2020-04-08_Daily_Express

52 Daily Express Wednesday, April 8, 2020

1. Who scored a late winner for Liverpool as they came from behind to
   beat West Ham 3-2?


2. Who scored two tries, three penalties and three conversions
   but ended up on the losing side as Harlequins achieved a
   last-gasp 34-30 penalty-try league victory over Exeter Chiefs?


3. Who scored a late penalty as Tottenham came from behind to beat
   Southampton 3-2 in their FA Cup fourth-round
   replay?


4. Which team did England beat by 98 runs as
   they recorded their first win at the Women’s
   T20 World Cup?


5. Which jockey was nicknamed ‘the Tinman’?


6. What sort of sportsman would wear a
   mawashi?


7. In what decade did a British team last win the
   Rugby League World Cup?


8. Which British Elite League speedway team
   have their home track in Blunsdon?


9. Who is the only cricketer to have hit 50 Test centuries?


10. Which English footballer was Scottish Players’ Player of the
    Year in 1996?

1 Sadio Mane. 2 Joe Simmonds. 3 Son Heung-min. ANSWERS:

4 Thailand. 5 Fred Archer. 6 Sumo wrestler. 7 Seventies.

8 Swindon Robins. 9 Sachin Tendulkar. 10 Paul Gascoigne.

CRICKET

WORLD OF SPORT

NESER

over a return date. Director

of Cricket Alec Stewart

told the club’s official

website: “Given the

testing times we

find ourselves in, I

would like to

thank Michael

Neser and his

management

company for their

total

understanding of the

current situation.”

DARREN WITCOOP

Surrey scrap Neser deal

SURREY have cancelled a

deal to bring Australia

international Michael

Neser to the Kia Oval.

The county said the

30-year-old all-

rounder agreed to

terminate the

contract that was

due to run until

the start of July.

County

Championship

fixtures have been

cancelled until May 28,

with uncertainty remaining

Middlesex Hospital with pneumonia

and coronavirus.”

The pledge is to deliver 100,000

meals to doctors, nurses and carers

battling the pandemic. Even the

players’ £3,000 beer fund has gone

towards the cause.

“It started with my son saying he

wanted to do something to help,” said

Crossan. “He offered to pay for the

food if the guys and girls at London

Irish wouldn’t mind helping cook and

distribute it. He was the driving

force but I told him our

company [Powerday]

would take it on and

everyone has just fallen in

behind the project and

rolled up their sleeves.

“The players and staff at

the club have simply

been incredible, not only

delivering the food but

in collecting medical

supplies for the vulnerable

and the elderly.

“Two days after first talking about it

we did 170 meals, using food we had

bought in for St Patrick’s Day

celebrations.

“The following day that number was

up to 500 and now we’re topping 800,

helped by one of my friends weighing

in with a ton of potatoes, carrots,

parsnips and onions.

“Our centre, Matty Williams, has

been crowned the onion king because

he’s able to peel them for hours

without crying.

“But this has been a real team effort

done purely from the heart.”

a street brawl that

resulted in team-mates

Ryan Bailey and Dwayne

Barker plus Rochdale

full-back Paul Owen

spending time inside.

Walker had already

played for England in

the 2000 World Cup as

a teenager and in the

RUGBY LEAGUE

By Gareth Walker

CHEV WALKER has

revealed how a prison

officer helped inspire

his rugby league

redemption after a

spell behind bars

as a youngster.

The Leeds

Rhinos assistant

coach was

sentenced to 18 months

in a young offenders’

institute aged 20, after

My spell behind

REDEMPTION:

Walker turned

his life around

By Alex Spink

RUGBY UNION: TIME TO GIVE BACK

SHUT AWAY in isolation, London

Irish owner Mick Crossan would be

forgiven for putting himself first.

Major heart surgery 15 months ago

has left him vulnerable to infection. By

his own reckoning he has to be “extra

careful”.

Rather than dwell on his own needs,

he has joined his son Edward in

helping to mobilise the club to feed

those on the front line fighting

coronavirus.

Every day this week more than 800

meals are being prepared at the Exiles’

Hazelwood training base in Sunbury

by club chef Bogdan

Konecki. They are then

packed up and delivered

by the players and

backroom staff to 14

NHS hospitals and four

palliative care homes

around London.

While rugby takes a

back seat, with pay cuts

and furloughs the order

of the day, London Irish

and their main sponsor Powerday –

who are bankrolling the operation –

have switched into overdrive.

Irish are a club who, by Crossan’s

own admission, “are always going to

be fighting for their life” in the choppy

financial waters of professional club

rugby.

For now, they are doing everything

they can to protect the lives of others.

“All of a sudden people everywhere

are beginning to realise there’s more to

life than artificial things,” said Crossan.

“In normal times my phone doesn’t

stop, but that stuff doesn’t matter

when my best friend is in North

Exiles owner Crossan is defying

heart surgery to feed NHS staff

PLUCK

INSIDE

CENTRE

Matty Williams with

another delivery

to hospital staff

There is

more to life

than artificial

things