I didn't see a single point of it but am nevertheless duty bound to report that Venus Williams claimed a fifth Wimbledon title with victory over sister Serena. All of which makes the latter sound like a nun or a grumpy hospital worker.
There had been suggestions following their semi-final victories that the result of the final would be decided at the Williams family dinner table. Venus' victory either dispels those stories altogether, or else Venus is the beneficiary of some morally dubious nepotism. Five titles compared with a megre two for Serena? She must have been a very naughty child.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club let me down again. More specifically they let my girlfriend down. She supports all things Yorkshire having been born in Sheffield, but her boys bomb spectacularly in the semi-final of the Friends Provident Trophy against Essex at Chelmsford. To the delight of the blindingly biased Nasser Hussain Essex post 301 batting first, while the Tykes can only reach 218 all out in reply. Essex move on to meet Kent in the Lords final on August 16. Mercifully, my girlfriend and I are busy at my sister's 17th wedding celebration gathering that night and would most likely have missed it in any case.
To a real team now and the Super Mighty Saints take on Harlequins at the Stoop. Or is it the Twickenham Stoop these days? Who gives a fuck eh? The sooner we get rid of the southern, union adulterers the better. Anyway, needing to win by 32 to overtake Leeds Rhinos at the top of Super League, Saints duly oblige by blasting the Quins 54-0. Leon Pryce barely breaks sweat in turning in a man of the match performance. Whisper it, but he may actually be developing into a proper stand-off half as opposed to a very big, fast, centre being shoe-horned into the position. Along with Pryce's try there were two tries for James Roby and one each for Willie Talau, Paul Clough, James Graham, Ade Gardner, Jon Wilkin, Francis Meli and Kyle Eastmond. All in all a pretty decisive display.
Tomorrow, the men's singles final at Wimbledon and more rugby league.
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