Essex need to start putting some pride into their T20 Blast performances, says captain Simon Harmer. Sunday’s six-wicket hammering by Middlesex was their fourth successive loss at the start of the campaign and leaves them bottom of the South Group. “We need to find ways to win games of cricket and if we’re brutally honest...
Having resisted the allure of Team Sky when he turned professional in 2014, Bury-born Yates and twin brother Adam joined Australian outfit Orica–GreenEdge. Adam left at the end of 2020, but Simon remained with the team, now called Jayco–AlUla, until the end of last season, taking a pay cut to join Visma-Lease a Bike. Visma’s...
Britain’s Simon Yates sealed his first Giro d’Italia title by safely crossing the line on the final stage in Rome. The Bury-born rider, 32, took the leader’s pink jersey for the first time in the race on Saturday’s stage 20 with a sublime attack on the penultimate climb, having started the day in third. Yates...
Getty Images Ireland’s interim head coach Simon Easterby has been disqualified from driving for six months after being caught speeding. The former rugby player was caught exceeding the 70mph speed limit on a dual carriageway in Bodmin, Cornwall, last August. On Monday, Cardiff Magistrates’ Court considered Easterby’s work and family commitments that require him to...
“It is obviously something that would be unbelievable but it is not my full focus or my focus at the moment, I am fully focussed on helping Dundee stay in the Premiership and if I do that, and I do my job, then if something like that was to happen then so be it. “Scotland...
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Rugby union should consider banning head coaches from matches if their players are repeatedly involved in head-on-head tackles, says former England women’s boss Simon Middleton. In the Women’s Six Nations opening round, France centre Gabrielle Vernier was sent off for a head-on-head hit in their win over Ireland, followed by Wales’ Georgia Evans receiving a...
Plymouth Argyle owner Simon Hallett says he has agreed in principle to sell a stake in the club to new investors. No details of who will be investing have been revealed, how much they will invest or what size of stake they will have. Hallett has been Argyle’s majority shareholder since 2018 and made it...
The Nepal Super League season lasts just four weeks, with the play-off final to decide the champions on 26 April – FA Cup semi-final weekend. Will it be Preston, 14th in the Championship table, or Aston Villa – who face Paris St-Germain in a mouth-watering Champions League quarter-final next month – at Wembley on the...
Paul O’Connell has been named Ireland’s interim head coach for the summer tour of Georgia and Portugal after Simon Easterby was appointed to the British and Irish Lions coaching team. Defence coach Easterby was given the Ireland interim head coach for the recent Six Nations because Andy Farrell is on a sabbatical from the role...
Kent chief executive officer Simon Storey will step down at the end of the season after more than six years at the helm. The club have won the T20 Blast, One Day Cup and Women’s County Championship during his time in charge. Storey moved to Kent in 2019 after seven years in charge at Derbyshire,...