the prince of wales described him as a legend of rugby league who had a huge heart . sally nugent, looks back at his life. rob burrow s life is defined by his defiance of the odds. as the smallest player in a giants game, he was world class. absolute legend. pound for pound, probably the strongest player we had in the squad and the strongest guy who played in super league. so honoured to have played alongside him. it was obvious at an early age that rob wanted to be a professional in the sport he loved. they always used to say, oh, he s good, is that rob, but he s never going to make it because he s not big enough. after signing for leeds rhinos as a teenager, he went on to become one of their greatest. but not long into retirement, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. it was a condition he faced with incredible positivity. i m not giving in till my last breath. you know, i have too many reasons to live. the love he had for his family and the love they had for
won all of them, so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know that when distefano is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who says it ll take something special to stop alcaraz and swiatek in both draws. i think he mightjust be my man to beat. the onyx centre would be the other one. and, despite the late finish we saw last night, we saw signs novak djokovic s game is improving. so those are the three obvious names. alcaraz had a problem with his right forearm co
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performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didn t beat me, yeah. so the matches that we ve played i won all of them. so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know technically what i have to do in the match. jannik sinner survived a scare to book his place in the quarterfinals. he lost the opening set against home favourite corentin moutet but the second seed fought back to win in four, and will play grigor dimitrov next who s reached the last eight for the first time in his career at the age of 33. well, it has been a busy day of action with no rain finally, and the tournament climax getting nearer. earlier, we spoke to our tennis correspondent who s
so i m happy with the way i was disciplined, and ijust stuck to my tactics for the whole match. for a second successive year, ons jabeur is into the quarterfinals. she beat denmark s clara tauson in straight sets, 6 4, 6 4 and will now play the us open champion coco gauff, after she eased past italy s elisabetta cocciaretto, dropping just three games in a straight sets win. carlos alcaraz has moved a step closer to a possible first title at roland garros, after another impressive performance on the clay courts of paris. the wimbledon champion eased past the 21st seed, felix auger aliassime, winning in straight sets injust over two hours. alcaraz will play stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter finals, after the greek ninth seed beat matteo arnaldi in four sets. he didn t beat me, yeah. so the matches that we ve played i won all of them. so that s what i wanted to mean when i said that they have the key against him. i know when stefanos is playing great, but i know tactically w