, the opportunity to race. I’ve always had that to a point but it’s really back with a bang this year.”

“That real desire is back – the hunger, I guess, and I can’t see it going any time soon”

In 2012, under the guidance of American coach Dan Pfaff, the single-leg amputee sprinter improved his 100m PB from 11.47 to 10.85. In 2017 he went even quicker, clocking 10.64, and Peacock is excited to see what the next couple of summers hold as the Loughborough-based athlete, who is also guided by Michael Khmel, is back on the same training programme that they used seven years ago.

“This is something I know works so hopefully we’ll pick up where we left off,” says Peacock. “I’m still really dying for that massive race where it all goes down. I don’t feel like it’s happened yet. I feel like there’s going to be a race at some point where we’re going to see a good six or seven guys run sub-11 and it’s going to be close.”

On his major medal ambitions, he adds: “I’ve got confidence in my team that whenever it comes to a major championships we’re always in good shape, so we’ll just have to pray that the same thing happens again.

“It’s not ideal for Dubai being insanely late,” he continues, with this year’s World Para Athletics Championships taking place from November 7-15. “It’s hysterical when you’re around Loughborough and you hear all the able-bodied guys going ‘our Worlds are so late this year’ and you just look at them like ‘really?!’

“Ours are in November, so it doesn’t help us because then we take a break and before you know it, it’s December and there’s seven/eight months to the Paralympics. But obviously it’s a world championships, it’s a major title and that’s something that we want to go out there and we want to defend.

“It’s also an opportunity to go and run fast. Dubai will be a good track, it will be perfect conditions.”

Before that comes a return to the London Stadium, scene of Peacock’s Paralympic success in 2012 and world gold in 2017.

However, his record at the Müller Anniversary Games doesn’t quite match his major championships achievements in the same stadium – a fact he hopes to change this weekend.

“It’s great (going back to the London Stadium for the Anniversary Games) but the only issue is I’ve never actually won there if it’s not been a championships! I’ve lost every other race!” he laughs.

“I feel like whatever I do this year, it’s going to be better next year. It’s about getting the body back into good shape, getting some consistency this year, and then next year I feel like we can really build on it. I’ve got a good feeling about where the body is going to be at.”

MOSCOW -- Former Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov has signed a one-year deal in the Kontinental Hockey League as he sits out the final months of his NHL suspension.

Russian KHL club Avangard Omsk says it signed Voynov to a one-year deal. His NHL suspension, imposed after the league determined he committed acts of domestic violence, will end midway through the season.

Voynov was suspended indefinitely in October 2014 after being arrested and accused of abusing his wife. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor, left the United States to go back to Russia and last year had the conviction dismissed by a judge in Los Angeles. His most recent suspension was imposed in April after he applied for reinstatement.

Voynov won an Olympic gold medal at the tournament last year which didn't have NHL players. He didn't play any pro hockey last season as he focused on his NHL appeals process.

"Experience, skill, reliability, scoring. That's how Vyacheslav Voynov is known to all hockey fans,'' said Avangard president Maxim Sushinsky, using Voynov's full first name. "In our case you can add Voynov's huge motivation to prove to everyone and most of all to himself that he can reach the very highest targets with a top club.''

Avangard didn't comment on Voynov's NHL situation.

Voynov won the Stanley Cup with Los Angeles in 2012 and 2014. Los Angeles still holds Voynov's NHL rights, but has said it won't sign a new contract with him.

Voynov previously played three KHL seasons with SKA St. Petersburg between 2015 and 2018, lifting the KHL's Gagarin Cup in 2017.

While hundreds of free agents have signed with NHL teams this summer (at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in total), some notable names remain on the market. Will they re-sign with their 2018-19 clubs, or move on to new opportunities? Our panel debates the 2019-20 destinations for five of the biggest names left:

Jake Gardiner, D

2018-19 team: Toronto Maple Leafs
2018-19 cap hit: $4.05 million

Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: The New Jersey Devils have $19.845 million in cap space and two left-handed shooting defensemen in Andy Greene and Sami Vatanen coming off their cap next summer. The team's biggest need, besides an overall increase in quality depth, is on the blue line, even with the addition of P.K. Subban. Gardiner, and his offensive upside, would be a welcome addition.

Emily Kaplan, national NHL reporter: The Canadiens would be a great fit. They still have some cap space to spend -- call it the Sebastian Aho savings -- and they could definitely use some talent on the left side. A Gardiner signing could be bad news for Karl Alzner, though.

Dimitri Filipovic, hockey analytics writer: The Canadiens. It's weird just how little buzz there's been about Gardiner through the first two weeks of free agency, considering he came in as the best defenseman available. Montreal makes a ton of sense because the left side of their blue line is their biggest weakness, and they haven't really been able to find a viable partner for Shea Weber since he arrived. If Weber's nagging injuries from the past two seasons continue, Gardiner provides some insurance as someone that can carry a pairing and take some of the responsibility off of Jeff Petry's plate. The Canadiens want to play fast and get the puck up the ice as quickly as possible in transition, which is something we know Gardiner excels at after all of his years thriving in Toronto's up-tempo system.

Patrick Maroon, LW/RW

2018-19 team: St. Louis Blues
2018-19 cap hit: $1.75 million

Wyshynski: Maroon has a Stanley Cup ring for being the personification of the kind of heavy hockey a team (at times) needs to excel in the postseason. You know who could use a little bit of that DNA? A team that rolled over in the first round in a passionless sweep, the Tampa Bay Lightning. One year, tax-friendly cap hit. Let's go.

Kaplan: The Edmonton Oilers. Sure, the Oilers need to shake things up to get back on track, but I'm all for returning to nostalgia for this one. Maroon's best NHL season came when playing on Connor McDavid's wing. The fans would be happy to welcome back Big Rig.

Filipovic: The Oilers. I wouldn't give Maroon any kind of term considering his age and body type, but he can probably be had for a minimal commitment after St. Louis essentially thanked him for his services and wished him farewell this summer. We already know that he has the sense to know where to go and finishing ability around the net that's required to make the most of McDavid's playmaking prowess. Edmonton hasn't really done anything of note to improve their roster this summer, and while Maroon is hardly a game-changer at this point, the bar the Oilers need to clear to improve their wing position is exceedingly low.

Justin Williams, RW

2018-19 team: Carolina Hurricanes
2018-19 cap hit: $4.5 million

Wyshynski: At this stage, the Hurricanes are probably the only team for whom Justin Williams will play in the NHL. Rare is the athlete who comes back to the scene of a previous championship and has the kind of positive impact that Williams had with the "Bunch of Jerks" last season. But if we're asking "who should sign him," then my choice would be the Arizona Coyotes. Here's a team that needs more scoring on the wing, could use another veteran leader in that room ... and let's face it, could use a bit of enthusiasm in the fan base (and defiant attitude) that Williams brought to the Canes last season.

Kaplan: The Hurricanes. Williams and coach Rod Brind'Amour are tight, and Williams -- at age 37 -- was like a coach on the ice for the Canes last season. If he doesn't retire, he's returning to Carolina. They saved enough cap space to sign him.

Filipovic: The Hurricanes. Despite his age, he can still definitely play, and would be a logical fit both on and off the ice for pretty much every single contender in the league. Carolina brought in Erik Haula and Ryan Dzingel this summer for reinforcements on the wing, and Andrei Svechnikov looks ready for a much larger role as well. That might actually be good for Williams at this point of his career, considering he played more minutes last season than he had in any single campaign since 2007-08. They can now afford to be more selective with his usage, preserving him for what they presumably hope will be another extended playoff run.

Joe Thornton, C

2018-19 team: San Jose Sharks
2018-19 cap hit: $5 million

Wyshynski: Jumbo already indicated that he and the Sharks will "get something done" during the summer, after some meetings with GM Doug Wilson and owner Hasso Plattner. There's no reason to believe that won't happen, and the Sharks need his presence in the locker room more than ever with former captain Joe Pavelski now in Dallas. But if we're fantasy casting ... look, Joe Thornton needs a Stanley Cup. The Vegas Golden Knights need a better power play, as theirs was at 16.8 percent last season. Speaking from personal experience, there are ample short flights from San Jose to Vegas. He could, like, go home on the weekends

Kaplan: I can't imagine Joe Thornton signing anywhere but San Jose for his 22nd season. GM Doug Wilson will get it done. But I'd love to see a team like the Avalanche take a run at Thornton. A 1-2-3 punch of Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri and Joe Thornton down the gut? That would be the best center depth in the West.

Filipovic: The Sharks. I don't think I can see Joe Thornton in another uniform, and by all accounts he can't either. Because of the ridiculously team-friendly Kevin Labanc contract, San Jose now has some extra financial wiggle room to bring him back into the mix. Beyond just the obvious history between the two, the on-ice fit is also still there. The Sharks ostensibly have two top lines, which affords them the luxury of feeding Thornton the cushiest of minutes at five-on-five. At this point, feasting on inferior competition is what his skills are best suited for, especially when he can set up shop down low in the offensive zone and pick them apart like a pocket passing quarterback.

Patrick Marleau, LW/C

2018-19 team: Toronto Maple Leafs
2018-19 cap hit: $6.25 million

Wyshynski: Given the coach, the GM, the state in which the team plays and the apparent decision to go with the oldest lineup in the NHL, Marleau to the Los Angeles Kings feels so right -- even if seeing him in that jersey will feel so wrong for Sharks fans.

Kaplan: Not sure it will happen, but I'd love for the Florida Panthers to take a run. Marleau, at this stage of his career, is a third- or fourth-line winger. Even with offseason improvements, I'm not totally convinced the Panthers are a playoff team. Adding another solid depth forward like Marleau -- along with his leadership -- could help get them over the hump.

Filipovic: The Sharks. Let's get the band back together and reunite Thornton and Marleau for one last dance. They've made some sweet music over the years, sharing the ice for nearly 3,600 five-on-five minutes from 2007 to 2017. Because of how loaded the Sharks are, they won't need to overuse Marleau as much as Leafs coach Mike Babcock did towards the end of Marleau's run with Toronto. San Jose doesn't have much cash to work with (pending the Thornton deal), but considering Marleau is already getting paid out roughly $3.5 million after his buyout, that shouldn't be a concern. And after losing both Joe Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi this summer, the Sharks could actually use some reliable secondary scoring on the wing right now.

Sunday's World Cup final, the first England international on free-to-air UK television since the 2005 Ashes, attracted a peak viewership of 8.3 million.

The game was simulcast on several channels: Sky showed it on Sky One, Main Event, and their Cricket channel, while Channel 4 split their coverage between their main channel and More 4 during the British Grand Prix.

The peak audience was only marginally below that recorded during the 2005 Ashes, when 8.4 million people watched the culmination of England's win at Trent Bridge on Channel 4. By contrast, the first Test of the 2015 Ashes, shown only on Sky, attracted a peak viewership of 467,000.

The World Cup final had to compete for attention with the men's singles final at Wimbledon between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, as well as the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Cricket will return to free-to-air TV in the UK from next summer, after the BBC agreed a deal in 2017 to show ten men's and eight women's matches from The Hundred per year, as well as two men's T20Is and one women's T20I.

Liam Plunkett, the fast bowler who took three wickets in England's win, had previously voiced support for the final to be broadcast free-to-air.

"Playing for England, you're the pride of the country and you want people to be able to access that and watch that," he said after the group stage win against New Zealand. "I'm not sure it's going to happen but for the guys, you want as many people to watch it as possible."

Sunday's final was a sell-out, with unofficial resale platforms offering tickets priced at several thousand pounds. As well as the millions watching on TV, thousands of fans gathered in the fanzone in Trafalgar Square, first to watch and then to celebrate England's win.

There was widespread support for Sky's decision to allow the game to be shown on free-to-air TV, a move that the ECB encouraged but did not demand. But Ashley Giles, the director of cricket for England's men's teams, suggested that England might not have been able to win the World Cup without Sky's investment.

When asked by BBC Radio 4 if it would have been impossible, Giles said: "Quite possibly, yes. The investment in the game from grassroots to professional has allowed us to do what we've done.

"Sky took the game on and have been fantastic supporters since. Thank you to them for allowing it on Channel 4."

Channel 4's chief executive Alex Mahon said it was "wonderful that the whole nation can come together to share these momentous British sporting events".

"Yeah, in a heartbeat," Kane Williamson said when asked if he'd swap his Player of the Series trophy for one extra run at the end of the greatest World Cup final in history. He might have to keep that line handy again as the ICC announced another individual milestone for the New Zealand captain.

Williamson hit a career-high 799 points on the ODI batsmen's rankings after the semi-final against India and is currently at No. 6 on the table. Scoring only 30 runs against England, though, has brought his tally down to 796, but he remains one of only two New Zealanders in the top ten, Ross Taylor above him with 817 points.

Ben Stokes, the Player of the Final, rose five places to No. 20 after not one but two amazing innings - first to keep England's chase alive on a remarkably tough pitch and later to lift them in the Super Over while virtually running on empty.

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There was another allrounder who made a giant leap on the batsmen's rankings too. Ravindra Jadeja, who was nearly unstoppable in the semi-final against New Zealand, has leapt 24 places to occupy the 108th spot.

Chris Woakes, whose opening spells were vital to England's title run, has gone up to No. 7 in the bowler's rankings. He took seven wickets in the first Powerplay at the World Cup - the joint second-highest - while the topper of that list, Matt Henry, also broke into the top ten. Jofra Archer, playing his first World Cup, finished not only as England's highest wicket-taker but also one of the ICC's top 30 bowlers in the world.

England remain the top-ranked team in the world, while India are at No. 2 and New Zealand at No. 3. Shakib Al Hasan, who produced the most remarkable all-round show ever seen in a World Cup, retains dominance in the allrounders' ratings.

Houston Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney will not get a long-term deal done by Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline to sign players who have been franchised, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

No trade is in the works for him either, the sources said.

Clowney is expected to miss most, if not all, of training camp, as he still hasn't signed his franchise tender, which is worth $15.967 million for the 2019 season.

The Texans tagged Clowney as a linebacker ($15.443 million) rather than as a defensive end ($17.128 million). However, since players get the higher amount between the tag value or 120 percent of last year's salary, Clowney is poised to get an additional $524,000 this season. He made $13.306 million, including a $1 million bonus, while playing on his fifth-year option in 2018.

Despite being tagged as a linebacker, Clowney played most of his snaps at defensive end in 2018, according to ESPN Stats & Information. He logged 729 at defensive end, 101 at defensive tackle and 33 at linebacker last season.

Clowney, who was named to his third consecutive Pro Bowl last season, finished 2018 with 47 tackles, nine sacks, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. He also had 16 tackles for loss, which tied for ninth in the NFL last season, and he now has 53 tackles for loss over the past three seasons, which ranks third in the league.

Clowney, 26, the first overall pick of the 2014 draft, struggled with knee injuries early in his career, missing 15 games in his first two seasons. In 2016, he played through wrist and elbow injuries, appearing in 14 games and making the Pro Bowl for the first time. Since then, he has missed just one game over two seasons.

ESPN's Sarah Barshop contributed to this report.