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NHL playoffs 2018: Capitals’ Nathan Walker becomes first Australian to play in postseason
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Mark Williams beats John Higgins in epic World Snooker Championship final
• Welshman secures third world championship with 18-16 victory
• Higgins levelled at 15-15 but Williams sealed his third world title
Mark Williams won his third title at the World Snooker Championship and completed one of the best comeback stories in the sport as he defeated John Higgins 18-16.
It was a final that came with no end of storylines, but Williams’s was the most poignant. Last year the Welshman failed to qualify for this tournament and, after years in obscurity, was on the verge of retiring from the sport. Persuaded otherwise by his wife, Joanne, in 2018 Williams has rediscovered his form and held off an endlessly tenacious Higgins to claim victory.
Continue reading…Test that resulted in adverse finding for Chris Froome called into question
• Froome under scrutiny for adverse finding at 2017 Vuelta
Chris Froome’s battle to rescue his reputation after a failed drugs test looks bound for the court of arbitration for sport as it emerged that a study calling into question the efficacy of the test will form a key part of his defence.
The 32-year-old is currently competing in the Giro d’Italia with Team Sky as he bids to win a historic third successive Grand Tour. He won last year’s Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. In December the Guardian and Le Monde revealed a urine test submitted after stage 18 of the Vuelta showed excessive levels of the asthma drug salbutamol and he could yet be stripped of that title if he is found to have committed an anti-doping violation.
Continue reading…Steven Gerrard and how predicting which players will be good managers is pure guesswork | Richard Williams
Great players do not always make successful managers. Will the Liverpool legend be a Zinedine Zidane or a Gary Neville?
When Ross Wilkins stood up during his late father’s memorial service at St Luke’s Church in Chelsea last week to address a congregation that included many of the great names of the past 40 years of English football, he found the words to express a poignant truth. “Football found a way to live without Dad,” he said, “but the simple truth was that Dad could never live without football.”
After calling time on his long and distinguished playing career, Ray Wilkins stayed in the game, as so many do. The next 20 years were spent in a variety of dugouts, as the manager of Queens Park Rangers, Fulham and the national team of Jordan, as well as assistant manager of Chelsea, Watford, Millwall, Aston Villa and England’s Under-21s. None of those appointments, it could be said, ended well.
Continue reading…Stuart Lancaster pledges future to Leinster amid Harlequins speculation
• ‘I wouldn’t even contemplate doing it. For me it’s all about Leinster‘
Stuart Lancaster is not interested in the vacant job at Harlequins and has ruled out a return to the Aviva Premiership in the immediate future. The former England head coach wants to remain involved at Leinster, who face Racing 92 in the European Champions Cup final in Bilbao on Saturday.
There has been speculation linking Lancaster with the Quins role held previously by John Kingston but he is keen to continue working in Ireland and see out his contract with the increasingly powerful Irish province. “I’ve had no communication from Quins and I’ve certainly not proactively put myself forward for it,” the 48-year-old said.
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