Offside DIARY DATES
2nd-15th July: Tennis - The Championships, All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon (
www.wimbledon.com)
3rd: Cricket - England v India, International T20, Emirates Old Trafford (
www.ecb.co.uk)
6th-7th: Football - World Cup quarter-finals, various venues, Russia (
www.fifa.com)
6th-17th: Cricket - England v India, International T20 series, various venues (
www.ecb.co.uk)
10th-11th: Football - World Cup semi-finals, St Petersburg/Moscow Russia (
www.fifa.com)
12th-14th: Horseracing - Moet & Chandon July Festival, Newmarket (
www.britishhorseracing.com)
1st-5th: Cricket - England v India, 1st Test, Edgbaston (
www.ecb.co.uk)
2nd-5th: Golf - Women’s British Open, Royal Lytham (
www.lpga.com)
4th: Football: English Football League (EFL) season starts (
www.efl.com)
4th: Football: Scottish Premiership season starts (
www.spfl.co.uk)
5th: Football: Community Shield, Wembley (
www.thefa.com)
8th-12th: Golf European Team Championships, Auchterarder, Scotland (
www.europeantour.com)
9th-13th: Cricket - England v India, 2nd Test, Lord’s (
www.ecb.co.uk)
11th: Football - Premier League season starts (
www.thefa.com)
6th: Football - UEFA Nations League commences (
www.uefa.com)
7th-11th: Cricket - England v India, 5th Test, The Oval (
www.ecb.co.uk)
8th: Horseracing - 32-Red Sprint Cup, Haydock
(
www.britishhorseracing.com)
13th-16th: Golf - KLM Open, Spijk; Women’s Evian Championship, France (
www.lpga.com)
12th-15th: Horseracing - St Leger Meeting, Doncaster
(
www.doncaster-racecourse.co.uk)
14th-16th: Tennis - Davis Cup semi- finals, venue tbc (
www.daviscup.com)
14th-17th: Golf - The Scottish Open, Gullane Golf Club, East Lothian (
www.europeantour.com)
15th: Football - World Cup Final, Moscow, Russia (
www.fifa.com)
19th-22nd: Golf - The Open, Carnoustie (
www.randa.org)
21st-5th August: Hockey World Cup, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, London (
www.fih.ch)
26th-29th: Golf - Senior Open Championship, St Andrews (
www.randa.org)
26th-29th: Golf - Ladies Scottish Open, Gullane (
www.lpga.com)
31st-4th August: Horseracing - Glorious Goodwood
(
www.britishhorseracing.com) Quote me happy
"The project’s bigger than today - we need to judge them in three to five years and give them time to build something." James Ford, the coach of the rather inappropriately named West Wales Raiders after they were thumped 144-0 by York City Knights; a record score for a professional rugby game.
“A golf course is no venue for dry ice. These are usually beautiful places, don’t obscure their majesty with artificial clouds of fog, incongruous music and intelligence insulting announcements.” The BBC’s Iain Carter is not a fan of the ‘modernisation’ of golf.
“Our role would be to provide a world-class venue.” Potential Wembley Stadium owner Shahid Khan talking about the FA’s world-class venue!
18th-22nd: Cricket - England v India, 3rd Test, Trent Bridge (
www.ecb.co.uk)
22nd-25th: Horseracing - Ebor Festival, York
(
www.britishhorseracing.com)
23rd-26th: Cricket - NatWest T20 Blast quarter-finals, various venues (
www.ecb.co.uk)
25th: Rugby League - Ladbrokes Challenge Cup final, Wembley (
www.rugby-league.com)
27th: Cricket - Women’s Super League finals day, Hove (
www.ecb.co.uk)
30th-3rd September: Cricket - England v India, 4th Test, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton (
www.ecb.co.uk)
“I don't care about the US Open or The Open Championship. The most amount of eyeballs, the most amount of hype, everything is at Augusta.” Rory McIlroy endears himself to the R&A ahead of ‘The Open’ at Carnoustie.
“Even if it’s against Melissa [his wife] in the garden, I honestly don’t care, I have to score.” Chris Ashton, the ‘exiled’ Toulon and former England winger on his desire to score tries.
15th: Cricket - NatWest T20 Blast finals day, Edgbaston (
www.ecb.co.uk)
22nd: Horseracing - Ayr Gold Cup, Ayr (
www.britishhorseracing.com)
24th-27th: Cricket - Final round of County Championship fixtures (
www.ecb.co.uk)
27th-29th: Horseracing - Cambridgeshire Festival, Newmarket (
www.britishhorseracing.com)
28th-30th: Golf - The Ryder Cup 2018, Le Golf National, Paris (
www.rydercup.com)
“I’m sorry, but the fingernail has to start looking at the strategy of the coaching of the England Test team.” Former captain Michael Vaughan says it how he sees it... almost!
“Catsuit anyone?. For all the moms out there who had a tough recovery from pregnancy - here you go. If I can do it, so can you. Love you all.” Serena Williams says she felt like a superhero in her black catsuit as she progressed in the French Open.
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kerry.haywood@pitchcare.com
“When I was two my father died from being gunned down to death. I made a promise to myself I would never touch a gun in my lifetime. I shoot with my right foot so it has a deeper meaning.” Raheem Sterling defends his new tattoo of a gun, which he had added to his right leg, below the knee, ahead of the World Cup in Russia.
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