world number one. spain s carlos alcaraz will be missing from unable to play melbourne because of a leg muscle injury which the 19 year old picked up in pre season training. alcaraz will have been hopeful of adding another grand slam title to his collection after winning the us open in september. it was all about england fly half 0wen farrell in rugby union s premiership last night as he helped saracens snatch a late win against gloucester. but the headlines aren t all positive. gloucester felt farrell should have been sent off after this high tackle onjack clement. the decision wasn t reviewed and with the last kick of the match, farrell did this to give saracens a 19 16 victory. farrell could still be cited for the tackle and a future ban could mean he misses some or all of the six nations, which starts next month. there s been another medal for great britain at the skeleton world cup in winterberg. matt weston has won bronze to take gb s tally to seven.
The BMW Group has announced it will continue its long-standing technological partnership with the German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (known a.
It's only been six months since the festivities wrapped up at Tokyo's Summer Olympics, but it's time to learn who will be stealing nightly headlines at the Beijing Winter Games. Two of these athletes (Jamie Anderson and David Wise) are going for three-peats, which would tie them for the most consecutive Winter Olympic golds in the same event. Shaun White meanwhile is going for four total golds, which would be a first for a Winter Olympian in the same individual event.