Olympic champion Michael Carruth believes that three-time European champion Joe Ward has Julio La Cruz’s number on the road to Tokyo 2020.

Rafael Nadal has vowed to be ready for a Wimbledon showdown with a dreadlocked German who has already taught him a lesson on grass.

Olympic champion Katie Taylor completed a hat-trick of wins in Munster at the weekend ahead of her upcoming European title defence in Romania.

With his second Elite senior championship medal safely stashed away alongside world championship youth, junior and European senior gold medals, Joe Ward’s quest for Olympic qualification continues when he joins the other champions at an intensive training regime under Billy Walsh at The Curragh.

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will take a “good but uneasy feeling” to SW19 after completing an impressive defence of his Gerry Weber Open title in Halle, Germany.