OFFSIDE DIARY DATES
1st: Cricket - New Zealand v England, first T20, Christchurch (
ecb.co.uk)
2nd: Rugby Union - World Cup final, Yokohama (
englandrugby.com)
2nd: Rugby League - Great Britain v New Zealand, first Test, Auckland (
rugby-league.com)
2nd: Horseracing - Fireworks spectacular family day, Ascot (
ascot.co.uk)
3rd: Cricket - New Zealand v England, second T20, Wellington (
ecb.co.uk)
9th: Football - Women’s friendly, England v Germany, Wembley Stadium (
thefa.com/england)
2nd: Rugby League - Great Britain v New Zealand, second Test, Christchurch (
rugby-league.com)
2nd: Horseracing - Autumn Raceday, Aintree (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/aintree)
5th: Cricket - New Zealand v England, third T20, Nelson (
ecb.co.uk)
8th: Cricket - New Zealand v England, fourth T20, Napier (
ecb.co.uk)
10th: Cricket - New Zealand v England, fifth T20, Auckland (
ecb.co.uk)
14th: Football - Euro 2020 qualifying, England v Montenegro, Wembley Stadium (
uefa.com)
15th: Rugby Union - European Champions Cup starts (
englandrugby.com)
15th-17th: Horseracing - November meeting, Cheltenham (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham)
16th: Rugby League - Great Britain v Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (
rugby-league.com)
16th: Football - Euro 2020 qualifying, Northern Ireland v Netherlands; Azerbaijan v Wales; Cyprus v Scotland (
uefa.com)
17th: Football - Euro 2020 qualifying, Kosovo v England (
uefa.com)
18th: Football - Euro 2020 qualifying, Republic of Ireland v Denmark (
uefa.com)
19th: Football - Euro 2020 qualifying, Germany v Northern Ireland; Wales v Hungary; Scotland v Kazakhstan (
uefa.com)
20-25th: Cricket - New Zealand v England, first Test, Mount Maunganui (
icc-cricket.com)
21st-24th: Golf - DP World Tour Championship, Dubai (
dpwtc.com)
29th: Horseracing - Floodlit racing, Kempton Park (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/kempton)
QUOTE ME HAPPY
“People reckon they nip it down the hill, people reckon they nip it up the hill. I’ve got no idea.” Pat Cummins gets his head around the famous Lord’s slope.
“England’s batting begins to resemble a Rubik’s cube in the hands of a novice. You move one part and another goes wrong. You twist it this way to solve one puzzle and another problem presents itself.” The media spoke out at the start of England’s second Test campaign.
“It’s either going to be 2-0 or 1-1 next.” Sky Sports’ Gary Neville’s astute observation as Man City led Everton 1-0.
“She has become a powerful voice within women’s sport and I’m sure she will make a success of the next stage of her professional life.” Clare Connor, ECB Managing Director of Women’s Cricket joins the praise for the retiring Sarah Taylor.
“In my opinion he has it all – he can give assists, he can dribble, he’s strong, he’s fast, he can score. But I think for him, for the coach, for everyone, it’s important to choose a position. If he’s a No.8, judge him on that.” Robin van Persie fires warning to Paul Pogba after Manchester United’s draw against Arsenal.
12th: Rugby Union - The Varsity Match, Twickenham (
thevarsitymatch.com)
12th-15th: Golf - Presidents Cup, Melbourne (
presidentscup.com)
13-14th: Horseracing - The International, Cheltenham (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham)
17th-16th Feb 2020: Cricket - England tour of South Africa 2019/20 (
ecb.co.uk)
19th-21st: Tennis - Mubadala World Tennis Championship, Abu Dhabi (
mubadalawtc.com)
21st: Horseracing - Christmas family day, Ascot (
ascot.co.uk)
26th: Horseracing - King George VI Chase, Kempton (
kinggeorgechase.co.uk)
26th-30th: Cricket - South Africa v England, First Test, Centurion (
ecb.co.uk)
1st: Happy New Year
1st: Horseracing - New Year’s racing, Cheltenham (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham)
10th: Horseracing - All weather racing, Dunstall Park, Wolverhamton (
wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk)
19th-22nd: Industry - BIGGA, Continue to Learn at BTME 2019, Harrogate Convention Centre (
btme.org.uk/ education/seminars)
20th-2nd Feb: Tennis - Australia Open Melbourne, Australia (
ausopen.com)
21st-23rd: Industry - BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition 2019, Harrogate Convention Centre (
btme.org.uk)
25th: Horseracing - Festival Trials Day, Cheltenham (
thejockeyclub.co.uk/cheltenham)
Raheem Sterling
“I don’t tackle high, so it’s not something I’m really worried about. I’m going to go about my business and let the bigwigs decide on whatever rules they want to.” England’s Courtney Lawes on Rugby’s new tackling rules.
“He’s not in the wrong for me but at the same time I can see where people think it’s wrong and we just need to be smarter on social media.” Raheem Sterling defends his team-mate Bernardo Silva after an alleged racist tweet.
“We went over there knowing everyone was going to hate us, that we were going to have 2,000 Aussies in the crowd and our families, but everyone else hates us and wants to see us lose.” Australia star Nathan Lyon spoke after England lifted the men’s ICC cricket World Cup for the first time in history.
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“North London is RED!!!” Former Arsenal man Serge Gnabry rubs salt in Tottenham’s gaping wounds by taunting his old rivals after scoring four times in Bayern Munich’s 7-2 demolition of Spurs.
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