Netherlands' Bol cruises to 400m hurdles gold

Glasner congregated all his players and staff at the club’s training ground just before noon on Friday. What arrived did not necessarily shock the players, they all had to have been living under a rock not to know their manager was very likely leaving in the summer. The timing, though, got tongues wagging. Why now?…

Sinner dropped serve in the middle of the second set, but soon re-established his advantage to wrap up victory over Shelton, 23, inside 70 minutes. “At the moment I’m not thinking about the ranking,” added the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion. “It’s a consequence of how I’m playing. “Making the semis here in Paris means…

In the co-main event, Lyndon Arthur beat Bradley Rea by split-decision in a terrific all-Manchester battle to capture the European light-heavyweight title. The arena fell silent for a deeply poignant tribute before the fight as 10 bells rang in memory of Manchester’s own Ricky Hatton, who died aged 46 in September. It was the first…

Moore has not yet thought about where any post-playing job would be. He jokes that had he started the directorship course – “two years and very demanding like any education” – sooner, he could have looked after his own contract talks this summer when he joined Wrexham. Moore was among 13 summer signings, and while…