British men’s number one Jack Draper says he can cope with the responsibility of leading the home nation’s hopes at the first Wimbledon since Sir Andy Murray retired. Draper, who is ranked fourth in the world, has emerged as a genuine Wimbledon contender following a stunning rise over the past 12 months. The left-handed Englishman...
The British and Irish Lions eased away to an eight-try 54-7 victory against Western Force in their first game of their tour on Australian soil. Captain Dan Sheehan, Tomos Williams and Elliot Daly scored in a first half largely dominated by the profligate hosts in terms of territory but not on the scoreboard. The Lions...
Alexander-Arnold and Robertson played together on 279 occasions – an average of 35 games a season in all competitions in their eight seasons together. And each of them only played more games with Mohamed Salah. Robertson joined from Hull City for £8m in 2017-18 with Alexander-Arnold, an academy product, having made his debut the season...
“Athletes across all sports have been discussing this for a long time, but it hasn’t really changed. Hopefully something can get done soon.” Asked for his view – as both an ex-player and father-of-four – about what could be done to eradicate toxic abuse, Murray said: “If I’m being honest I don’t know. Me and...
Carys Nally and Samuel Kerr BBC Newsnight BBC The truth about tens of thousands British veterans who tested nuclear bombs has been “covered up for decades”, the mayor of Greater Manchester has alleged. Andy Burnham told BBC Newsnight the government must act while the remaining survivors are still alive. In the 1950s and 60s, servicemen...
The All England Club is set to recognise Sir Andy Murray’s contribution to tennis with a statue of him at Wimbledon. Murray ended Britain’s 77-year wait for a men’s singles champion at Wimbledon with a memorable victory over Novak Djokovic in 2013, and triumphed again at SW19 in 2016 when he beat Milos Raonic. Former...
There was no competition for word of the day at the Lions media briefing on Wednesday – “cohesion” was clearly the focus. Given how clunky these affairs have been in the recent past, and that this represented a first hit for what is a brand new side, it was fair to assume clicking quickly would...
Impressionist Josh Berry asks questions in the accents of Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal & John McEnroe to Queen’s stars including Carlos Alcaraz & Emma Raducanu. WATCH MORE: Draper into world’s top four by beating Nakashima Pictures courtesy of LTA and ATP Media Read full article at source...
British and Irish Lions: Marcus Smith; Tommy Freeman, Sione Tuipulotu, Bundee Aki, Duhan van der Merwe; Fin Smith, Alex Mitchell; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Finlay Bealham, Maro Itoje (capt), Tadhg Beirne, Tom Curry, Jac Morgan, Ben Earl. Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Pierre Schoeman, Tadhg Furlong, Scott Cummings, Henry Pollock, Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Mack Hansen. Argentina:...
British and Irish Lions: Marcus Smith; Tommy Freeman, Sione Tuipulotu, Bundee Aki, Duhan van der Merwe; Fin Smith, Alex Mitchell; Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Finlay Bealham, Maro Itoje (capt), Tadhg Beirne, Tom Curry, Jac Morgan, Ben Earl. Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Pierre Schoeman, Tadhg Furlong, Scott Cummings, Henry Pollock, Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Mack Hansen. Argentina:...
For British and Irish Lions boss Andy Farrell, building connections has always been as crucial to fostering a winning environment as tactics and systems. When he speaks to the media, he regularly outlines his desire to see players become the “best versions of themselves”. Not the best tacklers, or goal-kickers or scrummagers, but the best...
With Leinster, Bath and Leicester Tigers all involved in domestic finals last weekend, and Toulouse’s season still ongoing in France, it was a smaller panel that Farrell brought to Portugal last week for a training camp. Although Leinster hooker Ronan Kelleher will be on the bench on Friday night six days after lifting the URC,...
There is a welcome return for Tadhg Furlong, who has played just nine times this season because of various injuries and has not featured for Leinster since their defeat by Northampton in the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals last month. The tight-head will start on the bench, with his Ireland colleague Finlay Bealham to wear the...
Former Scotland striker Steven Thompson: “If you go back only a very short period of time Steve Clarke could do no wrong. “This is a defeat, at home, to a weaker nation than ourselves and questions will be asked. When you go into qualifying, these performances won’t be tolerated.” Former Scotland forward James McFadden: “There...
“All I can say is it’s not crossed my mind as of yet and I hope it doesn’t because I love playing for my country. “It’s the biggest honour in football and I’ve done it 82 times now and I’ve still got that hunger to try and succeed and to try and help the young...