but coco vandeweghe was far more versatile and before long johanna konta's serve was lost again.er hometown of eastbourne. england's men have qualified for the 2018 hockey world cup finals in india after coming from behind to beat canada 4—2 in the quarterfinals,of world league 3 at the lee valley hockey and tennis centre. england were 2—0 down in the first quarter but recovered, and sam ward's late goal sealed the win. england join olympic champions argentina, malaysia and the netherlands in booking their ticket for the world cup after today's quarterfinals. it's been a historic day for irish cricket as the country celebrates their admittance into test cricket. ireland and afghanistan will be able to play official tests against the world's best after the decision by the international cricket council at the oval today. this is arguably the most significant date in the history of irish kwik cricket. among other benefits, the go—ahead to take on the world's best sides. it will also lead to huge increase in funding directly from the icc and is hoped will boost the profile of the spo

world number sevenjohanna konta has suffered a setback losing to american coco vandeweghe who's now beingyear—old briton who was a beaten finalist at the nottingham 0pen last weekend lost in straight sets 6—1, 6—3 and will now head to her home event in eastbourne before the wimbledon championships get under way while vandeweghe will now play spain's garbine muguruza. meanwhile, vandeweghe will face garbine muguruza in the quarter—finals. the number six seed from spain eased into the last eight with a straight sets 6—1, 6—4 victory over the american alison riske. kristina mladenovic is also through to the quarter—finals after beating zhang shuai in straight sets. jordan spieth was leading on eight under in connecticut at —— and the former world number one is leading after this hole on the 18th. rory mcilroy miss the cut last week and has a niggling with problem. rory mcilroy is certainly showing form and the defending champion is currently on one under. sergio garcia is among three players who are two strokes off the lead heading into the second round. the australian leads on eight under p

she lost in straight sets to coco vandeweghe in the second round and said afterwards: "just because i allowed to play test match cricket. the icc reckon ireland and afghanistan are now good enough, and it means money for grassroots and they can now play the likes of england and australia, in the five—day game. it could transform the way the game is seen in ireland. what i am hoping is that this success and this decision today will help us to become much more i guess part of the cultural landscape of ireland. i might be overly ambitious to say as much as gaelic football, but we‘ll get there. ahead of the first test for the british and irish lions against new zealand tomorrow, wales are in action right now in samoa. it‘s another new line up for wales, after they beat tonga in auckland, in the first tour test. scott williams has been dropped to the bench for their second tour match in apia, which kicked off a few minutes ago. it‘s currently scoreless. a lot of changes for the lions as well. sam warburton, the captain, is on the bench. hard to call that one! we‘ve got some more. chris fro