I’ll not Swann around
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World Rugby will retain as Sir Bill Beaumont four chairman for another
England years. The former ex-deputy captain, who beat votes to 23, Agustin Pichot 28 to see international said he wanted soon as possible rugby return as the priority. with player welfare crisis Amid a coronavirus sport, the that has halted the
“Now is not 68-year-old said: the time for celebration. We have work to do.”
Olympic rower Polly Swann has joined the fight against Covid-19 as a junior doctor as she continues to train for the postponed Games.
Swann, who took silver in the women’s eight in Rio four years ago, completed her medical degree last year.
And the 31-year- old has now joined the NHS to help the fight by signing up for a three- month stint at an Edinburgh hospital.
She said: “A lot of junior doctors have been moved to the most critical parts of the NHS, so interim foundation year doctors are backfilling their roles.
“I’m definitely not a frontline ICU worker but I’m glad I can still help to ease the burden in some way.”
The Games in Tokyo have been pushed back to 2021 as a result of the pandemic. Dustin Brown admits being back on court at the Tennis Point Exhibition Series in Germany this week was surreal as the world continues to fight Covid-19.
The German, who famously beat Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon in 2015, is the highest-profile player in the eight-man field at the event being held at the Base Tennis centre near Koblenz.
The ATP and WTA Tours remain suspended until mid-July at the earliest.
But the tourney in Brown’s home country, the first of three that will form the Exo Tennis Series, has offered some competitive action.
He said: “It’s nice to finally play. It’s a little surreal to be honest with everything that is going on in the world.”
The event is taking place without fans, line judges and ball kids while there are no handshakes after the match.
Players arrive alone and have their own designated space in the venue. On court they sit at opposite sides during changeovers. The event finishes tomorrow. Cycling’s European Road Championships will not take place this year.
The event was scheduled to take place in Italy from September 9-13, dates that clash with the rescheduled Tour de France. The province of Trentino will instead stage the event in 2021.