Hubris. Now there’s a word I really like, with its hint of a serpent’s hiss at the end offset by the near certainty that the slithery one is in for a nasty surprise.

The Crawford brothers, Stuart and Stephen, struck on the double with Man With Van and debutante Twentrtytwo’s Taken in Down Royal yesterday.

The absence of a certain Texan for the first time in eight years should create a wide-open Tour de France.

GERMANY legend Franz Beckenbauer has revealed his interest in replacing UEFA president Lennart Johansson as the head of European football.