| pdf edition | Sunday July 14 2013 Sport G24 Downloaded 12:30 GMT Ashes 2013: Trent Bridge final-day crowd share Nottinghamshire bonanza Nottinghamshire’s most lucrative fixture in club’s 172-year history was toasted by sellout crowd who had gambled £20 on a fifth day Page 2

Manchester United happy to let Wayne Rooney’s contract run down Manchester United chief executive Edward Woodward says the club are not discussing a contract extension with Wayne Rooney, who has two years left on his deal Page 3

James Dasaolu runs second fastest 100m in history by British athlete James Dasaolu became only fourth British athlete in history to break the 10-second barrier for the 100m as he ran 9.91 sec Page 4

Andy Murray: LTA Adelaide Luke Campbell starts should focus on offered huge deal yb Thunderbirds professional boxing getting kids to start Hawthorn Page 6 win the trans- career with rapid playing earlier Page 5 Tasman netball victory Page 8 Sam Perrett stars as championship Page 7 Fremantle’s late Canterbury Bulldogs Sport in brief Page 9 charge sees off West beat Melbourne Sydney Swans thrash Coast Eagles Page 5 Storm Page 7 GWS Giants Page 8

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them that they’ve got a great finish to watch. Ashes 2013: Trent Bridge final-day “Bear in mind we have the usual costs of police, stewards and staff, so it’s not going to be a huge earner.” crowd share Nottinghamshire bonanza However once the additional sales of food and drink – a club spokesman estimated 190,000 pints will have been sold Nottinghamshire’s most lucrative fixture at the ground over the five days – are taken into account, the in club’s 172-year history toasted by sellout fifth-day’s play will generate profits for the county well into crowd who gambled £20 on a fifth day six figures. Steve Birks, the head groundsman whose pitch has helped to produce such a fascinating – and lengthy – game of Andy Wilson at Trent Bridge cricket must surely deserve a bonus. Tracey Francis, who runs the Trent Bridge Charitable Trust, has already received some good news from her boss. “I told Tracey that if we go five days, she can have a new minibus for the Trust,” Pursehouse said. “So she’s very happy.” Now the other counties staging matches in the series hope to enjoy a similar Ashes boost. The Oval is already sold out for the scheduled climax of the series, and Lancashire followed Nottinghamshire’s example by pre-selling fifth-day tickets for the first time for the third Test at Old Trafford. A club spokesman confirmed that the pace of sales has picked up noticeably over the last few days – with more than half the 25,000 capacity already sold. That will prevent a repeat of the remarkable scenes ahead of the last day of the last Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 2005, when England supporters at Trent Bridge enjoy Jimmy Anderson queues snaked around the ground and seemingly halfway back taking the wicket of Australia’s Ashton Agar. Photograph: to Manchester to witness a dramatic climax which ended with Ryan Pierse/Getty Australia clinging on for a draw. The Nottingham Evening Post billboard on the Mansfield Road out of town on Saturday night summed up the mood beautifully. “Ashes – It’s been brilliant!” It certainly has for Nottinghamshire, for whom this will be the most lucrative fixture in their 172-year history. The county had never before pre-sold tickets for the fifth day of a Test match – the last Ashes epic at Trent Bridge, in 2005, was finished in four. But the calculated gamble of doing so this time has paid off handsomely. All 17,000 tickets were sold by January, at £20 for adults and £10 for concessions, despite the usual uncertainty over how much of the match would be left. The gamble those punters took has therefore also paid off, with a first-hand view of a fascinating finish in a pent-up atmosphere. For Nottinghamshire, having paid a flat – and substantial – fee to the England and Wales Cricket Board for the right to stage Ashes Tests this year and in 2015, that represents a significant and unbudgeted boost to their finances. “It’s just been perfect, as an advert for Trent Bridge but also *From Beirut to Big Brother, for cricket,” said Lisa Pursehouse, who became the first female chief executive of a first-class county last year. Murdoch to Millionaire, “There has been the most amazing atmosphere in the ground, mutual respect between the supporters, and that discuss the hot topics in the thing only cricket can provide with the topsy-turvy nature media on not one, but two blogs of the game all through the five days. That’s been great for Nottinghamshire as a county, not just the cricket club. We’ve Organ Grinder and Greenslade had financial projections that the international matches we’ll blogs.guardian.co.uk/ stage over the four years to 2016 will generate £30m for the local organgrinder/ economy, because 51% of tickets are sold to people from outside the county, meaning that all the hotels are full. blogs.guardian.co.uk/ “We took the decision to put day-five tickets on sale mainly greenslade/ because people wanted us to. Seat tickets for the first four days have been £70 or £80 so putting them on sale for £20 and £10 made it more attractive for families, especially with the last day being on a Sunday. I’m really pleased for the people who bought guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

many goals as we can,” said Moyes. “Wayne can play up on his Manchester United happy to let Wayne own, he can play dropped in. Overall my thought on Wayne is, if for any reason we had an injury to Robin van Persie, we’ll need Rooney’s contract run down him. “But I’ve also got to make sure we don’t just concentrate • Striker has two years left on his current on him. Manchester United aren’t about Wayne Rooney. deal at Old Trafford Manchester United are about the team, the club. We are talking • Contract not being discussed says new about him now, and rightly so, but what I won’t allow is Wayne to become more important than the football club and the chief executive football team.” Press Association Moyes confirmed he has already given his players the hairdryer treatment during a training session, although overall he is delighted at the intensity his new charges have been working with. However he admitted he is still finding his feet too. “I feel comfortable in the job but I still think there are bits of it that are strange,” he said. “These players are so used to seeing Sir Alex and I’ve been used to seeing the Everton players, so there are bits of it that I’ve got to say that I can’t turn round and say, ‘I’m cool with this, everything’s fine’ because there is a little bit of unease.” That first major signing would help, although it seems Thiago Alcantara will opt for Bayern Munich gu.com/p/3h8h5 rather than accept a switch from Barcelona to Old Trafford as seemed certain a fortnight ago. Manchester United say they would not be afraid of running “We are not looking to change the way we do things Wayne Rooney’s contract down. Photograph: Dave Thompson/ – it’s been a successful formula,” said Woodward. “We want PA the manager to be investing. We are not in the business of Manchester United are not concerned about the prospect of delivering him players. That structure works for some, but not Wayne Rooney’s contract running down, suggesting they will here at United.” not offer him a new deal this year. While the club’s manager David Moyes has been repeating his mantra about wanting Rooney to stay, albeit pointing out he will not let any single player become bigger than the club, United’s new chief executive Ed Woodward has been spelling out their policy on contracts. With two years to run on Rooney’s, the perceived wisdom has been if the striker is to remain at Old Trafford then an extension will have to be negotiated, otherwise United risk either a collapse in the 27-year-old’s market value or him leaving for nothing should he remain for a further two seasons. Given their aggressive approach to the financial side of their club, it seemed impossible the Glazer family would allow that to happen. However, speaking to reporters in Thailand prior to Saturday’s 1-0 defeat to Singha All Stars gu.com/p/3ha38 , Woodward said that is not the case. “There are no contract renewals that are being discussed. I am not sitting down with any player on an extension and there is no trigger date in the diary,” said Woodward. “Would we be afraid to run a contract down? Of course not.” *Compare and buy On Friday, Moyes showed the first signs of becoming Use our free independent exasperated by the Rooney saga gu.com/p/3h9gg , stating: “Unless I was speaking double Dutch last week, we said Wayne comparison services to switch Rooney is not for sale.” suppliers and save money on Yet, with José Mourinho managing to keep the forward’s name at the forefront of people’s minds and no confirmation all your household bills. from the player that he actually wishes to extend his nine years guardian.co.uk/money/ at United, Moyes is aware it will not go away, even though the player himself is sidelined for three weeks with a hamstring compareandbuy injury. “Wayne has got a major role to play, we need to get him as guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

Dasaolu only started running seriously at 18 when he went to James Dasaolu runs second fastest Loughborough University and his career has been interrupted by injuries and niggles; too often he pushed too hard and paid 100m in history by British athlete the price. But since switching coaches to Steve Fudge at the start of • Sprinter wins UK trials semi-final in 2012 he has been injury-free and scampering up the rankings. 9.91sec at Birmingham Making the 100m semi-finals at the London Olympics • Dasaolu later pulls out of final due to advertised his talents; this performance confirmed them. Dasaolu has now set six personal bests outdoors and indoors post-race cramp this season. Sean Ingle at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham Fudge said: “We made sure that James was technically very good. The more technically good he is in his race, the more efficient he is when he moves and the less damage to his body. “We have also managed the training load we have exposed him to. There’s no such thing as injury-prone athletes. They are just overloaded athletes. He will continue to get better.” In the women’s 100m Asha Philip also put injuries behind her as she ran a lifetime best of 11.20 to qualify for next month’s world championships in Moscow. The 22-year-old Philip was the world youth champion in 2007 but she then ruptured knee ligaments competing in mini trampolining and raced only three times between 2008 and 2010. Now, though, her progress seems limitless. “I’ve been out for so long, so to come back injury-free and run PBs, it’s like the heavens have opened for me,” she said. James Dasaolu after winning in 9.91 sec. Photograph: Alex The race of the day saw Dai Greene pip his compatriot Rhys Morton/Action Images Williams to win the men’s 400m hurdles in a season’s best time In the raging sun, a blistering performance. James Dasaolu did of 48.66. “I’m really, really pleased,” said Greene. “I’ve had a not just smash the 10-second barrier for the 100m at the British tough few weeks by my high standards so nice to run a season’s championships in Birmingham; he scragged and garrotted it in best.” a way that suggested he would quickly do so again, and with Meanwhile there were signs that the demands of Jessica great pleasure. Judd’s stellar breakthrough season might be catching up with Dasaolu’s time of 9.91sec in the second semi-final was so her as she was beaten for the first time over 800m this season startling you wondered if the mind was being deceived by by Marilyn Okoro. Initially all seemed to be going to plan as heatstroke. His face told you otherwise. Only Tyson Gay, Asafa Judd pushed to the front. But with 200m to go, Okoro kicked Powell and Justin Gatlin have run the 100m faster this year. clear and quickly established a 10-metre lead before winning in For now, one month before he goes to Moscow for the world 2:00.66 with Judd second in 2:02.81. championships, he is higher up the 2013 world rankings than “I just never felt good,” Judd said. “I was a bit worried on Usain Bolt, who has only mustered 9.94. Friday that I felt sluggish, but I was hoping it would be out of “It’s good to finally crack that magical number of sub-10,” my legs and it just wasn’t. I normally make a really good move admitted Dasaolu, a softly spoken 25-year-old from south down the back straight but it just didn’t happen. I can learn London. “And to do it in Britain means so much to me, in front from it hopefully. of a home crowd.” “There’s so much more to come from me this season. That’s Dasaolu later pulled out of the 100m final, citing cramp, and why I’m disappointed. I know how much more I can achieve, I watched as Dwain Chambers secured his seventh British title feel like I’m in 1:58 shape.” and a world championship place in 10.04, with Harry Aikines- However Christine Ohuruogu had no such difficulties as Aryeetey second in 10.08. she won the women’s 400m in 50.99, with her younger sister Later Chambers strode through the mixed zone flexing Victoria back in sixth. The former Olympic champion looks in his guns and firing gung-ho sentences. “I can step it up,” he ominous form ahead of the world championships. As, of course, promised. “Being British champion is good but I want a world or does Dasaolu. Olympic title – that sounds better.” “I am due a huge dip under 10 seconds. It’s just a case of when my body’s ready to do it and it has to be the right occasion.” But the day belonged to Dasaolu, who lowered his previous best of 10.03 by 0.12 in becoming the second-fastest British 100m runner in history. 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Part of the LTA’s summer promotional drive is the “Tennis Andy Murray: LTA should focus on Is” campaign to encourage around 1.5m people who play tennis every now and again to do so more often. The LTA say there has getting kids to start playing earlier been a 100% increase since the start of the grass-court season in visits to allplaytennis.com, the website to “find somewhere to • Building new courts top of to-do list, play and someone to play with”. Wimbledon champion says It’s a start. But, after some barren decades, there is such a • ‘If you can inspire kids, that’s one of the long way to go. The LTA’s new CEO will need keen vision and broad shoulders. most positive things’

Kevin Mitchell Fremantle’s late charge sees off

• Fremantle defeated West Coast 19.7 (121) to 14.9 (93)

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Murray says ‘it’s nice’ to see younger players looking up to him, but feels the LTA need to encourage kids to get on court at a younger age. Photograph: Andrew Cowie/ Andrew Cowie/ Colorsport/Corbis

Andy Murray’s message to the people running British tennis is simple: get kids playing young. The numbers at the top of the game are too thin to expect an overnight renaissance on the of West Coast gets a handball away during his back of a feelgood factor from his Wimbledon triumph, and all side’s meeting with Fremantle. Photograph: Theron Kirkam/ Murray can do is encourage the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) AAP Image to abandon their strategy of investing in players with little Fremantle skipper was placed on report as the hope of making it and concentrating instead on spreading the Dockers unleashed an eight-goal final term to beat West Coast game into parks and schools. by 28 points in Sunday’s AFL . Happily, that is his stance. “I’m not the right person to ask The Eagles led by two points at the final change, but were that question [about how the LTA will exploit his win to revive blown off the park from that point on as Fremantle secured the the game],” Murray said. “My mum would be a good person to 19.7 (121) to 14.9 (93) victory in front of 39,839 fans. speak to about that because she knows more about grassroots In a match that featured six lead changes, Pavlich went into tennis and how difficult it is to get kids to play. the book in the third term for his glancing, high bump on Eagles “But the facilities – building more courts would be a big start, defender Mitch Brown, who was bent over attempting to pick just making it easier to play, more courts in schools – those sort up the ball. of things, because we were never able to play at school. You Although Pavlich tried to pull out of the bump, it may not be always had to do it outside of school. And, if it was more a part enough to save him from suspension. of PE, you’d see more kids playing from a younger age. The West Coast veteran Andrew Embley will also come under earlier you start, the more chance you’ve got.” scrutiny for his crunching bump on Clancee Pearce, who was He enjoys the fact that young players look up to him. “Yeah, heavily concussed by the hit and had to be subbed out of the it’s nice. That’s one of the positive things: if you can inspire a game. kid or a few kids to take up the game then that’s one of the most Fremantle goalsneak Hayden Ballantyne was struck in the positive things that comes from it. I certainly had it with Tim face by an accidental elbow in the final term, but was able to [Henman] and Greg [Rusedski] and hopefully there will be a few return to the field. more now.” The loss left West Coast (7-8) a game adrift of eighth spot, An LTA spokesman said: “Andy’s victory at Wimbledon has while Fremantle remain just percentage behind the fourth- got everyone talking about tennis – our job is to get more people placed Swans, who smashed GWS earlier in the day. playing tennis. We’ve invested £25m into tennis facilities Fremantle midfielder Michael Barlow (26 disposals, two over the past five years, and we’ve worked with the Tennis goals) won the Ross Glendinning medal as best afield, while Foundation to deliver teacher training and free equipment to , David Mundy, Stephen Hill, Michael Walters more than two million children in over half the schools in the (three goals) and Chris Mayne (three goals) were also crucial country.” guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT cogs on the day. “That’s the new free agency landscape and as a club we’re West Coast forward booted five goals in the very relaxed about the position. losing cause. “We have put a new offer, it’s a pretty good offer, and .�.�. The Eagles entered the match missing a host of their best we’re in his hands on when he’ll come back to us.” players, with midfield stars Daniel Kerr, and Asked if it was the biggest five-year offer that Hawthorn had amongst the absentees. made, Newbold said “probably”. Fremantle suffered a late blow when Nick Suban was ruled “It’s a pretty respectful offer, bearing in mind the quality of out with a calf injury, but their main concern was the absence of player he is,” he added. All-Australian defender Luke McPharlin. “He is a marquee player and we’re keen to have him stay.” The Dockers led by 18 points at the seven-minute mark of There has been growing speculation that Franklin will leave the second quarter when Pavlich kicked truly from 50m out. Hawthorn, if for no other reason that the Giants’ offer will prove But West Coast’s frenetic tackling and unrelenting pressure too tempting. soon turned the tide, with fringe midfielder Mark Hutchings But Franklin’s manager Liam Pickering expressed confidence and Darling both starring as the Eagles took a one-point lead earlier this month that his client will stay with the Hawks. into the long break. “The feedback I’m getting from the playing group is that he West Coast led the count 60-37 at that point, and had will stay,” Newbold said. 27 inside-50s to Fremantle’s 19. “I’ve never seen him happier. The game looked set to go down to the wire after the third “The thing about Buddy is I just really like as a bloke and I’d quarter turned into a see-sawing arm wrestle. love him to stay. But Fremantle were too good when it mattered most, with “Hawthorn are building a great culture — during the week we tallying 10 possessions and booting a goal in a final had come and sign for another three years. quarter dominated by the Dockers. “Those types of indicators tell you we’re building something pretty special.” Newbold added Pickering and Hawks official Graeme Wright Lance Franklin offered huge deal by are talking “on a weekly basis”. Hawthorn “We’re 13-2 — it’s not proving to be a distraction,” the Hawks president said. “He’s contracted until the end of the year and we’re pretty • Hawks star offered revised five-year deal comfortable with the position.” • Forward has put off talks on future Franklin missed Saturday’s win over Port Adelaide and coach AAP Alastair Clarkson said the key forward has swelling behind a knee. It is unclear whether Franklin will be fit for next Saturday’s Launceston game against the .

*Eat right Join the Guardian’s health and Lance Franklin has stalled over his future at Hawthorn. Photograph: David Crosling/AAP Image dieting club, Eat Right and Hawthorn have put a revised offer to star forward Lance we’ll design you a personalised Franklin that looms as the largest player deal in the AFL club’s healthy eating plan from just history if he accepts. President Andrew Newbold has revealed the Hawks have £2.99 a week. Membership upped the ante with a revised five-year offer for Franklin. includes shopping lists, menus, The two-time Coleman Medallist ensured his playing future would be one of the AFL’s biggest topics this year when he expert advice and 24 hour decided to put off talks with Hawthorn until the end of the support to help you achieve season. Franklin qualifies for free agency later this year and Greater your health and fitness goals. Western are hovering with a potentially massive offer. guardian.co.uk/eatright “We’ve said all along, from the outset, that we’ve respected Buddy’s right to put if off until the end of the year,” Newbold told Channel Nine’s Footy Show on Sunday. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

continued to crank up the pressure and were rewarded with Sam Perrett stars as Canterbury four more second-half tries to Tony Williams, Brown and Perrett. Bulldogs beat Melbourne Storm Barba’s strong performance was rewarded with a late effort to add some extra gloss to the scoreline with Hodkinson • Canterbury Bulldogs 39-0 Melbourne booting a field goal with the last play of the game. Storm One concern for Hasler will be the kicking form of Hodkinson who missed five efforts from eight attempts after failing with AAP three attempts in the loss to Newcastle last round.

Adelaide Thunderbirds win the trans- Tasman netball championship

• Adelaide Thunderbirds 50 — 48

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Sam Perrett scored a hat-trick for the Bulldogs against Melbourne. Photograph: Brett Crockford/AAP Image Canterbury revived their aspirations of a top-four NRL finish at ANZ Stadium on Sunday when they chalked up a 39-0 win over a depleted Melbourne in a lukewarm repeat of last year’s grand final. The Bulldogs produced some scintillating play to see off the reigning premiers who were without State of Origin stars Cameron Smith, Billy Slater, Cooper Cronk and Ryan Hoffman in front of a crowd of 16,406. Adelaide Thunderbirds beat Queensland Firebirds 50 — 48. It was the first time a Storm side had been held scoreless Photograph: Ben MacMahon/AAP since their 2008 grand final defeat by Manly. Adelaide Thunderbirds downed Queensland Firebirds 50-48 in Des Hasler’s men were irresistible at times as they ran the the grand final to become the first club to win two trans-Tasman visitors ragged with veteran Sam Perrett grabbing a hat-trick of netball championships. tries and fellow winger Mitch Brown a double to help improve Thunderbird goal attack Erin Bell played a starring role in the their side’s points differential. victory before a sell-out 10,000-strong crowd at the Adelaide Canterbury were only missing the services of NSW centre Entertainment Centre. Josh Morris to Origin, but were also without giant forwards Sam Bell scored 24 goals and became the only player to win three Kasiano and Frank Pritchard. championships, following titles with the Sydney Swifts in 2008 However, the return of Josh Reynolds, who was released and Adelaide in 2010. from the Blues camp on Friday, bolstered them considerably. Adelaide were hot favourites, having lost just once in the The five-eighth was outstanding in the opening stanza, regular season. kicking a 40-20 that set up Perrett’s opening try, then producing But the Firebirds stunned their hosts early and gained an a bone-crunching challenge on Ben Hampton as he collected a ascendancy with a five-goal run to lead 13-9 at quarter-time. high ball that lifted the crowd from their seats. Their Jamaican shooter Romelda Aiken scored 11 from 12 However, Reynolds should have spent 10 minutes in the sin attempts while her compatriot Carla Borrego began slowly for bin for hauling down Justin O’Neill when he looked set to score. Adelaide. With the centre kicking the ball forward, Reynolds produced Borrego was initially well-held by Firebirds captain Laura a last-ditch sliding tackle with his feet that wouldn’t have Geitz, forcing the T’birds to rely largely on Bell as a scoring looked out of place in the Manchester United defence that play avenue. at the same stadium next Saturday. Queensland held their four-goal buffer until their wing But it was the dragging down of O’Neill’s jersey that defence Gabrielle Simpson turned an ankle, which turned the infuriated the Storm with the referees only a awarding a penalty tide of the game. for the infringement. Simpson called an injury time-out with 13 minutes And from the following set, Perrett scored again when he remaining in the second term. intercepted a Hampton pass and raced 70 metres to score. On resumption, the Thunderbirds scored nine of the next That try followed earlier efforts from Brown and Tim Lafai 13 goals to steal momentum and take a 24-23 advantage into that gave the ‘Dogs a 12-0 half-time lead. halftime. With Ben Barba becoming more involved, Canterbury guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

Adelaide’s revival coincided with Borrego breaking Geitz’s kicking 7.2 to 2.4 to lead by 45 points at halftime. shackles and, finding top gear to finish the opening half with 15 Sydney’s wayward kicking resurfaced in the third quarter, goals from 17 attempts. booting 5.9 to 0.2 to lead by 82 at the final change. The Thunderbirds then scored 16 goals to 11 for a what The Swans piled on eight goals to two in the final term with appeared a commanding five-goal lead at the last change Swan winning the Medal for best on — however the Firebirds rallied and reduced the deficit to one ground. goal with 10 minutes remaining. GWS suffered a blow when Tom Scully was forced off the A tense period followed with the Queenslanders still just one ground with a head knock after around 20 minutes. down with 50 seconds to play. Sydney was also forced into an early substitution, with But Adelaide controlled the ball before Bell deservedly iced McGlynn not returning after halftime. the title with a long range attempt. Swans speedster Gary Rohan made an encouraging return in the reserves after a near 15-month, kicking two goals and tallying ten touches and three marks. thrash GWS Giants • Essendon speed machine Jason Winderlich kicked a career- best four goals as the Bombers claimed a 31-point win in their • Sydney Swans defeated GWS Giants 24.27 AFL round 16 clash with the Western Bulldogs. (171) to 5.12 (42) The Bombers (12-3 win-loss) held third spot on the ladder with their 18.13 (121) to 14.6 (90) victory at Etihad Stadium, • Essendon defeated Western Bulldogs while the Bulldogs suffered their 11th loss of the season but 18.13 (121) to 14.6 (90) showed some bark against their higher-ranked opponents. AAP A suspected serious knee injury to Clay Smith soured the loss for the Bulldogs.

Luke Campbell starts professional boxing career with rapid victory

• Luke Campbell stops Andy Harris in bantamweight bout • Kell Brook gets world title aspirations back on track

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The Sydney Swans’ (left) tackles Nick Haynes of the Greater Western Sydney Giants. Photograph: Paul Miller/ AAP Images Sydney gave their neighbours Greater Western Sydney a nightmare introduction to the SCG, belting the winless Giants by 129 points. The Swans could have won by an even bigger margin, but kicked inaccurately in the first and third quarters on their way to a 24.27 (171) to 5.12 (42) win on Sunday. After kicking two goals in each of his first three games for Sydney, Kurt Tippett kicked 3.5, while Mike Pyke, and rookie Tom Mitchell also booted three majors. kicked three for GWS despite limited Luke Campbell (left) knocks down Andrew Harris in their opportunities and did well against All Australian defender Ted bantamweight bout at Craven Park Stadium, Hull. Photograph: Richards. Jon Buckle/PA Sydney were 0.7 early on as they struggled for good entries The Olympic champion Luke Campbell made a dream start to into their forward 50 and then failed to finish off the chances life in the paid ranks with a first-round stoppage of Andy Harris they did create. in his home town of Hull. Ryan O’Keefe and Brandon Jack each hit the post, with the Campbell rose to prominence after winning gold in the latter scuffing his shot along the ground from around 20 metres bantamweight division at London 2012 and knocked Harris to running into an open goal. the canvas twice in the opening round of his professional debut. Tippett broke the drought after he smothered a kick-in from A flurry of punches forced the referee to stop the action after and kicked straight from close range. just 88 seconds at Craven Park. Further majors to Ben McGlynn and Shane Mumford set up a Kell Brook got his world title aspirations back on track and 17-point quarter-time lead for the home team. settled an old score with an eighth-round stoppage of Carson The Swans were much more clinical in the second quarter Jones in their re-match. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page  G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

The pair, who fought a few pounds above the welterweight Tennis: Sharapova hires Connors limit, first met 12 months ago, with Brook claiming a razor- Maria Sharapova, knocked out of Wimbledon in the second thin majority decision victory despite fading badly in the later round, has hired the former world No1 Jimmy Connors, 60, as rounds. her coach. They worked together in 2008 before Sharapova won the Australian Open. Connors is an eight-times grand slam title winner.Staff Sport in brief Golf: Stenson leads Mickelson Sweden’s Henrik Stenson will take a two-shot lead into the • Marc Márquez claims pole position for final round of the Scottish Open that Phil Mickelson believes German MotoGP will be a 20-man shootout. Stenson carded a third round of • England’s women lose rugby 66 at Castle Stuart to finish 16 under par, with Mickelson international in New Zealand also returning a 66 to share second place with South Africa’s Branden Grace, England’s John Parry and Denmark’s JB Hansen. Twenty-one players are within six shots of Stenson, in the first European Tour event shown live in the United States. PA Football: Real sign Illarramendi Asier Illarramendi has completed his move to Real Madrid, signing a six-year contract after passing a medical. Madrid had agreed to pay the 23-year-old midfielder’s buyout clause with Real Sociedad. The cost, made up of the clause and tax payments, is reported to be €39m (£33.7m). Norwich have signed the Holland midfielder Leroy Fer from FC Twente on a four-year deal. The 23-year-old follows the Blackburn left-back Martin Olsson to Carrow Road. PA Football: Swindon manager leaves Kevin MacDonald has left Swindon Town “by mutual Marc Márquez of Repsol Honda after securing pole position for consent” after five months in charge as manager. The former Sunday’s MotoGP. Photograph: Gaetano Piazzolla/ActionPlus/ Republic of Ireland assistant coach replaced Paolo Di Canio in Corbis February and won only four games in charge since February. MotoGP: Márquez claims pole as title rivals nurse Staff injuries Boxing: Campbell in a hurry Marc Márquez claimed pole for Sunday’stoday’s German The Olympic champion Luke Campbell made a dream start Grand Prix after title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa to life in the paid ranks with a first-round stoppage of Andy both sat out qualifying following crashes. The Repsol Honda Harris in his home town of Hull. Campbell won bantamweight rider claimed his third MotoGP pole with a lap time of 1:21.311 gold at London 2012 and it was back to business on Saturday, ahead of the British rider Cal Crutchlow and Yamaha’s Valentino with the 25-year-old dropping Harris twice before a flurry of Rossi. Lorenzo had been ruled out of action following a crash punches forced the referee to stop the fight after 88 seconds.PA on Friday which bent a metal plate on his collarbone and left him requiring surgery. Pedrosa came off his bike on the first corner in Saturday’s practice. The Spaniard was flipped over the top of his bike, and while an examination showed no broken bones, Pedrosa was airlifted to hospital for further checks. Rossi’s performance in qualifying means he has secured his first front row start in 988 days. Championship leader Pedrosa was classified in 12th and could still start the race depending on his injuries. PA Rugby union: Defeat for England in NZ England’s women were beaten 29-10 by New Zealand as they kicked off their three-Test series with the 1,000th women’s * international. Marlie Packer scored Gary Street’s side’s only Fantasy League Classic try, with the full-back Emily Scarratt supplementing that with Manage a squad of 16 players and a conversion and a penalty. New Zealand looked the more a budget of £75 million. £75,000 fluent side throughout and crossed the line three times, with Kelly Brazier kicking 14 points at Eden Park. The tries came worth of prizes to be won in weekly, from Justine Lavea, the debutant Portia Woodman and Amiria monthly and overall competitions. Rule, ensuring England’s winning streak against the world Beat your nearest and dearest in a champions, which accounted for series wins in 2011 and 2012, ended. The second Test is in Waikato on Tuesday. PA friends league. guardian.co.uk/fantasyleague

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$30m (£19.8m). Almost $5m (£3.3m) of that has arrived in the Andy Murray: ‘£1.6m is a ridiculous sum past six months. Add to that his endorsements and investments and it is safe to say Murray is travelling pretty well. Guestimates of money for winning Wimbledon’ of his invigorated earning power swing wildly between £20m and £100m a year. But it is not the numbers that matter so The Scot has become a very wealthy man much, it is what goes with them: the new choices, the vastly in the past week but his focus remains increased claims on his time, the shifting perceptions – and the squarely on further sporting achievement effect on his tennis. Murray says, for instance, he will walk away from the quick- Kevin Mitchell format, end-of-year league proposed by one of his new business advisers, the Indian doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi, if it threatens to interfere with his winter training block in Miami. “What I agreed to is playing three nights in one place,” he says. “So I’m not travelling across the whole of Asia in the space of a week. A lot of others play loads of exhibitions in December. I’ve never really done that. But, if I could be in one place for a week and take my guys there and train properly, it could work well. If I tried it and I didn’t think it was working, I’m not going back. That’s the reality. My training blocks are really important and I won’t let anything get in the way of that. “I’m sure more [offers] will come from winning Wimbledon but hopefully more people will be interested in doing things with less time. That would be the ideal scenario.” Murray never envisaged being in this position when he Andy Murray is aware winning Wimbledon has made him a started playing tennis as an under-sized kid in Dunblane more more high-profile, in-demand athlete. Photograph: Andrew than 16 years ago. Counter to the myth, he never dreamed Cowie/AFP/Getty Images of winning Wimbledon – not until it became more tangible, Andy Murray’s first week as Wimbledon champion has not at least: “People say they dream of winning the World Cup lacked for incident or speculation, and the only certainty is that but when you’re young you don’t really know. When I first his life from this point on will be more dramatically different went over to train in Spain and actually started becoming a than even he probably suspects. professional tennis player, that’s when I had different goals. I From being poked in the eye by an over-eager autograph- didn’t think I was going to win a grand slam then, I just wanted hunter outside a London restaurant – with the paparazzi to get into the top 100. That’s kind of how my whole career has illuminating the awkward scene in that familiar burst of flash gone: top 100 was a goal, then top 50 and I just kept changing that announces front-of-the-paper “celebrity” – to making the my goals as I achieved them. It’s much better to do that than prime minister giggle like an Eton schoolboy and calling for him not get there. to be knighted, Murray has experienced the sort of attention “When I played here the first time, that was when I really reserved for the few. There will be more – probably much more wanted to win Wimbledon. When you’re growing up, people – to come. say, yes, I wanted to win Wimbledon, but they don’t really The Scot was honoured to be asked to 10 Downing understand what that means until you get here and you’re Street, less convinced by David Cameron’s suggestion that a playing in the event.” knighthood is in the offing. Murray, the coolest dude in the Asked how many grand slam titles he might win, Murray Rose Garden alongside the guffawing PM, his normally morose says: “I just want to try to win the next one. I hope that’s how sidekick Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, who could do with a it is for the rest of my career. I don’t see a point in setting a good laugh, has taken a little while to shed some of his natural number on it. I want to prepare for each one like it’s my last.” diffidence. Wimbledon, it should be remembered, was just his second What is refreshing is his ordinariness in extraordinary major title. Murray will not rush to ignore the remaining claims circumstances. His family, friends and members of his team will of the two players who between them own 29 majors but who testify that he is still Andy, not remotely ready to become Sir left Wimbledon early and bruised – Rafael Nadal and Roger Andrew. Federer – even though he senses change. Murray had just deposited a cheque for £1.6m, first prize for “Rafa came back [from seven months out with injury] and beating Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final last Sunday made nine finals in a row and won the French Opengu.com/ gu.com/p/3h5md , when we sat down to talk about the past, the p/3gebz . He wasn’t 100% fit when he was playing here, that’s for present and the future. He laughed when he thought about the sure. He’s 27 and, if he stays healthy, he’s going to be at the top sudden increase in his wealth. of the game for a long time. He has a great record against every “I was sitting next to Phil Brook [the All England Club player at the top of the game. chairman] and Marion Bartoli at the champions’ dinner [on “Roger doesn’t have such a good record against Rafa but Rafa Sunday night],” Murray says, “and he was talking about some has a good record against all the top players, so he’ll be there. I of the past champions. He said: ‘Yup, and none of them won think Roger will still be there or thereabouts in all of the slams, £1.6m.’ I mean, it’s a ridiculous sum of money for winning a maybe just not as consistently as he was in the past because tennis tournament.” it’s impossible to keep that up for so long. He did it for 10 years. Since he joined the Tour in 2005 Murray has earned nearly guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2012 guardian.co.uk Page 11 G24 Sport Sunday July 14 2013 12:30 GMT

Amazing.” As for Murray’s longevity, he is 26, the age at which he always said he would have the best chance of breaking through. “The mid-20s are when you start peaking physically,” he says. “When I first came on the Tour, I wasn’t particularly strong. I was weak, if anything. I had the game but you don’t just become massive and unbelievably fit by working hard in one year. It takes time. You’ll get injured if you work too hard too soon. So I knew that when I got into my mid-20s, I’d be fitter and that’s helped. I wasn’t that mature when I was 18 or 19. I was still young and struggling to deal with some of the things that came with it. I’m dealing with it much better. Now I just want to go on a nice holiday, stay in a nice hotel, have a nice few days off. I don’t need anything else.” Nobody in British sport deserves it more.

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