from the women s super league. the club said that, difficult but necessary financial decisions had to be made following the men s relegation to league one. england finished top of their group in the international federation of cerebral paulsey football europeans after beating the netherlands. scotland lost 4 1 to germany and have missed out on a spot in the semi finals. england face ireland on thursday. frenchman christophe laporte extended his overall lead in the criterium du dauphine by winning the third stage. irishman sam bennett came second. laporte leads julian alaphilippe by 11 seconds. britain s fred wright is sixth in the race which is the warm up to the tour de france which begins next month. the latest deadline for london irish to prove they have a future has passed with the prospect of them becoming the third premiership club within a year to be thrown out of the division. chrisjones is our rugby union correspondent. chris, irish were reprieved last week, what chance they
With many of the cycling world's best sprinters in the pack at the UAE Tour Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen threw down an early-season marker Friday winning stage five of the UAE Tour.
Simon Yates, the 2018 Vuelta champion, withdrew ahead of the 11th stage of this year's edition on Wednesday after testing positive for Covid-19, his BikeExchange team announced.