I’d stopped enjoying the England job ...that began a long time before my lonely, unforgiving walk to the tunnel at Wembley, hearing the fans’ vitriol
PREMIER LEAGUE CARDIFF (0) 1 BURNLEY (0) 2 J Murphy 60 Gudmundsson 51 Att: 30,411 Vokes 70 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP LIVINGSTON (1) 1 RANGERS (0) 0 Menga 34 Att: 9,246 JD WELSH PREMIER Cardiff MU (2) 4 TNS FC (0) 1 FA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE Birmingham (1) 2 Man City (0) 3 Chelsea (2) 2 Brighton & H (0) 0 Liverpool FC (0) 0 Reading (1) 1 West Ham (0) 2 Yeovil (0) 1 FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Charlton (1) 4 Lewes (0) 1 C Palace (1) 1 Tottenham (1) 2 Leicester (3) 4 Lon Bees (1) 2 Man Utd (0) 0 Durham (0) 0 Sheff Utd (2) 4 Aston Villa (1) 1
1st ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL Kimberley: Zimbabwe 117 v South Africa 119-5 South Africa bt Zimbabwe by 5 wkts
THE RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP ARGENTINA (3) 17 N ZEALAND (21) 35 T: Cubelli, Boffelli T: Ioane (2), Naholo,
Tuipulotu, Liernert-Brown C: Sanchez (2) C: Barrett (4), Mo’unga Pen: Sanchez S AFRICA (20) 23 AUSTRALIA (12) 12 T: Dyantyi, de Klerk T: Hodge, Genia C: Pollard (2) C: Toomua Pen: Pollard (3) GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP BRISTOL (20) 40 N’HAMPTON (24) 45 T: Hurrell (2), T: Painter, Kellaway, Thacker, Ludlam, Naiyaravoro, Morahan, Leiua Waller, Haywood C: Sheedy (3) C: Biggar (5), Mallinder Pen: Sheedy (3) Pen: Biggar EXETER (21) 28 WORCESTER (3) 11 T: Yeandle, Ewers (2), Williams T: Hill C: Steenson (4) Pen: Pennell (2) GLOUCESTER (18) 25 QUINS (15) 27 T: Cipriani, Sharples (2) T: Earle (2) C: Cipriani (2) C: Lang Pen: Cipriani (2) Pen: Lang (2),
Smith (3) SALE (5) 15
T: Yarde, Webber, Langdon LEICESTER (13) 19 T: Eastmond
C: Ford Pen: Ford (4) SARACENS (26) 50 T: Williams (3), Goode, George, Tompkins, Maitland, Tolofua C: Farrell (4), George
BATH (20) 27 T: Cook, Homer (2)
C: Priestland (2),
Burns Pen: Priestland (2) GUINNESS PRO14 Connacht (3) 3 Leinster (6) 20 Glasgow (12) 29 Dragons (6) 13 Munster (29) 64 Ulster (0) 7 Scarlets (21) 54 S Kings (14) 14 Zebre (3) 8 Ospreys (16) 22 GREENE KING IPA Bedford (18) 23 L Scottish (13) 26 Coventry (10) 17 L Irish (7) 21 Ealing (26) 41 C Pirates (13) 35 Richmond (19) 38 Hartpury (7) 12
SUPER LEAGUE SUPER 8S CATALANS (0) 22 HUDD’FIELD (12) 12 T: Mead (4) T: Gaskell, I Senior C: Albert (3) C: Brough (2) QUALIFIERS SUPER 8S Hull KR (20) 30 Widnes (0) 0 L Broncos (12) 23 Halifax (16) 16
ATP & WTA CHINA OPEN, Beijing, Women’s Singles 1st Rnd (selected): L Siegemund (Ger) bt (13) D Kasatkina (Rus) 6-3 4-2 ret, (3) A Kerber (Ger) bt K Mladenovic (Fra) 6-2 6-2, (17) M Keys (USA) bt B Pera (USA) 6-3 6-4, (4) C Garcia (Fra) bt Y Wang (Chn) 7-6 (12-10) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3, O Jabeur (Tun) bt (1) S Halep (Rom) 6-1 ret, K Flipkens (Bel) bt K Boulter (GB) 4-6 6-2 7-5, (9) S Stephens (USA) bt A Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-7 (8-10) 6-4 6-4, (11) K Bertens (Hol) bt S Cirstea (Rom) 6-2 6-0
ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Innsbruck, Men’s Road Race, 258.5km: 1 A Valverde (Spa) 06:46:41, 2 R Bardet (Fra) same time, 3 M Woods (Can) ST Others: 16 P Kennaugh (GB) +1m 21s, 37 A Yates (GB) +4m
BBL CHAMPIONSHIP Cheshire 94 Plymouth 88 Glasgow Rocks 85 Newcastle 100 Manchester 86 London Royals 92