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A lot has been made in the build-up to this year’s Calcutta Cup about how much the game means to Scotland’s players and supporters.I’m not dismissing that by any means. But contrary to what some believe, I also think it’s just as big if you’re English. There is so much history in this match. It matters hugely.I’m speaking from personal experience here. My best game as a player and my worst moment as a coach both game against Scotland, so I know all about the highs and lows the Calcutta Cup can bring. In 1980, I produced what was undoubtedly…
A man who “exhibited fixated behaviour” towards British tennis player Emma Raducanu was detained and given a restraining order, Dubai Police said.A visibly upset Raducanu was seen hiding behind the umpire’s chair two games into a second-round defeat at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday.Raducanu had spotted the man in the first few rows of the stand during her match against Karolina Muchova.The 22-year-old was approached by the same man, who gave her a letter and took a photograph, in a public area close to the tournament on Monday.Dubai police said the man was detained before Raducanu decided not to…
Feb 20, 2025, 02:38 PM ETAVONDALE, La. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have committed to return to the Zurich Classic this spring and defend the 2024 title they won in the PGA Tour’s lone team event, tournament organizers announced Thursday.The Irish tandem rallied late in last year’s Zurich Classic to pull even with Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer before winning in a playoff hole.The victory came in what was McIlroy’s first visit to New Orleans. He and Lowry drew massive galleries at the Pete Dye-designed TPC Louisiana.Editor’s PicksWhile it would have been unusual for McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, and…
Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George admitted that he’s playing through an injury to finish this season. It was recently reported that George is receiving painkilling injections on a regular basis to be able to play. “I’m hanging in there,” George said after the Sixers home loss to the Boston Celtics. “I’m just trying to give this team everything I have. “The report is true. I’m taking some sorts of medicines to kind of, I guess, play through pain. But yeah, I’m going to try to give everything I got.” George has missed 19 games this season due to a series…
UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad expects to dominate Jack Della Maddalena. Muhammad (24-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) makes his first title defense against Della Maddalena (17-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the UFC 315 main event May 10 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Della Maddalena, who’s on a 17-fight winning streak and unbeaten in the octagon, is known for his crisp boxing. However, Muhammad likes how he matches up against the Aussie wherever the fight goes. “If I’m being honest with you, I’m better everywhere,” Muhammad said on his “Remember The Show” podcast. “People are going to say, ‘Oh, he’s…
Florian Wellbrock & Moesha Johnson Enjoy Victory At World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup Florian Wellbrock and Moesha Johnson claimed the 10k spoils at the opening leg of the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup in Somabay, Egypt. The event in the Red Sea was the first of five stops on the 2025 edition with Marc-Antoine Olivier and Ana Cunha returning to the water after being crowned overall champions following the 2024 cup finale in Neom, Saudi Arabia. Wellbrock touched the board first for the second time in as many races following victory in Saudi Arabia which had…
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) can in many ways be predictable. Take when he attacked in Strade Bianche at the exact moment he told everyone he would, for example, and how he dominates much of the calendar, as most expect him to. But at the UAE Tour in 2025, he’s kept everyone guessing throughout the week with several attacks over 130km from the finish.Is he bored? Is this all a game to him? Is he worried about detraining on an easy sprint stage? It turns out, it’s perhaps a mix of all three.When he and Domen Novak moved to the…
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And that brings us back to Cockerill, head coach of Edinburgh at the time. “We signed him for not a lot of money, but he had this hip issue,” he said. “There was a problem with the cartilage in his hip and he failed his medical. He needed surgery. He was going to be missing for three or four months.”I’m thinking, ‘Well, he’s going to be good and he’s not expensive, let’s look after him and over time that breeds trust and loyalty’.”Some members of the SRU said, ‘He’s not fit, he’s failed his medical, so we shouldn’t keep him.…
Approximately one in five women experience stalking in their lifetime, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics.Being a well-known public personality increases exposure and a number of female tennis players have been subjected to predatory behaviour in recent years.Raducanu, 22, has previously been the victim of a stalker, with another man given a five-year restraining order in 2022 after he walked 23 miles to her home.Fellow British player Katie Boulter described to the Guardian last year, external how she had been followed by people in a car and on foot, while American players Danielle Collins, external and Sloane Stephens…