and it was fly—half gareth anscombe who clinched it with 79th minute penalty to give cardiff a single action. the sunshine of the basque country was new turf for rugby, and after eight seconds there was timeless beauty. it was one for the ages, mark atkins scoring again, cardiff blues were chasing this, desperate for a change of direction, and here it “'““2* rugby, * ' ' for a change of direction, and here it “'““2* rugby, and ' for a change of direction, and here it- pigs'bfi rugby, and then it was. ricochet rugby, and then gareth smith put them into the lead. time proprietors and power, it was a wrestle for the line —— time for pragmatism. cardiff were desperate, one more pass, and the conversion was still needed from anscombe, the first kick of the match missed at the worst possible time but there was one more chance, anscombe again, a moment or blues steel has stolen the silver. —— moment of. kyle edmund's great run at the madrid 0pen has ended — he was was knocked out in the quarter—finals by canadian denis shapovalov. the british number one lost in straight sets to the 19—year—o

and skim again. —— and scum. —— anscombe.madrid open has ended. he was beaten in the quarter—finals by canadian denis shapovalov. the british number one lost in straight sets to the 19—year—old canadian. edmonds saved a match point in the second set but sha povalov a match point in the second set but shapovalov came through the decider on the clay in madrid. edmonds‘ form has seen him rise to world number 22. it was a big victory elsewhere for dominic thiem. the 24—year—old austrian stunned rafael nadal in straight sets, 7—5, 6—3, breaking the dull‘s 50 set winning streak on clay. his last defeat on the surface was also against dominic thiem in may 2017. the loss means roger federer will replace rafael nadal as world number one. derby have taken a 1-0 world number one. derby have taken a 1—0 lead over fulham at the end of the first leg of their semi—final play—off match. cameron jerome the first leg of their semi—final play—off match. cameronjerome put them in front before half—time. despite the show, full —— pressure from fu

blaine scully‘s try, but gareth anscombe needed the conversion to level the scores. minute — anscombe again. a moment of blue steel had stolen the silver. rory mcilroy has missed the cut, at the players‘ championship in florida, the tournament dubbed the fifth major. the course at sawgrass is built on the site of an old swamp, and there's water all around. and mclroy found it annoyingly for him. that left him one over par which doesn't sound too bad until you realised that the runaway leader webb simpson is 16 shots ahead of him. the american also found that water on the 17th but still finished 15 under par for the tournament lewis hamilton edged ahead of red bull's daniel riccardo and max verstappen, to top second practice, ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. there were some high—profile spins in barcelona, including verstappen, while his red bull teammate riccardo came second to hamilton. britain's simon yates still has the overall lead at the giro d'italia after stage 7. ireland's sam bennett won the stage, his first win in this, one of road cycling's big thre

blaine scully‘s try, but gareth anscombe needed the conversion to level the scores.moment of blue steel had stolen the silver. rory mcilroy has missed the cut at the players championship in florida — the tournament dubbed the fifth major. the course at sawgrass is built on the site of an old swamp and there's water all around at the 17th and mclroy found it. annoyingly for him, that left him one over par which doesn't sound too bad, until you realised that the runaway leader, webb simpson, is 16 shots ahead of him. the american also found that water on the 17th but still finished 15—under par for the tournament. lewis hamilton edged ahead of red bull's daniel riccardo and max verstappen to top second practice ahead of tomorrow's spanish grand prix. there were some high profile spins in barcelona, including verstappen, while his red bull team—mate riccardo came second to hamilton. britain's simon yates still has the overall lead at the giro d'italia after stage 7. ireland's sam bennett won the stage, his first win, in this, one of road cycling's big 3 tours. second ti