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QUOTES OF THE WEEK They gave me a chance when probably no other club would. They put their head on the chopping block Retiring AFL hardman Barry Hall thanks the Western Bulldogs for giving him another chance
That bloke could start a fight in solitary confinement
Winning ways: Rebecca Adlington
PREVIEW
Rugby league commentator Warren Ryan points out Canterbury Bulldogs star Michael Ennis’s reliable nose for trouble
Back in the swim in Shanghai WORLD AQUATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVERY DAY 1PM, BBC2 Swimming is not an obvious TV sport. You can’t see the competitor’s faces or the emotion etched thereupon. But the splash and dash can be no less thrilling than a big horse race. The Brits will be pinning their hopes to Rebecca Adlington in the 400m and 800m freestyle – hopefully, they don’t catch the Australian curse of referring to any successful female athlete as ‘the nation’s golden girl’ – as well as Liam Tancock in the backstroke sprints.
For the Aussies, the burden of expectation rests on the women – Stephanie Rice, Liesel Jones, Jessicah Schipper – while they wait patiently for the next male star to emerge. But the real interest for this year’s championships is rooted in what happened at the competition two years ago, when space-age racing suits led to 43 world records being broken and the competition being known as the ‘Plastic Games’. The suits were subsequently banned, but we will now see how much damage they did. If no one gets anywhere near those suit-assisted records, swimming’s embarrassment will deepen.
He batted well but his running between the wickets was chaotic. It was sometimes said of him that he could bat like Wally Hammond but ran between wickets like Charlie Chaplin Former Kiwi cricketer Sir Richard Hadlee discusses the eccentricities of former England player Derek Randall
TV HIGHLIGHTS
THE CHAT | Oh, Fernando
Photos: Getty
CRICKET new Chelsea boss André Villas-Boas get Q Can the best out of £50m striker Fernando Torres? Torres arrived in Chelsea last season, he was A When without his mojo. Still, no point spending big on a player and leaving him on the bench, so manager Carlo Ancelotti found a spot for Torres and the team suffered for it. One of the first challenges facing Villas-Boas, Ancelotti’s replacement, is to deal with Torres, who has managed just one goal in 18 games for Chelsea. He will be hoping Torres find his touch and spares him the unenviable task of telling Abramovich that his big buy is a bust. Because if Villas-Boas is serious, he can’t allow himself to be pressured into picking an underperforming Torres ahead of Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka or Salomon Kalou.
England v India, Second Test Day one from Nottingham Friday 10.30am, Sky Sports 1
RUGBY UNION New Zealand v South Africa The Boks could get belted Saturday 8am, Sky Sports 2
AUSTRALIAN RULES Collingwood v Essendon Fernando Torres
Everyone hates Collingwood Sunday 5am, ESPN
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