OFFSIDE DIARY DATES
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 semifinals, France & Croatia (
www.daviscup.com)
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)
QUOTE ME HAPPY
“I live to ride horses and there’s nothing else in this world that comes close.” Jockey Bryony Frost after sustaining a liver tear, bruising to her pancreas, a fractured sternum and an aneurism on her pancreatic artery when her horse trod on her!
“We are mixing together some very attractive raw ingredients: a great city, great sporting support and a sport that is going places in the USA.” Former Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre discussing the prospects for a new MSL team in Nashville who are due to kick off in March 2020. They currently have no manager, no players and no name!
“It was nice to get one back on Jimmy (Anderson) after him getting me out. Jos (Buttler) was playing really well last night, it was quite an important wicket for us.” England captain Joe Root skittles out his England colleagues in a spell of 4-5 to help his side win the Roses clash.
10th: Cricket - Sri Lanka v England, ODI’s commence (
www.ecb.co.uk)
13th: Rugby league - Betfred Super League Grand Final, Old Trafford (
www.rugby-league.com)
20th: Horse racing - QIPCO British Champions Day, Ascot (
www.ascot.co.uk)
22nd-28th: Tennis - BNP Paribas WTA Finals, Singapore (
www.wtafinals.com)
27th: Cricket - Sri Lanka v England, T20, Colombo (
www.ecb.co.uk)
27th: Rugby league - England v New Zealand, first Test, KCOM Stadium, Hull (
www.rugby-league.com)
Tammy Beaumont
3rd-24th: Cricket - ICC Women’s World Twenty20, West Indies (
www.icc-cricket.com)
3rd: Rugby union - England v South Africa; Wales v Scotland; Ireland fixture TBC (
www.englandrugby.com)
3rd: Rugby league - England v New Zealand second Test, Liverpool (
www.rugby-league.com)
6th-10th: Cricket - Sri Lanka v England, first Test, Galle (
www.ecb.co.uk)
6th: Horseracing - Melbourne Cup, Flemington, Victoria (
www.flemington.com.au)
10th: Rugby union - England v New Zealand; NB: Wales, Scotland & Ireland (
www.englandrugby.com)
10th-11th: Tennis - Fed Cup final, O2 Arena, Prague (
www.fedcup.com)
11th: Rugby league - England v New Zealand, third Test, Leeds (
www.rugby-league.com)
12th-18th: Tennis - Nitto ATP Finals, O2, London (
www.nittoatpfinals.com)
14th-18th: Cricket - Sri Lanka v England, second Test, Kandy (
www.ecb.co.uk)
15th-18th: Golf - DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (
www.europeantour.com)
17th: Rugby union - England v Japan; NB: Wales, Scotland & Ireland fixtures TBC (
www.englandrugby.com)
23rd-25th: Tennis - Davis Cup final, venue tbc (
www.daviscup.com)
23rd-27th: Cricket - Sri Lanka v England, third Test, Colombo (
www.ecb.co.uk)
24th: Rugby union - England v Australia; NB: Wales, Scotland & Ireland fixtures TBC (
www.englandrugby.com)
“I was asked for my autograph when I was washing my hands.” England cricketer Tammy Beaumont says her team’s allocated dressing room was so far away she had to get changed in the toilets in the public concourse during a double-header with the men’s team.
“Wham, bam thank you Sam!” The BBC’s headline for Sam Warburton’s retirement from Rugby.
“I’m not a swimwear model, but you’ve seen one picture and decided to latch on to that? Why not the fact that I’ve got a degree? Or that I got my first international hockey cap when I was 18?” Sam Quek, part of the Great Britain women’s hockey team that won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, was not impressed with her media profile.
“I don’t answer your question.” A typically helpful Jose Mourinho refused to answer whether he thought his Manchester United squad are strong enough to compete for the Premier League title next season.
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“I could go to church, save a million puppies, 100,000 dolphins, seven blue whales and adopt 200 kids tomorrow and Joshua will still be the golden goose,” Dillian ‘The Bodysnatcher’ Whyte accepts, rather reluctantly, that Anthony Joshua is the blue-eyed boy of boxing.
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