Author: Rick Orford

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden continued her red-hot form at the Eugene Diamond League athletics meeting, where the American ended Julien Alfred’s winning streak Saturday with another sizzling 100m win.The 24-year-old American, who took 100m bronze in Paris behind Saint Lucia’s Alfred and American Sha’Carri Richardson, said it was another good stepping stone ahead of the upcoming US championships in Eugene — the selection meet for the World Championships in Tokyo September 13-21.Read More

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British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has suggested the New South Wales Waratahs may have deliberately over-watered the pitch at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium ahead of Saturday’s match in which the tourists struggled to a 21-10 win. The Lions kept their unbeaten record but produced their least impressive performance so far against a Waratahs team stripped of most of its Wallabies. Farrell implied the pitch had been watered to disadvantage the Lions at a post-match news conference.Read More

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