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Cornish Pirates v Saracens Pre-Season Friendly Preview

It will be great to have rugby back finally. It feels like it has been far too long. Next Friday, we head to Cornwall for the final pre-season test, facing a Cornish Pirates side that will be highly motivated and driven in front of what could well be a sell out crowd.
Pre-season Friendly: Plymouth Albion v Cornish Pirates

This weekend we welcome the Pirates for our second pre-season friendly.
Rugby 21st - 25th August

Thanks to Chris for finding some more rugby over the next few days....
Cricket
CC1 Returns Essex at Home

We welcome Henry Nicholls to the squad for 6 games hot off a Test series and with a record we'd like to see him extend in Late August and September. He will not beomce our 60th opening bat in the CC1 as he is booked to enter at number 3 but we'd like to see a lot of him today as Essex have won the toss and decided to bowl first
Women Metro 50 - v Essex

Somoerset women return to the fight after the franchise break as they travel to Chelsmford to take on Essex in the return of the 50 over competitiom. This is the 11th of 16 and they need to win all of their remaining games toreally have a say in the next stage. Good to see Emma Corney return to the middle after 14 months away because of injury. Somerset have won the toss and decided to bowl first
Metrobank Game 8 Beat Lancs or Bust

The last of the first phase games in thios year's 50 over competition. We face Lancashire and have the position of still being able to qualify IF we win AND Warks win AND Glos win AND neither of them do it with a better NRR than us. Winning is our only priority today. if the rest falls into place then we will cntinue. If they don't we'll assess a 4:4 record with all the wins at home and all the losses away. That is IF we win. Lewis has won the toss and put Lancashire in. Sav Perera returns in the battnf and Migael Pretorius returns to the bowling. Let battle commence.
Football
Barnsley visit Doncaster in South Yorkshire derby

Barnsley will look for a win at South Yorkshire neighbours Doncaster when they travel to Club Doncaster Sports Village this weekend.
De Gevigney departs Barnsley

Defender Mael De Gevigney has left Barnsley to join Danish top-flight side Silkeborg IF for an undisclosed fee.
Declan Rice, they key to the repeat

Arsenal won the 2025/26 Premier League title despite lengthy injuries to key players including Saka, Havertz, Merino, Odegaard and Timber. They achieved this through two major strengths that set them apart from their rivals:
F1
Dutch GP: Difficult Sprint & Qualifying for Williams F1 Team

The Sprint and Qualifying session would prove to be both difficult sessions for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team with both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz finishing down the order in both. The Sprint would see Carlos starting from the pit lane and for him his Sprint would become pretty much a test session. For Alex would he would finish where he started in 16th. Qualifying would see Alex 16th and Carlos 17th after making some changes that did improve their cars but not by as much as hoped. It is very much the case that both drivers are getting the best from a car that is far from its most competitive.
Dutch GP: Mixed Friday for Atlassian Williams F1 Team

The opening day of the 2026 Dutch GP would see the Atlassian Williams F1 Team come away with a very muched mixed set of results with Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz having quite different sessions across the single practice and then Sprint qualifying. Alex was able to make it into SQ2 and would finish in 16th after what he described as a not bad Friday but for Carlos he would have issues in practice which affected his Sprint qualifying. Carlos was have several moments where he would go across the gravel and one would damage his floor which affected his ability to learn the car. This would ultimately see him only manage 18th in the qualifying. The results will see both drivers start down the order in Saturday's Sprint but given the state of the teams inability to bring updates to the FW48 this is not a real surprise.
Dutch GP: Atlassian Williams F1 Team Grand Prix Preview

Coming off the extended F1 break the Atlassian Williams F1 Team moves to the Dutch seaside circuit of Zandvoort. This circuit offers its own unique challenges but these are made even more so by the fact that this weekend is a Sprint format with its limited practice. For the Williams F1 Team they arrive with the encouraging news that Alex Albon will continue with the team in 2027. But aside from this, what with the challenges that the season so far has placed upon the team, it is far from certain as to how the Dutch weekend will play out. It is not expected to see any significant updates coming for this event so it will very much come down to what the team can achieve in terms of the setup of the FW48.
Golf
Ryder Cup 2014 Day1- Fourball Pairings & Foursomes

At last it begins - Go Europe
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.
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.