Downing Street has said it hoped a “viable solution” can be found for the 2026 Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia, insisting the idea of the UK stepping in to host the event was “getting slightly ahead of ourselves”.
Victoria’s state premier Daniel Andrews announced its withdrawal on Tuesday, citing a substantial rise in predicted staging costs.
“This is a disappointing outcome for both fans and athletes,” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
“We hope that the Victoria state government, the Games federation and Commonwealth Games Australia will now work together to find a viable solution to hosting the event in 2026.”
It remains to be seen whether a UK city or region comes forward to offer itself as a replacement, as was the case when the global governing body, the Commonwealth Games Federation, stripped South African city Durban of the hosting rights for 2022 back in 2017.
Birmingham ultimately won the race to stage those Games, with the Government announcing in 2019 that the event would cost £778million to stage in total, split 75-25 between central Government and Birmingham City Council.
Asked if the Government would encourage a home nation to step in to host the 2026 event, the spokesman said: “We are getting slightly ahead of ourselves.
“In the first instance it’s for those bodies and groups I’ve just mentioned to have those discussions and see if a solution can be found.
“Obviously the UK has been honoured to host the Games twice in the past decade (Birmingham 2022 and Glasgow 2014) so we will see what comes out of those initial discussions.”
Victoria’s decision to pull out has been heavily criticised, with Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips angrily rejecting Andrews’ claims around cost as a “gross exaggeration” and saying Victoria had “wilfully ignored” recommendations to use purpose-built venues in Melbourne in favour of pursuing expensive, temporary venues in the state provinces.
He also dismissed Andrews’ assertion that Victoria had stepped in to host at the last minute, and said the government’s actions had jeopardised Melbourne and Victoria’s status as “a sporting capital of the world”.
Phillips said in a statement published on the CGA website: “The multi-city model for delivering Victoria 2026 was an approach proposed by the Victorian Government, in accordance with strategic roadmap of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
“It was pitched to the CGF after Commonwealth Games Australia had sought interest to host the Games from several states. They did not step in as hosts at the last minute, as indicated by the Premier earlier today.
“The detailed budgetary implications announced today have not been sighted or discussed with the CGF or CGA ahead of being notified of the Government’s decision.
“The stated costs overrun, in our opinion, are a gross exaggeration and not reflective of the operational costs presented to the Victoria 2026 Organising Committee board as recently as June.
“Beyond this, the Victorian Government wilfully ignored recommendations to move events to purpose-built stadia in Melbourne and in fact remained wedded to proceeding with expensive temporary venues in regional Victoria.”
He added: “The Victorian Government… has jeopardised Melbourne and Victoria’s standing as a sporting capital of the world.”
Andrews said at a press conference earlier on Tuesday that the original budget for the Victoria Games was 2.6billion Australian dollars (£1.3billion) and added: “I’ve made a lot of difficult decisions in this job. This is not one of them.
“It’s just quite obvious, we are not going to spend six to seven billion dollars on a 12-day sporting event.
“We don’t just make popular decisions – we do what’s right and it would simply be wrong.”
The CGF said it had received just eight hours’ notice of Victoria’s intention to withdraw, and described the decision to pull out as “hugely disappointing”.
The CGF’s statement added: “Since awarding Victoria the Games, the Government has made decisions to include more sports and an additional regional hub, and changed plans for venues, all of which have added considerable expense, often against the advice of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia.
“We are disappointed that we were only given eight hours’ notice and that no consideration was given to discussing the situation to jointly find solutions prior to this decision being reached by the Government.
“Up until this point, the Government had advised that sufficient funding was available to deliver the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.”
Victoria was set to be the first host to benefit from a new ‘roadmap’ for staging Games, designed to reduce costs and increase flexibility.
The number of compulsory sports had been reduced from 16 to just two (athletics and swimming), there was no requirement on hosts to build a bespoke athletes’ village and hosts were encouraged to make use of existing facilities wherever possible.
The national Commonwealth federations of England, Scotland and Wales expressed their disappointment at the news concerning Victoria.
Commonwealth Games England described the news as “hugely unsettling” for athletes.
Rowan Crothers, an Australian para-swimmer, highlighted the uniqueness of the Games, where para-sports events sit alongside non-disabled competition.
“Seeing the Games cancelled will suck for the state of inclusion,” he wrote on Twitter.
“For some athletes, a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games means more than a gold medal at the Paralympics – it’s not just a similar level, it’s the exact same thing the able-bods get. Recognition and equality can mean more than achievement.”
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has said the Victorian state government’s decision to withdraw as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games is “hugely disappointing”.
The CGF said in a statement it was given only eight hours’ notice of the decision, which was announced by Victoria’s state premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday morning.
Mr Andrews told media in Melbourne the original budget for the games was estimated to be around 2.6 billion dollars (£1.3 billion) but had ballooned out to nearly triple that.
He said: “Last year when the Commonwealth Games authorities approached us and needed someone to step in to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as a state we were happy to help out, but of course not at any price.
“I’ve made a lot of difficult decisions in this job, this is not one of them.
“It’s just quite obvious, we are not going to spend six to seven billion dollars on a 12-day sporting event.
“We don’t just make popular decisions, we do what’s right and it would simply be wrong.”
The CGF responded by saying it was taken aback by the announcement.
It said in a statement: “This is hugely disappointing for the Commonwealth Sport Movement, for athletes around the Commonwealth and the Organising Committee who are well advanced in their planning and preparation.
“The reasons given are financial. The numbers quoted to us today of 6 billion dollars are 50% more than those advised to the Organising Committee board at its meeting in June.
“These figures are attributed to price escalation primarily due to the unique regional delivery model that Victoria chose for these Games, and in particular relate to village and venue builds and transport infrastructure.”
The 2026 Commonwealth Games were set to be held in regional Victoria across towns like Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton.
The CGF statement continued: “Since awarding Victoria the Games, the Government has made decisions to include more sports and an additional regional hub, and changed plans for venues, all of which have added considerable expense, often against the advice of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA).
“We are disappointed that we were only given eight hours’ notice and that no consideration was given to discussing the situation to jointly find solutions prior to this decision being reached by the Government.
“Up until this point, the Government had advised that sufficient funding was available to deliver the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.”
Mr Andrews said the estimates were “clearly under the actual cost”, and the state government is instead going to use the money budgeted to improve sporting complexes and housing in regional Victoria.
The CGF said it remains “committed to finding a solution for the Games in 2026 that is in the best interest of our athletes and the wider Commonwealth Sport Movement”.
Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games five times, including on the Gold Coast in 2018 and in the Victorian capital of Melbourne in 2006.
Australia’s Victoria state has withdrawn as host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to the cost of the event breaching estimates by around 5 billion Australian dollars.
State premier Daniel Andrews fronted media in Melbourne and said he was not prepared to spend up to 7 billion dollars (£3.6 billion) on a “12-day sporting event”.
He said: “Last year when the Commonwealth Games authorities approached us and needed someone to step in to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, as a state we were happy to help out, but of course not at any price.
“I’ve made a lot of difficult decisions in this job, this is not one of them.
“It’s just quite obvious, we are not going to spend six to seven billion dollars on a 12-day sporting event.
“We don’t just make popular decisions, we do what’s right and it would simply be wrong.”
The original budget for the games was estimated to be around 2.6 billion dollars (£1.3 billion) but ballooned out to nearly triple that.
Mr Andrews said they have had “cordiale discussions” with the Commonwealth authorities in London and will continue discussions with them on Tuesday morning.
He added: “It is not appropriate and it is against the interest of taxpayers for me to speculate and conduct a negotiation with people on the other side of the world at a press conference here today.
“In the meantime we are going to let our team that are in London work through these issues.”
Mr Andrews said the estimates were “clearly under the actual cost”.
The Victorian state government are instead going to use the money budgeted to improve sporting complexes and housing in regional Victoria.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games were set to be held in regional Victoria across towns like Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat, Gippsland and Shepparton.
Former champion Peter Wright coasted into the second round of the Betfred World Matchplay with a 10-4 win over Andrew Gilding at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
After holder Michael van Gerwen suffered a shock exit to Brendan Dolan, UK Open champion Gilding had threatened another upset when an early break saw him move 2-0 ahead with a 122 checkout.
Wright, though, soon recovered from his slow start to reel off eight straight legs with some heavy finishing as the 2021 World Matchplay champion closed in on an impressive victory which saw him land seven 180s.
Elsewhere, Ryan Searle cut short Raymond van Barneveld’s return to the Winter Gardens with a 10-4 win.
The Dutchman, a five-time world champion across the PDC and BDO versions, last played the event in 2018, but never looked like producing a vintage display as Searle soon built up a 7-3 lead.
Searle remained in control after taking the next two legs, including a 13-dart finish.
Although Van Barneveld reduced the deficit, the English world number 15 got the job done on his next throw, completing an impressive victory with a 105.19 average and landing four 180s.
Searle goes on to play Wright for a place in the quarter-finals.
In the opening match of the evening, Dimitri Van den Bergh threw seven maximums as he edged out Ross Smith 10-8 in a high-quality contest.
The Belgian, who won the World Matchplay title on his debut in 2020, produced an average of just over 101 to edge out last year’s PDC European Championships winner Smith, himself hitting five 180s and an impressive 134 check-out.
Van den Bergh will next play Jonny Clayton after the Welsh World Cup winner held off a late fightback from German number one Gabriel Clemens to win 10-8.
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Ilkay Gundogan became a Barca player.
Mohamed Salah trained hard.
Luton were feeling the heat.
A mural for Tottenham.
New one-shoe trend?
Wilfried Zaha was making memories.
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Neal Skupski was still celebrating.
CricketKP was in awe.
Eoin Morgan enjoyed Wimbledon.
James Anderson was in claret and blue.
Formula OneJules Bianchi was remembered.
Ten years apart.
DartsRaymond Van Barneveld was in Blackpool.
Former Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor hailed a “coming of age” moment for Team GB’s female divers following their success at the World Championships.
Team GB earned their first ever World Championship diving medal in a women’s event on Sunday when Lois Toulson and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix took silver in the 10 metres synchro in Fukuoka.
Their historic success in Japan was replicated just 24 hours later when Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen earned silver in the three metres synchro and Taylor believes it is a “breakthrough moment” for Team GB’s female divers.
“It’s the first ever time our female athletes have won a World Championship medal, then it was backed up today by a wonderful effort in the three metre by Yasmin and Scarlett,” he told the PA news agency.
“The silvers for the girls has been incredible, back-to-back silvers at a World Championships having never stood on the podium before as female athletes for GB.
“For me it’s a coming of age for GB female diving because it’s been on the cards for a while, this is a real breakthrough moment, the statistics speak for themselves.
“It just fills me with excitement ahead of next year, but of course we’ve got to be careful not to get too excited because there’s a process and jobs to be done.
“The team are doing a beautiful job in Fukuoka so we couldn’t have asked for a better start.”
Spendolini-Sirieix, daughter of TV personality Fred Sirieix, earned two gold medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, while partner Toulson secured two silvers in Birmingham as Team England took 15 medals in total at the competition.
The duo have been competing together for just under a year and have already enjoyed success, claiming a European 10m synchro gold medal in Rome last year.
The World Championship silvers secure a spot at next year’s Olympics in Paris and it comes following a triumphant period for Team GB’s divers.
“Peter (Waterfield) and I, nearly 20 years ago now, we won the first Olympic medal in British diving for 44 years and that was a breakthrough moment,” Taylor added.
“Then you’ve got the Tom Daley effect and Jack (Laugher) and their success, when it comes to major medals, it has been tilted heavily towards the men’s and the boys’ side of the sport.
“But the women have always been there, the potential has always been there and it’s just blossoming now.
“It couldn’t be more exciting with what they’ve achieved, the timing, the fact that we’ve got not quite a home Olympics, but it’s close just over the pond in Paris, a year away.
“The celebration that we had in Birmingham at the Commonwealth Games across men’s and women’s success was magnificent and now it’s being replicated on the world stage.”
Taylor secured silver alongside Waterfield at Athens 2004 in the Men’s 10 metre synchronised platform after narrowly missing out on a podium place at Sydney 2000 and the 45-year-old admitted it was “incredible” to fulfill his ambition.
Taylor said: “I was lucky enough to compete at three and at my third Olympics, 20 years after watching the Olympics on the TV and the start of my dream, I realised that ambition to stand on the podium to win an Olympic medal was incredible.
“For me the reflection is the support I had along the way, because that moment in time even though I was stood next to my team-mate it wasn’t just about me or us, it was about everything that had been contributed.
“All the way back to my parents and all the sacrifices they made, I feel very fortunate I was at the beginning of this wonderful era in sport where the National Lottery funding came in at the beginning of my career.”
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Gerwyn Price advanced to the second round of the World Matchplay as he recovered from a slow start to defeat Stephen Bunting 10-3 in Blackpool.
After Bunting won the first two legs, Price hit back to level things up before sweeping to victory, claiming each of the last seven.
The Welshman, runner-up to Michael van Gerwen in last year’s competition, said on Sky Sports: “I was 2-0 down, could have been 3-0 down – it was a slow start. I didn’t play brilliant, but I did what I had to do.
“I was up and down. It was just first-round jitters. Getting through the first round is always tough, but I’ll be better next round.
“It’s one of the tournaments I haven’t won, so you try a little bit too hard sometimes, especially in finals. But I’ve plenty more years left in this game so if it’s not this year, it will be sometime soon hopefully, and fingers crossed it is this year.”
Price’s opponent in round two will be Joe Cullen, who saw off Belgian debutant Mike De Decker 10-7 in the first match of the tournament’s opening night.
The Winter Gardens action also saw 2019 champion Rob Cross eliminated after losing a thrilling contest to Daryl Gurney.
Cross came back from 4-0 down to force a tiebreaker, and then led for the first time in the match at 10-9, before Northern Ireland’s Gurney turned things around again to triumph 12-10.
Gurney now faces Gary Anderson, the winner in 2018 and runner-up in 2020, after the Scot beat Dave Chisnall 10-6.
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FootballEngland stepped up their World Cup preparations.
The Premier League’s youngest ever player Ethan Nwaneri showed off his confidence.
Arsenal signed Netherlands defender Jurrien Timber.
Today was a good one in the history books for Manchester City.
Jude Bellingham impressed in training.
Leeds wished a happy retirement to a former favourite.
WimbledonThe men’s singles final was eagerly anticipated.
Still plenty of love for Ons Jabeur from the beaten Aryna Sabalenka.
Strike a pose!
Caroline Garcia vowed to bounce back.
Elise Mertens and Storm Hunter reached the women’s doubles final.
CricketEngland looked back on their World Cup triumph.
GolfGame recognises game.
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Motor racingIt was damp at Goodwood.
Ferrari turned the clock back.
A year ago Mel Nicholls entered her first triathlon. Now she is dreaming of Paralympic success in 2024.
It has been a stunning first year in a third sport for the Gloucestershire athlete, who only joined her local triathlon club for fun.
A world-class wheelchair racer and handcyclist, the two-time Paralympian had been looking for some gentle activity in a social setting to supplement her more serious training.
Not considering herself much of a swimmer, taking up the sport competitively was not even in her thoughts.
Yet after her talent was spotted and being encouraged to consider it, she now suddenly finds herself as one of the best para-triathletes in Britain and bidding to make her mark in Paris next summer.
“It’s happened by accident,” Nicholls told the PA news agency. “I’m a wheelchair racer and a handcyclist.
“I’ve never been a swimmer. I’d do a bit of swimming as part of my recovery in the pool but that was about it.
“I joined my local triathlon club just for a bit of social time really, to train with other people. I was training on my bike and it was just to get in the pool and maybe learn to swim a bit better.
“There was a bit of talk about me doing a triathlon but, to be honest, I had no plans to do it.
“Now I’m under the world-class programme, working hard with the rest of the squad for, hopefully, Paris next year. That will be absolutely incredible.”
Tewkesbury-based Nicholls, who turns 46 this month, is no stranger to elite competition having raced on the track in her chair at London 2012 and Rio 2016 before switching to the marathon and endurance road racing.
She later moved into handcycling, in which her achievements include travelling from Land’s End to John O’Groats and around the coast of Britain in record times, as well as completing a 24-hour challenge in the United States.
“When I cycled around the coast of Britain I was completely unsupported,” said Nicholls, who has been unable to walk or use much of her left side since a series of life-changing strokes in her 20s.
“That was a huge challenge – but still in my comfort zone. I am used to suffering in horrific weather, riding through the night and finding bus stops to sleep in.
“That is where I’m most comfortable but put me in the sea or a lake where I have to swim to start a race – that is way out of my comfort zone. I would say this is my biggest challenge.
View this post on Instagram“I hadn’t closed the door to another Paralympic Games but I hadn’t considered that I would go to another either. It has all been a bit of a whirlwind, the last year.”
Nicholls entered her first triathlon in Llanelli in May 2022 and won in the women’s category.
She said it was intended as a “one-off” and the answer was a “definite no” when she was initially asked if she would attempt another.
Yet she gradually came round to the idea and three months later she finished just 21 seconds off a podium place in her first World Triathlon Para Series event in Swansea. By November she was good enough to come fifth in the World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
She is now a firm fixture on the circuit and a medal in Paris might not be out of the question.
“I am not there yet,” she said. “Even though I am experienced in two of the three elements, triathlon is very different. It’s a different set of skills you need and the courses are very technical.
“And I don’t think I’d call myself a swimmer yet. I’m still working on it!
“I’m just behind the podium against the rest of the world but I got a couple of golds last year in World Cups in Europe. Obviously I’d love to podium in Paris, that is the ultimate goal.”
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Caster Semenya was discriminated against by rules which forced her to lower her testosterone levels in order to continue competing, according to a judgement from the European Court of Human Rights.
The 32-year-old South African, a two-time 800 metres Olympic champion, was legally identified as female at birth but has a condition which means her body naturally produces higher levels of testosterone than women without the condition.
She has been unable to compete at her favoured distance since 2019, following the introduction of limits on testosterone levels for female athletes which would have forced her to use medication.
Previous legal challenges to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court were rejected, but the ECHR found her human rights had been violated.
World Athletics said in response to the judgement that it believes its rules on athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) are “necessary, reasonable and proportionate” to protect fair competition in the female category. The international federation said it would encourage the Swiss state – which is the respondent in the ECHR case rather than World Athletics – to refer the matter to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR for a final judgement.
A release issued by the court on Tuesday morning stated: “The Court found in particular that the applicant had not been afforded sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards in Switzerland to allow her to have her complaints examined effectively, especially since her complaints concerned substantiated and credible claims of discrimination as a result of her increased testosterone level caused by differences of sex development (DSD).”
Tuesday’s ECHR decision was a majority decision – with four of the seven chamber members finding Semenya’s rights had been violated.
A legal summary of the case said Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which relates to discrimination, had been violated, along with Article 13 which related to the absence of effective remedies to tackle that discrimination.
World Athletics’ statement read: “World Athletics notes the judgment of the deeply divided Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
“We remain of the view that the DSD regulations are a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of protecting fair competition in the female category as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Swiss Federal Tribunal both found, after a detailed and expert assessment of the evidence.
“The case was filed against the state of Switzerland, rather than World Athletics.
“We will liaise with the Swiss Government on the next steps and, given the strong dissenting views in the decision, we will be encouraging them to seek referral of the case to the ECHR Grand Chamber for a final and definitive decision.
“In the meantime, the current DSD regulations, approved by the World Athletics Council in March 2023, will remain in place.”
Semenya’s legal team have been contacted for comment.
Caster Semenya was discriminated against by rules which forced her to lower her testosterone levels in order to continue competing, according to a judgement from the European Court of Human Rights.
The 32-year-old, a two-time 800 metres Olympic champion, was legally identified as female at birth but has a condition which means her body naturally produces higher levels of testosterone than women without the condition.
She has been unable to compete at her favoured distance since 2019, following the introduction of limits on testosterone levels for female athletes which would have forced her to use medication.
Previous legal challenges to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court were rejected, but the ECHR found her human rights had been violated.
A release issued by the court stated: “The Court found in particular that the applicant had not been afforded sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards in Switzerland to allow her to have her complaints examined effectively, especially since her complaints concerned substantiated and credible claims of discrimination as a result of her increased testosterone level caused by differences of sex development (DSD).”
A legal summary of the case said Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which relates to discrimination, had been violated, along with Article 13 which related to the absence of effective remedies to tackle that discrimination.
Daniel Dubois insists he will end Oleksandr Usyk’s reign as a heavyweight world champion when they clash in Poland on August 26.
Mandatory challenger Dubois is fighting for the WBA, IBF and WBO belts that Usyk initially seized from Joshua and then defended in two dramatic fights between the 2012 Olympic gold medallists.
A crowd of 43,000 will gather at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw for what is seen as a routine title defence for the Ukrainian – but Dubois has other ideas.
The 25-year-old from London insists he is firing on all cylinders after coming through a tough win against Kevin Lerena in December, during which he was knocked down three times in the opening round while struggling with a knee injury.
View this post on Instagram“I’m in a training camp, I’m running and everything is going well. I’m grateful for this opportunity and I’m ready to take it with both hands.
“This has been a long time coming and I’m ready to take it on. Usyk has been a great champion but everything with a beginning has an end and I’m ready.”
Usyk will be fighting in front of a partisan crowd after over one million Ukrainian refugees relocated to Poland to escape Russia’s invasion of their homeland.
Adding to the significance of the occasion is that the fight unfolds two days after Ukraine’s Independence Day, while Usyk also won his first cruiserweight title against Krzysztof Glowacki in Gdansk in 2016.
View this post on Instagram“It’s only because of them doing that, that we have the opportunity to defend our titles and bring glory to our country and the flag of our country.
“I’m really happy to be back in Poland. This country has greeted me well.
“I became the WBO cruiserweight champion here and then over the next years I collected several belts. Now I’m back in Poland here to defend them.
“I want thank the people of Poland for the support they are giving to Ukraine. I’ve been travelling around the world, fighting in the backyards of my opponents, but this fight here in Poland will be the closest one to my home.”
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England’s players arrived in Australia ahead of the Women’s World Cup.
Harry Kane wished England Under-21s luck ahead of their final.
Wilfried Zaha’s life was complete.
Pre-season training has well and truly begun.
A moment of magic from new Southampton manager Russell Martin.
Ruben Dias was enjoying his break.
Bernardo Silva was impressed.
John Terry was gutted to see his former team-mate leave Chelsea.
Trevoh Chalobah felt a similar way.
CricketFormer captain Michael Vaughan had his say on England’s Ashes performance.
Gary Lineker knows his cricket.
KP was optimistic.
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And Australian snooker star Neil Robertson enjoyed a twist in the tale…
but also made a point about the standard of cricket in the series.
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Mohamed Salah was taking a dip in the sea.
Raheem Sterling was hard at work.
Marcus Rashford enjoyed his holidays.
Millwall players paid tribute to club owner John Berylson.
CricketMark Wood was back with a bang.
Mitch Marsh was as well.
AB de Villiers was impressed with England…
…for the most part
Golfers Min Woo Lee and Daniel Hiller were enjoying Headingley.
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