Mes out for the season

The Northern Mystics have confirmed Silver Ferns shooter Bailey Mes will be out for the ANZ Premiership campaign after knee surgery. Mes had been struggling with a patella cartilage injury suffered during the Silver Ferns Netball Nations Cup tournament in London in January. She had knee surgery on May 1 during the Covid-19 level 3 lockdown, and she has begun rehabilitation but the Mystics confirmed yesterday that she will miss the entire premiership season. ‘‘We were personally gutted for Bailey to hear her injury from the Nations Cup tour was season ending, but we are confident she will be back next season as strong as ever,’’ Mystics head coach Helene Wilson said. Wilson said the club was pleased to elevate training partner Asher Grapes, a Hamilton under-19 representative in 2019, to the fulltime squad.

Celtic are celebrating a ninth straight Scottish title after the country’s top football league was cut short because there was no immediate prospect of play restarting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Celtic won their ninth straight Scottish title yesterday after the country’s top football league was cut short because there was no immediate prospect of play restarting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Scotland joined France, the Netherlands and Belgium in calling off the season early, with Scottish football at all levels suspended until June 10 at the earliest. There have been no games in the Scottish league since March 13.