Katie Boulter reminded everyone why she is the British number one after beating Emma Raducanu in the battle of Britain at the Nottingham Open on her way back to the final. Boulter is the defending champion at her home tournament and was up against it, having lost a marathon first set to Raducanu on Saturday...
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Emma Raducanu turns down place at Paris Olympics
Emma Raducanu has been backed to play at future Olympics after she turned down a potential spot in the Team GB squad for the Paris Games. Team GB announced its tennis selection for the tournament at Queen’s Club on Sunday and Raducanu was absent, but Iain Bates, LTA Olympic team leader, insisted he was “very...
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Mark Cavendish given a knighthood in King’s birthday honours
Cycling sprint star Mark Cavendish has been given a knighthood in the King’s birthday honours. The 39-year-old from the Isle of Man has won a joint record 34 Tour de France stages and won the world road race title in 2011, the same year he was made an MBE. He was also a silver medallist...
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Trans row as Sharron Davies lambasts BBC’s director of sport over ‘offensive’ comment
Sharron Davies has taken a swipe at the BBC’s new director of sport after he made a “massively offensive” comment in 2019. Alex Kay-Jelski wrote an article stating that the likes of Davies and Martina Navratilova were “not experts” on the issue of trans competitors in women’s events. His piece, written in The Times, had...
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Great Britain end European Athletics Championship with 13 medals as Dina Asher-Smith lands two golds
Dina Asher-Smith ended the European Athletics Championships with two gold medals after helping Great Britain seal their 13th piece of silverware in Rome. Great Britain took a strong track and field team to Rome for the 26th European Athletics Championships, headlined by Asher-Smith, Keely Hodgkinson and Katarina Johnson-Thompson. They were still missing Zharnel Hughes, Matthew...
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Luke Shaw edges closer to return in major boost to Gareth Southgate and England… but Bukayo Saka’s fitness emerges as an ISSUE ahead of Euro 2024
Luke Shaw has been absent with a hamstring injury since the middle of February The Man United defender is the only recognised left back in England’s squad Click here to follow Mail Sport’s Euro 2024 WhatsApp Channel for all the latest breaking news and updates from Germany By Sami Mokbel Published: 17:00 BST, 10 June...
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I’d be a heck of a player – MLB star Jeff McNeil discovers fondness for cricket
New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil plans to enquire about tickets for the men’s T20 World Cup after forming a new appreciation for cricket during Major League Baseball’s London Series. The Mets staged a dramatic ninth-inning comeback on Sunday evening at the London Stadium to secure a 6-5 victory and split the two-game ‘road’...
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Lifeplus-Wahoo able to continue Tour of Britain despite overnight theft of bikes
The Lifeplus-Wahoo cycling team were able to start stage two of the Tour of Britain on Friday despite 14 of their bikes being stolen overnight in Shropshire. Lifeplus had a promising start to the race during Thursday’s opening stage as Heidi Franz took maximum points in the first Queen of the Mountains climb, the formidable...
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Luke Shaw gives England huge fitness boost ahead of Euro 2024 squad announcement as he steps up his recovery from hamstring injury
Southgate initially said Shaw was a ‘long shot’ to make the final cut for England However, he has taken a significant step forward in proving his fitness Click here to follow Mail Sport’s Euro 2024 WhatsApp Channel for all the latest breaking news and updates from Germany By Sami Mokbel Published: 15:00 BST, 5 June...
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Rob Burrow had a huge heart – Prince of Wales leads tributes to former Leeds ace
The Prince of Wales has described Rob Burrow as a “legend of rugby league” who had a “huge heart” following his death at the age of 41. Burrow’s former club Leeds Rhinos announced on Sunday evening that their former scrum-half had died after a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease. Burrow was diagnosed with the...
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A look at Rob Burrow’s campaign to raise awareness of motor neurone disease
Rob Burrow has died at the age of 41 following a four-and-a-half-year battle with motor neurone disease. Burrow was just 37 and had three children under the age of eight when he announced on December 19, 2019 that he had been diagnosed with the incurable illness. The former Leeds and Great Britain scrum-half immediately launched...
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Rob Burrow’s life in pictures
Former Leeds Rhinos half-back Rob Burrow died on Sunday at the age of 41 following a four-year battle with motor neurone disease. Here, the PA news agency looks at his life in pictures. Burrow, who hailed from Pontefract, joined Leeds at the age of 16 and made his first-team debut two years later (Gareth Copley/PA)...