Let’s introduce injury bins and close-of-play hooters. And can we ban fans, usually young ones, from begging for a shirts?

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• Surrey 414; Yorkshire 229 & 168. Surrey win by innings and 17 runs
• Root bemoans lack of runs as Pakistan lie in wait next week

Joe Root has admitted his frustration at not being able to find form for Yorkshire during their last two championship games, although England’s Test captain was at least able to take a glimpse into the future having seen Ollie Pope and Sam Curran shine for Surrey during their innings victory achieved on the morning of day four.

Root’s brief return to county colours before the international summer have yielded scores of 0, 35, 14 and 23 in a win against Essex at Chelmsford and defeat here. He will now turn his attentions to squad selection for the first Test against Pakistan a week on Thursday and meet up with new national selector Ed Smith on Tuesday.

Johanna Konta is safely through to the second round of the Italian Open after beating Magdalena Rybarikova in straight sets.

A week on from knocking Rybarikova out at the same stage of the Madrid Open, Konta claimed a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the 17th seed in one hour and 48 minutes.

Simon Yates launched his first big move when the riders of the Giro d’Italia were toiling up the slopes of Mount Etna. Sitting calmly in the wheels near the front of a large group full of big names, he waited until the finish line was a kilometre-and-a-half away. Then, with a quiet smoothness, he accelerated out of the bunch and simply glided away.

Ahead lay only his team-mate Esteban Chaves, who had escaped with 25km to go. As he rode up to the Colombian, Yates knew he had done enough to put himself in the leader’s pink jersey. Crossing the line first would bring a bonus of 10 seconds, against six seconds for second place. With the end of the final stage in Rome still more than a fortnight away, those four seconds may turn out to be crucial.

Canadian immigration laws prevent Maxwell from entering the country since one of the charges involved a gun enhancement.

All North American team sports have been eyeing this decision, formulating a plan of action.

Both the Raptors and Bucks have singled out former Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer, 48, as their top choice.

Former Jets QB Chad Pennington says he told Mayfield to work on his play and be a good teammate, and not worry about building his brand.

No pitcher in the American League’s 118-year history had achieved what the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani did on Mother’s Day.