WORLD OF SPORT: All Black star’s funeral, crash hospitalises Lizzie Armistead, football fixtures, Ascot photos, Prince Naz enters Hall of Fame

Today’s top stories hitting the headlines...

More than 3,000 mourners packed arena north of Wellington to honour 34-year-old All Black rugby union player Jerry Collins who was killed with his wife in a car accident in France Click HERE (Guardian).

British Olympic silver medallist cyclist Lizzie Armistead has been rushed to hospital after a nasty crash – just seconds after she won a major race in Suffolk. To see video of the crash click HERE (Daily Star).

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The new football fixtures were released today – to find your club and their fixtures click HERE (BBC Sport).

The best pictures so far from Royal Ascot. Click HERE (Telegraph).

Five-times world champion Prince Naseem Hamed, who fought out of Sheffield’s Brendan Ingle’s stable, and found early success and a fan base in Mansfield, has looked back on his career after being inducted into boxing’s Hall of Fame. Click HERE (Sky Sports).

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