Yorkshire have missed out on hosting one of eight “tier one” teams due to be launched by the England and Wales Cricket Board next year as part of its radical reboot of domestic women’s cricket.
Andy Murray has been included in the entry list for next month’s French Open but Emma Raducanu may yet need a wild card for Roland Garrros.
Sir Steve Redgrave will miss the Olympics for the first time in 40 years after losing his role as a BBC pundit to Dame Katherine Grainger and the race to become British Rowing performance director to Louise Kingsley.