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Who am I? Guess The Hundred cricket star No 15BBC Sport
The former player and one-time bin man admits he has not always believed he could be a head coach but the Blues’ recent formula suggests he may succeed in the State of Origin cauldron The retired winger was once likened to The Simpsons’ character Sideshow Bob for his distinctive hair. He was a late bloomer as a player who worked as a garbage collector and barman before winning rugby league’s highest honours. And he has never coached in first grade, having spent a decade working behind the scenes. Although his locks are long shorn, the shaven-headed Matt King still remains an unusual choice to lead one of the sport’s most high-profile teams, the New South Wales Blues. He will replace Laurie Daley, who stepped down having won the shield this year. And King admits he has not always had the confidence that he could be a head coach. Continue reading...
Meet Mjallby striker Jacob Bergstrom, a former sandwich maker who cycles to games and hopes to upset Yaya Toure's new club in the Champions League.
Cycling legend on living with a stage 4 diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and why Andy Burnham could be key to his ambition of helping others Sir Chris Hoy arrives a couple of minutes late and the apologies roll from him. I don’t have a chance to tell the six‑time Olympic sprint cycling champion that waiting an hour for a star interviewee is more common. Hoy is already deep into a story about how he and his wife, Sarra, were walking here when an unknown man stopped him on the street in Glasgow. The stranger had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and he wanted to share what had happened to him and, I suspect, find new strength by talking to a compassionate public figure. Hoy has lived a full life with stage 4 cancer for nearly three years. He has also worked tirelessly to highlight the fact that prostate cancer kills more people in this country than any other disease while, at the same time, to offer a tangible sense of hope when there is horror for men, and their families, after a terminal diagnosis. Continue reading...