Sports round-up
RIP: Two former Crystal Palace and Millwall footballers died earlier this month – Paul Hinshelwood (aged 63) and Jamie Vincent (46). Between them, they made almost 1,000 club appearances: 1963-2012
Runs galore: Last Sunday in Barbados, England beat the West Indies in the second T20 match of the series. The hosts came mighty close to reaching their target of 172 - falling just one run short after scoring 28 off the final over
Bad men: In a recent survey, two Chelsea stars, César Azpilicueta and Antonio Rüdiger, were named first and second in a list of the ‘most arrogant and argumentative’ players in the Premiership. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) and Richarlison (Everton) were also listed
Top golfer: The first tour event of 2022, the Abu Dhabi HSBC championship, was won by Belgium’s Thomas Pieters who finished one stroke ahead of Spain’s Cabrera Bello and India’s Shubhankar Sharma
Ski star: Congratulations to Dave Ryding (35) who, last Saturday, won the men’s slalom in Kitzbühel, Austria to become the first British skier to gain a gold medal in the Alpine World Cup’s 55-year history
Skating on ice: Regan Gascoigne, son of ex-England star Paul, is one of the favourites to win ITV’s Dancing on Ice competition. Superb last Sunday – watch him this week Last Monday Watford sacked head coach Claudio Ranieri after just four months in charge and 24 hours later the club appointed Roy Hodgson (aged 74) as their 15th manager in the last 10 years and their 20th since 2002.
Droned off!: Over the years we’ve seen football matches called off through rain, snow, fog, mist, high winds and Covid-19 but never by a drone. That all changed last Saturday when the Brentford-Wolves Premiership game was held up for 15 minutes due a drone flying over the ground. Police told the referee to take the players off the pitch for safety reasons as helicopters arrived on the scene to sort things out, as it was too near to Heathrow Airport.