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TASTY GREENS AIM TO EXCITE

LEE Allinson wants a young, hungry and exciting Hendon side in the coming season – and to avoid losing the opening half-a-dozen games!

Dupont is looking to take a sabbatical

ANTOINE Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest.

High life suits Wales as they prepare for World Cup assault

Wales enjoy the high life as they get set for France

It felt a bit surreal when I ran out at Murrayfield

RICHARD DE CARPENTIER - THE FORMER ENGLAND SEVENS INTERNATIONAL AND LEICESTER, WORCESTER, HARLEQUINS AND BATH BACK ROWER

FIVE-STAR SPIREITES TURN ON THE STYLE

STRIKER Joe Quigley came off the bench to score twice as Chesterfield ran out 5-1 winners at Alfreton Town.

HOOPS DREAM IS NOW REALITY

ROSS JENKINS believes Oxford City’s opening fixtures encapsulate the National League in a nutshell.

BARNES ENJOYS DREAM DEBUT

YORK CITY 1 SHEFFFIELD WED 1

NO SALUTES FOR CUP IDEA

A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Middleton keen to help Japan move up a notch

SIMON Middleton has taken on a new role as high-performance adviser to the Japan national women’s 15s team.

Wales in the mood to rumble

WALES U20s defence coach Craig Everett says his side are ‘chomping at the bit’ for their physical battle against Georgia today.

Radford keen to put steel into the Saints

NEVER one to shy away from a challenge as a child growing up on the largest council estate in Europe, Northampton’s new defence coach Lee Radford knows a thing or two about resilience – something the Saints lacked in abundance in protecting their own line last year.

SHAKERS SO HAPPY TO PLAY A HOME GIGG

BURY FC 0 BRADFORD CITY 6

The Dual-Use Loophole

Despite sanctions, the Russian military still gets critical banned technology from 59 U.S. firms, often via China

Best Places to Travel With Your Dog

Dog owners are nothing if not loyal to their furred companions. So it makes sense that their ideal travel destinations are ones that welcome dogs. With their book, FIFTY PLACES TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR DOG BEFORE YOU DIE, Chris Santella and DC Helmuth set out to provide a road map and inspirational guide for those who would take Fido along wherever they go. Helmuth and Santella came up with their list by interviewing experts in the canine community, and each place is presented as the recommendation of one of these experts. From their book, here's a selection of top venues to travel around the globe with your dog. Happy Trails!

Tiffany Haddish

IF YOU ASK TIFFANY HADDISH IF SHE'S A FAN OF A GOOD CRIME STORY, the immediate response you'll get is, \"Baby! I'll be watching. I love a good mystery.\" Which makes her the perfect person to play the detective in the Apple TV+ comedy-mystery series The Afterparty (July 12).

AMERICA'S GREATEST WORKPLACES 2023

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMPANY PAYS ITS employees fairly by providing competitive salaries and benefits, promotes equality and diversity and cultivates a culture open to new ideas?

WHAT THE CIA DOESN'T KNOW

A Newsweek investigation reveals that while the Agency is deeply involved in Ukraine, it's in the dark about Volodymyr Zelensky's intentions and plans

Great to see Dupont going for Paris gold

RATHER overlooked during a hectic end of season in France which saw Toulouse march off with all four national titles – Top 14, U20, U18 and U16 – was a report in the authoritative Le Parisien insisting that Antoine Dupont will be missing some or even all of the 2024 Six Nations to pursue his dream of also winning an Olympic gold medal at the Paris Olympics next July.

25 years on and the pain is fading...

Next week marks the 25th anniversary of the end of what became known as the “Tour of Hell”. Jon Newcombe talks to some of the players whose Test careers were over before they barely began as a result of the frightful hammerings at the hands of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

FALKLANDS GET SET FOR GAMES

FALKLAND Islands manager Troyd Bowles admits his side’s Island Games bid is a trip into the unknown – six years after they last played at the tournament.

DEBUT TRIO SET TO MAKE FA CUP BOW

TRIO Harleston Town, Heacham and Okehampton Argyle have been entered into the FA Cup for the first time in their history this season.

You write off the All Blacks at your peril

BEFORE this edition of the Rugby Championship, people have been writing off New Zealand, and talking about their decline – but, even if they do not have the presence Richie McCaw’s world champions had eight years ago, you write them off at your peril.

Torture of the ice age gave us faith

DON’T tell me or any of the boys from 2011 that the players in the Welsh squad training for the World Cup are having a hard time of it. Hoods, splashes of water in their faces and carrying logs on long marches – luxury!

UGGLA DEAL IS FINALL-Y DONE

AT THE turn of the year, Matt Uggla harboured a dream to run a National League club, preferrably starting with the letter ‘Y’.

I think I took more good options than bad ones

MY LIFE IN RUGBYIAN WHITTEN THE FORMER IRELAND, EXETER & ULSTER CENTRE

WORT'S NEW PORT OF CALL

HE’S already fourth on the club’s all-time list of leading goal-scorers, now Lee Wort is out to create new history after returning to AFC Portchester.

JIMMY'S NUN OF THE WISER

Boro boss expects another tough ride

GB women clinch sevens spot at Paris Olympics

GREAT Britain’s women’s sevens team won gold at the European Games in Krakow, Poland to clinch a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Biarritz are left sweating on future

BY the time you read this, ProD2 side Biarritz were supposed to be under new management after a deal finally brought an end to a difficult and convoluted period in the storied club’s recent history.

O'Kelly's backing his boys to triumph

FORMER Ireland lock Malcolm O’Kelly believes his nation will win the World Cup – if the coaches avoid the preparation issues that have cost them in previous tournaments.