WORLD OF SPORT

TONY SMITH is leaving rugby league club Warrington after nine seasons in charge. The 50-year-old is the longest-serving coach in Super League history. The Wolves have struggled this year, finishing in the bottom four and fighting to retain their top-flight status, which they secured with a 32-30 victory over Leigh on Saturday. ‘It’s now in the best interests of all for us to go in different directions,’ said Smith. LaRS BOOM of Holland won his second tour of Britain cycle race as Edvald Boasson Hagen took the final stage in Cardiff yesterday. Boasson Hagen launched a solo attack with three kilometres to go and held off the sprinters. the Norwegian’s team-mate, Britain’s Mark Cavendish — riding his first race since being forced to pull out of the tour de France following a crash — abandoned on the final day. REIGNING champion Marc Marquez returned to the top of the MotoGP standings by triumphing at the Misano circuit in San Marino yesterday. In wet conditions, Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) led initially, but after he crashed a tight battle at the front ensued between Marquez (Honda), Danilo Petrucci (Pramac) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati). Marquez pounced on the final lap to seize victory, his fourth of the season.