Rugby
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Sale v Bristol
Sale Sharks vs Bristol 17:30 Saturday, 26 September 2026 ‘CorpAcq’ Stadium
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Warriors v Blues
It has been a long wait for Blues to seek revenge against Worcester Warriors. Our last game didn't go to plan and I was told that Worcester admitted that the only way to beat us was to slow the game down! Throw in 2 forward passes which didn't help. However Blues were disappointly poor on the day as well.
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Scarlets v Saracens Pre-Season Friendly Preview
Right then. Down the M4 we go. It’s a Friday night under the Parc y Scarlets lights and I cannot wait. I viewed the Scarlets ticket/hotel packaged offered from the SSA and decided that it could be quite good fun to do. An unbeatable offer indeed, what with a hotel stay included and full welsh breakfast on the Saturday. Just the ticket after an evening of plenty of good rugby (hopefully) and beer (definitely). I should note that this is only the 4th time in 10 years we've encountered Scarlets in all fixtures (competitive or friendly) with the last time being 2 years ago, as pictured in the head image when we defeated Scarlets 40-21 at the StoneX in a pre season friendly. My thanks to David Loxham for the wonderful image of that outing. The precious time it was another mid season friendly at the StoneX in 2023 (another win) and then the time before was the last competitive fixture, a 22-22 draw in the European Cup when the likes of Chris Ashton was still a saracen (you can see Aled Davies who was quite a handy 9 for us if you look closely at the next picture).
Cricket
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Women's Metrobank 50 Surrey - Next 'Must Win'
The path to silverware comes like this. Beat Surrey today at the Oval. The beat Hampshire at Southamptonin the 'Eliminator' next Wednesday. Then beat Notts at the same place in the Final. Simples. The path starts today with a game in London. Win and we go on, lose and an excellent season ends at that point. Hope Springs eternal. Liv Barnes returns in stead of Jazz Westley today.
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Women's Metrobank Must Win v Lancashire
The Women have two games left to get into a position to go forward into a semi final and a possible place in the Final of the One Day Cup in Southampton in about a fortnight's time. Both our Somerset sides could be in a trophy final stages in the last week of the season. But the women have to win both games to be certain and may still need Warwickshire to mess up along the way. You can only do what you can do and each game left in the season counts. We face Lancashire at Taunton today in what could be Kate Cross's last professional match of a phenomenal career. Sophie luff has won the toss and elected to field first. The ground looks ready so we seem to be starting on time
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CC1 v Leicestershire and Friends!!
We go to Leicestershire for the first time in a long time for a Championship match and Jake Ball returns to a sidse that is pretty much the one that beat Glamorgan in 3 days last week. the rain has delayed the start but the Foxes have won the toss and decided to bowl first. We face ex Somerset players, but not the ones you would expect. no Ben Green or Josh Davey in the side but we will be seeing Nathan Gilchrist who has been loaned to Leicestershire by rivals Warwickshire for this game. He'll then be returning to Birmingham to help in their attemp to win the CC1 when they play the Foxes in their lasat game. What a coincidence that he should be surplus to requirements when Somerset are pushing to for the title and then is necessary in their own Championship run in
Football
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Barnsley Stevenage match preview
Barnsley will look to add to a positive week on-the-pitch when they host Stevenage this weekend.
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Early days of Autumn
I’ve waited a few days before writing this. Sometimes it’s better to allow thoughts to gestate. Tuesday night’s game against Rotherham still represents a major improvement in the way we are playing. The result could be very important for us by the end of the season.
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Reds Ratings v Blackpool
Here we rate the players following our 2 – 1 victory over Blackpool:
F1
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Spanish GP: Another tough race for Williams F1 Team
The Atlassian Williams F1 Team would come away from the Madring having seen just one of their cars finish the 2026 Spanish GP, that of Alex Albon finishing in 15th. The other car of Carlos Sainz would retire in the pits after having struggled the race with damage after T1 contact. On top of this Carlos would receive a 5 second penalty for an incident involving Alonso. It was another tough race for the team and drivers as they continue to struggle with the FW48. Hopefully in the next race at Baku the team will see some improvements with the arrival of an upgraded car. Both Alex and Carlos are keen to see the updated cars arrival.
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Spanish GP: Scrappy qualifying for Williams F1 Team
Qualifying for the 2026 Spanish GP was what was descibed by their drivers as both scrappy and tough the Atlassian Williams F1 Team would see Alex Albon make it into Q2 finishing in 16th while teammate Carlos Sainz was one place behind in 17th. Both drivers would have their own issues that impacted their qualifying efforts with the smallest of margins between the pair in Q1 yet Alex would make it into Q2 and Carlos didn't. So very frustrating but both drivers are going to work to achieve a good result. For Carlos he will start from 20th after receiving a penalty for impeding. This is going to make their task that much harder.
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Spanish GP: Challenging Friday for Williams F1 Team
Friday practice for the 2026 Spanish GP was a challenging day for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team as we would see Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon finish in 16th and 18th. Both drivers would enjoy the new Madring circuit but at the end of the day the team was overall not very competitive as both Carlos and Alex continued to struggle with the weaknesses of the FW48. Whether the team can make some progress going into Saturday is far from certain. But there is still a lot of work to do for the team and hopefully the team can make some steps forward.
Golf
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Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes
At last it begins - Go Europe
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La Manga best Golf Resort in Spain
The five-star La Manga Club has been named as the best golf resort in Spain for the third successive year.
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Change to selection process for European Ryder Cup Captain
The European Ryder Cup Captain, from the 2016 contest onwards, will be decided by a select five-man panel; it has been announced today by Ryder Cup Europe.
