WORLD OF SPORT

TWO months after losing to a club runner, Mo Farah has confirmed he will return for autumn’s London Marathon — which will dictate whether he continues into 2023 or not. The 39-year-old has signed up for what might be his final loop of the race on October 2, as well as a half marathon in the capital on September 4. Asked if the marathon will be his last race, Farah said: ‘I don’t have any plans yet, my aim is to compete at the marathon and see how my body is. As much as I love running, it’s not easy competing at a high level. ‘Sometimes your body doesn’t allow you, I’m getting on a bit. Do I still have the hunger? Yes.’

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI

SIMON CLARKE won stage five of the Tour de France in a photo finish in Arenberg as Tadej Pogacar took a big step towards a third straight title on a bad day for the Jumbo-Visma team of race leader Wout van Aert and Primoz Roglic.

The cobbled stage of northern France had a huge say in the general classification battle as Roglic crashed on a roundabout, and his team-mate Jonas Vingegaard suffered a costly puncture, while Pogacar used a late attack to pick up considerable time on his rivals.

SUPER LEAGUE players will start wearing high-tech mouthguards to measure the impact of head collisions. As part of a major new study into brain injuries in rugby league, stars from all 12 top-flight clubs — and 40 teams in total — will begin wearing the special gumshields later this month to collect data on head accelerations. The research project will be run by the RFL, Super League and Leeds Beckett University. The move comes a year after 10 former players announced they were suing the RFL for negligence over their failure to protect them from brain injuries caused by concussion. DAVID COVERDALE