of the relegation zone. some good news forjoe root. last week he resigned as england test captain after a woeful series of results, but he s been named the world s leading men s cricketer by wisden. roots departure ended a tumultuous five year tenure, during which the 31 year old scored more runs than any previous england test captain. that move by wimbledon reflecting a stance taken by other sports as well, team sports, it s worth pointing out. we know russia have been excluded from competing in the world cup play offs and we saw the champions league final moved from saint petersburg to france this year and russia will not be competing in the women s euros as well but that is team sports and i guess this raises the question should individual athletes be punished for the actions of their country. what is certain though is that we will not be seeing someone like daniil medvedev winning here this summer and the message that would send out