Surrey close £60m Oval Invincibles deal with Reliance after eight monthsOval Invincibles won The Hundred men’s competition for a third time in a row this yearSurrey have finally exchanged contracts with Reliance Industries over the shareholders’ agreement governing their new partnership in the Oval-based Hundred team after almost eight months of negotiations. BBC in for men’s Rugby World CupThe BBC has held talks with World Rugby about bidding for live TV rights to the men’s Rugby World Cup after achieving record viewing figures for the women’s tournament. The Red Roses’ Women’s Rugby World Cup win in south west London last weekend is understood to have triggered a bonus payment due to the RFU, earning an immediate payback on the governing body’s £15m annual investment in women’s rugby. Deadlock over Nations Cup talksMeetings between the Six Nations and Sanzaar unions at Twickenham over the Nations Cup broke up without agreement being reached, so the new competition is still without a confirmed fixture list and broadcast partners nine months before it is due to launch next June. World Rugby has developed a tier-two competition for emerging nations to run in parallel, which is ready to be confirmed pending the Nations Cup announcement.