Owen 'can't believe' some pundits aren't backing Carrick

Lydiate won 72 caps for Wales and played all three Tests for the British and Irish Lions on the successful tour to Australia in 2013. The chop-tackling blind-side flanker was a player-coach in his second spell with Dragons and remained a member of Filo Tiatia’s management team after hanging his boots up last summer. “I…

Wainwright has made 127 appearances and consistently been Dragons’ stand-out player. He was man of the match on Sunday in the 23-21 comeback victory against Lyon that ended a near year-long winless streak, making nine tackles, 14 carries and having several key moments on the gain line. “We want to keep him here, he is…

Strikes from Ellie Carpenter, Fridolina Rolfo and Julia Bartel all feature in the best goals of the week from the Women’s Champions League. Source link

Nothing has stopped the men’s side this year, though, with only seven points dropped from 29 games. At home, they have been flawless with 50 goals scored and only six conceded. “At the start of the season we wanted to finish in the top four and better last year’s points,” he says, with sights now…

Everton said they are “surprised and disappointed” after their appeal against defender Michael Keane’s red card against Wolves was rejected by a Football Association panel. The Premier League club expressed their belief that Keane’s three-game suspension “is clearly excessive” in a statement, external on Friday. Centre-back Keane, 32, was sent off for pulling the hair…

Great Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell times her race perfectly, winning the 1500m in a season’s best time of three minutes 58.63 seconds at the Diamond League event in Rome. Source link