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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...

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...

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...

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)...

Rob Burrow had scarcely had a chance to start the next chapter of his career when he was struck down by motor neurone disease. The Leeds Rhinos great hung up his boots at the end of the 2017 season and was just getting into his stride as coach of the club’s academy team when the...

Former England international Rob Burrow has died at the age of 41 after a lengthy battle with motor neurone disease. Burrow spent his entire rugby league career with Leeds Rhinos and helped them win eight Super League titles. He retired in 2017 but two years later it was revealed Burrow had been diagnosed with MND...

Thanks to another rain-wrecked day in Paris, Novak Djokovic won an early-hours tussle with Lorenzo Musetti in five sets at 3.08am. Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev also came through tough third-round encounters. Meanwhile, there were straightforward wins for Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina, the women’s two and four seeds. Here, the PA news agency looks...

Andy Murray is considering playing doubles with his brother Jamie at Wimbledon. Murray and Dan Evans’ scratch pairing was shortlived after they were beaten in the first round of the French Open. But the two-time Wimbledon champion fancies another crack at SW19 this summer and might reprise his Davis Cup-winning partnership with his elder sibling....

Katie Boulter has her sights set on the world’s top 10 and is hoping her success can help inspire more female coaches in tennis. The 27-year-old is enjoying the best period of her career, having soared from outside the top 150 to a high of 27 in the rankings in less than a year, winning...

Two-time Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead believes disability is “lagging behind” other minority groups and needs more than just fleeting moments in the spotlight. With 99 days until the start of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, the British runner called for greater disabled representation within the boardrooms of national governing bodies and the media. Whitehead...

Jack Draper will be straight on the phone to Andy Murray asking for more regular advice when the two-time Wimbledon champion calls time on his career later this year. The 37-year-old is in the final throes of an outstanding career, having confirmed earlier this year that he is unlikely to play past the summer. Murray...