his fourth of the week and the 81st royal ascot win of his illustrious career, including in yesterday s gold cup. the 52 year old is retiring later this year. four time champion chris froome won t be competing in next month s tour de france, after being left out of his team s squad. froome has struggled with form since a crash four years ago. he is one away from levelling the all time record for wins at the tour. and despite protests from everton fans, bill kenwright will remain club chairman. he s been convinced to stay on by owner farhad moshiri, who isjoining the board as a nonexecutive director. ever since we knew which team in the nba would have the chance to pick victor wembanyama number one in the league s draught, he s been on a figurative and literal ascent. over the last few weeks, the french teenager been listed as 72 , 7 3 , and ta . well last night, as he was being selected by the san antonio spurs, he was officially 7 5 . it matches the growing expectations on a player ca