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Sport in Brief: August 9, 2022

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: Lucy Bronze expects women’s football to go from strength to strength in England following the Lionesses’ stunning success at Euro 2022.

The right-back admits the past week has been a blur as she and her team-mates have celebrated their tournament victory.

The triumph has brought unprecedented attention to the women’s game in the UK.

Bronze has seen the game’s profile grow considerably during her career and is confident that will continue.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: The jury in the trial of a Wolves fan accused of racially abusing former England defender Rio Ferdinand has been discharged by a judge for legal reasons.

Jamie Arnold had been accused of causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to Mr Ferdinand by using “threatening, abusive or insulting” words or behaviour towards him.

A retrial of Arnold is expected to be held at the same court in due course, although a date has yet to be fixed.

MEN’S RUGBY UNION: Eddie Jones has criticised the English game’s reliance on the private school system.

Jones told the i newspaper that “you are going to have to blow the whole thing up” because it produces “closeted” players who lack “resolve”.

“If you have only been in a system where you get to 15, you have a bit of rugby ability and then go to Harrow.

“Then for two years you do nothing but play rugby, everything’s done for you. That’s the reality. You have this closeted life,” he added.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs had “full-on relationships” with eight other women while he was with the ex-girlfriend he is accused of assaulting, a court has heard.

Kate Greville, 36, claimed she discovered the footballer’s affairs on his tablet computer shortly before she decided to leave him.

Giggs, 48, is alleged to have headbutted her at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester, on November 1 2020.

 

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