bangers and smash, surely not Andy Murray’s “race words”? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wimbledon Fortnight. Pimms, strawberries and bendy deadlines. As an Englishmen whom appreciates tennis but laments the inordinate time commitment it commands, like my compatriots I couldn’t help but be aware of tabloid editor catnip, wild card Katie Boulter

What a series. The mouth-watering decider comes Saturday. The combined British & Irish Lions are in New Zealand. Where rugby is life. Building up to this toughest of tours, once again fans hear about that wonderfully triumphant trip against another team of imposing World Champs, S Africa, from twenty years