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Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019

SPORTS AGENDA

LANCASHIRE FACE

GROUND DILEMMA

AS ASHES SET TO

CLASH WITH T20

MoRE fun and games at Lanca-

shire. Last year, the Red Rose

county faced the prospect of giving

up home-field advantage in the t20

Blast quarter-finals thanks to a

potential clash with a Liam Gal-

lagher concert, which was subse-

quently avoided when results

meant they ended up playing

away.

this year, with Lancashire top-

ping the north group, it is the Ashes

test at old trafford which coin-

cides with the last-eight dates. the

county say they are in discussions

with the ECB over potential ven-

ues. Given out-ground options are

limited, a neutral site may well be

on the cards.

Meanwhile, Lancashire officials

have apologised for confusion over

refunds for Friday’s washed out

Roses affair. Initially, the club said

that members would not be

refunded face value. However, they

later clarified that members who

had paid extra for t20 tickets

would be reimbursed, although

those with t20 season tickets will

not be entitled to a refund unless

further games are washed out.

FIFA have inadvertently landed a

small British broadcaster in

trouble after a member of their

commentary team for the Under 20

World Cup was overheard saying

“f****** hell” down the microphone

before Ecuador’s clash with Italy.

FIFA ‘apologised unreservedly’ and

blamed the language, heard during the

Ecuadorean national anthem, on an

‘audio malfunction’. But Freesports,

who took FIFA’s feed for broadcast in

the UK, were hauled in front of Ofcom.

The watchdog found that they had

breached regulations on offensive

language before the watershed and

Freesports will now have a mark on

their record.

ED WOODWARD has

encouraged Ole Gunnar

Solskjaer (below) to start parking

in the manager’s spot at

Manchester United’s Carrington

training ground.

The Norwegian was reluctant to

use the space, given he saw it as

‘the gaffer’s (Sir Alex Ferguson’s)

spot’ which he did not feel

comfortable taking.

However, executive vice

chairman Woodward, perhaps

wary of continued jibes

that United live in the

past, or perhaps of

the radical opinion

that the manager

should park in the

manager’s parking

space, is keen for the

club to move forward

and has made his

feelings

known.

At A recent meeting

between Premier League

managers, the topic of the

English window closing

three weeks earlier than

those in Europe was

brought up.

three managers in

particular voiced very clear

opinions on this,

according to those

present, and they

were Pep Guardiola,

Jurgen Klopp and Mauricio

Pochettino. tottenham

chief Pochettino, whose

club may well face reduced

bids from the continent for

a number of their players,

including Christian

Eriksen, who changed the

game against Aston Villa

on Saturday, then used his

pre-match press

conference to complain

about the differing

deadlines in public.

there is a sense among

coaches of clubs outside

the Big Six that if the

higher-profile bosses

continue to lobby against

the mismatched windows,

then the league will

consider changing things

back to how they were.

BIG THREE RILED BY EARLY WINDOW

SoUtHAMPtoN really are

the Saints if their pre-

season tour shenanigans —

or lack thereof — were

anything to go by. the

St Mary’s outfit are

managed by Ralph

Hasenhuttl (right) and went

to the Austrian’s homeland for a summer

camp. Players were not allowed to drink

and, in a show of sobriety solidarity, the

club’s backroom staff pledged to stay off

the pop for the whole trip.

SAINTS LIVE UP TO NAME

AS THEY LAY OFF BOOZE

MORE than 20 British companies,

from public relations to signage

and venue construction, have been

involved with the Pan American Games

which concluded yesterday in Lima.

Many of those involved are veterans of

London 2012 and their input has

provided a much-needed export boost

ahead of Brexit.

The government signed a unique deal

with their Peruvian counterparts two

years ago, little knowing that the event

may well end up becoming a much-

needed example of how the UK can

operate following its anticipated

departure from the European Union.

CONTRIBUTORS: Laura Lambert, Matt Lawton, Kieran Gill

EDITED BY

MIKE

KEEGAN

Jamie clings on

to claim W title

toMoRRoW, women’s cricket will

be announced as part of the 2022

Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

the news will be delivered at Edgbaston,

which will host matches following a

successful joint bid by the International

Cricket Council and the England and

Wales Cricket Board.

HE may have been sacked by the BBC,

but Danny Baker will be back on the

airwaves with the broadcaster’s star

man Gary Lineker later this week.

The former 5 Live presenter was

swiftly fired over a tweet which

showed a couple holding hands with

a chimpanzee wearing clothes that

was captioned ‘Royal Baby leaves

hospital’.

Some claimed the tweet, which Baker

deleted and described as a ‘stupid

unthinking gag’, mocked the Duchess

of Sussex’s racial heritage.

No episodes of the entertaining

Lineker & Baker: Behind Closed Doors

podcast, recorded in Lineker’s kitchen,

have since aired.

However, that will soon change, with a

new show set to go out later this week.

Lineker tweeted to say that the return

comes ‘after a summer break’.

BAKER BACK ON AIR WITH LINEKER

Hull win bolsters

play-off ambitions

HULL strengthened

their Super League

play-off ambitions and

increased their

opponents’ relegation

fears with a routine

26-16 win at Wakefield.

British Army winger

Ratu Naulago scored

two long-range tries

in the Black and

Whites’ 15th win of the

season, putting them

above Wigan and

alongside second-

placed Warrington.

Coach Lee Radford

said: ‘We’re still in

there, we’re still

swinging, nobody is

giving us a mention

and I quite like that.’

This loss leaves

Wakefield two points

above bottom club

London Broncos with

four games left. Coach

Chris Chester said: ‘I

think one win would

be enough.’

Krisnan Inu scored 20

points as Salford kept

their top-five hopes

alive with a 32-12 win

over Huddersfield at

the AJ Bell Stadium.

They produced a late

comeback to claim

victory.

RUGBY LEAGUE

ROUND-UP

MOTOR SPORT

JOE DOWNES

at Brands Hatch

JAMIE CHADWICK

became the first W Series
champion after a nail-biting
final race at Brands Hatch.
the Briton failed to secure
the podium finish she
needed to guarantee the
title, slipping from the lead
to finish fourth, the only
time in the six-race season
she has finished outside the
top three.
But the 21-year-old from
Bath won the champion-
ship and £415,000 top prize
as rival Beitske Visser could
only cross the line in third.
‘I definitely didn’t make
that easy for myself — that
was the worst 30 minutes of
my life followed by the best
30 minutes,’ Chadwick said.
She started from pole
position and held the lead
for the opening 10 minutes
of the 30-minute race. But

she was under constant

pressure from compatriot

and eventual race-winner

Alice Powell and Finland’s

Emma Kimilainen, who

passed her on successive

corners.

that put Visser on Chad-

wick’s tail and the Dutch-

woman overtook her with

three minutes left after a

breathtaking passage of

action during which the

pair made contact.

With Visser third, Chad-

wick had to finish in the top

10 to secure the title. She

nursed her car home to win

the inaugural season of the

all-female series by 10

points. ‘I’m relieved. It feels

amazing to win the champi-

onship. this has turned my

career round. Hopefully

now we can go on to bigger

things.’

Chadwick was appointed

as development driver by

the Williams Formula one

team in May, boosting her

hopes of becoming the first

female to compete in an F1

race since Italian Lella

Lombardi in 1976.

FIA Superlicense points

— 40 of which are required

to race in F1 — will be up for

grabs next season as W

Series expands, but Chad-

wick revealed she may not

defend her title. ‘My aspira-

tions are much greater than

W Series,’ she said. ‘I want

to achieve a lot and next

year I will prepare myself in

he best way to do that.’ Champion: Chadwick^ GETTY IMAGES