Category archive: Sports digest

From Henley Royal Regatta The 160th Henley Royal Regatta has attracted a top-flight entry amongst its 468 crews from 15 nations racing in 19 events, including a Chinese entry for the first time since 1839, when the Regatta began.

From Mark Hodgkinson, Daily Telegraph For celebrities, there is the curse of Hello! magazine, as a number of couples have invited photographers into their “sumptuous homes” and then split up not long afterwards. For professional tennis players at Roland Garros, there is the curse of the tournament programme, as, every day this year, the player [...]

The brow furrows, and the eyebrows, as if tugged by separate strings, rise and fall as though startled by each other. Rafa Nadal, the French Open champion for the past four years and the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, is contemplating the calendar slam, the true grand slam, something no male player has achieved [...]

Millwall football club has criticised the press coverage of the 1-0 play-off victory against Leeds on Saturday, describing it as “highly sensationalised”.

SJA member KEVIN MITCHELL was ringside in Las Vegas for The Guardian yesterday. Here he assesses Manny Pacquiao’s impact on Ricky Hatton