harrogate town have been promoted to the football league for the first time in their history, beatingue promotion final at wembley. harrogate controlled the first half and were 2—0 up at the break, thanks to goals from george thomson and connor hall. county struck back in the second half through callum roberts, before jack diamond restored his side's 2 goal advantage. 3—1, it finished, sparking wild celebration among

i feel very privileged to be manager of harrogate town.dragons coach steve mcnamara. as the season resumed, the former australia rugby union international was among a small group who remained standing. dragons were thrashed 3a—6 by st helens. meanwhile, leeds went to the top of the table in stunning style, they recovered from 20 points down at huddersfield. luke gale landed a golden—point drop—goal in extra time to give them victory by 27—26. ronnie 0'sullivan was in devastating form as he began his world snooker championship campaign in sheffield. the five—time champion opened up an 8—1 lead against thailand's thepchaiya un—nooh in a blistering session, hitting two century breaks. the rocket needs just two more frames this morning to reach the second round, where ding junhui is waiting. there's live coverage on bbc two, as well as the iplayer and bbc sport website. andy murray had a damning assessment of his brother's game, after their team, the union jacks, lost the battle of the brits tournament thatjamie had organised. it went down to

harrogate town manager simon weaver says he is incredibly grateful to the club's fans for the supporthough they weren't able to be at wembley to watch them reach the football league for the first time in their history. they beat notts county 3—1 in the national league final. that's harrogate's second promotion in three seasons and they have league two football to look forward to in around six weeks' time. it's a remarkable rise for a team that only turned professional four years ago. a combination of good people behind—the—scenes and young aspirational footballers that are all driven, in aspirational footballers that are alldriven, ina aspirational footballers that are all driven, in a good culture of the clu b all driven, in a good culture of the club that is pretty old school values. we all want the same thing at there are no egos allowed in the building, we don't stand for that. it isa building, we don't stand for that. it is a bit ofa building, we don't stand for that. it is a bit of a throwback at times, the culture, because everyone is honest, everyone is punctual. i think that

feel very privileged to be manager of harrogate town. your father bought the club in 2011.club where it is pretty old school values. we all want the same thing and there are no egos allowed in the building. we don't stand for that. asi building. we don't stand for that. as i say, a bit a throwback at times, the culture, because everyone is honest, everyone is punctual and no egos and i think that is at the heart of it. very briefly, league 2 sta rts heart of it. very briefly, league 2 starts in a few weeks' time, are you going to give the players any time of? we are, actually. the next fortnight, people can have a bit of closure from this season because it has dragged on a lot. and we had a preseason schedule of training, really ha rd preseason schedule of training, really hard and intense training to get them fit for the play—offs so they are warranted a bit of family time and we trust them. we trust them throughout the months of lockdown to keep themselves in top nick and they have done just that and proved it, so that warranted this time now and closure to the season and

harrogate town manager simon weaver says he's incredibly grateful to the club's fans for the supporth them reach the football league for the first time in their history. they beat notts county 3—1 in the national league final — that's harrogate's second promotion in three seasons and they have league two football to look forward to, in around six weeks' time. it's a remarkable rise for a team that only turned professional four years ago. a combination of good people behind—the—scenes and young aspirational footballers that are all driven, in a good culture of the club that is pretty old school values. we all want the same thing and there are no egos allowed in the building, we don't stand for that. it is a bit of a throwback at times, the culture, because everyone is honest, everyone is punctual. i think that is at the heart of it. england will be without bowler reece topley for tomorrow's third and final one day international against ireland because of injury. topley has a groin strain and will miss the match in the southampton, having played in saturday's four wicket victory which