Local Sport
Runners make national finals
Bassetlaw’s junior orienteers represented Notts successfully on saturday, competing in the Yvette Baker Trophy at Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.
Fifty horses to follow -- as the countdown to the Epsom Derby Festival and Royal Ascot begins
The new Flat season is well and truly in full swing. And two of the highlights of the year -- the Epsom Derby Festival (May 31 and June 1) and Royal Ascot (June 18-22) -- are just around the corner.
Clowne ace in the top six
Clowne Road Runners were well represented in a field of over 5,400 runners at the Sheffield Half Marathon.
Third attacker signs for Tigers
Worksop Town boss Mark Shaw has added a third attacker to his squad for the 2013/14 season, in the shape of Conor Higginson.
Fine start to the season continues
North Wheatley with Leverton continued their fine start to the season in the Bassetlaw Cricket League Championship, with a 54-run victory over Retford on Saturday.
National sport
Rafa makes light work of Federer
Rafael Nadal continued his stunning run of form by crushing Roger Federer in little more than an hour to win the Internazionali d'Italia in Rome.
Deans offers hope to absentees
Australia coach Robbie Deans has left the door open for the likes of Quade Cooper to make the final squad to face the British and Irish Lions after the in-form Reds playmaker failed to make the 25-man group.
Cup hero Wilkinson claims award
Jonny Wilkinson has capped a triumphant Heineken Cup campaign with Toulon by being named European player of the year.
Pedrosa tops standings after win
Dani Pedrosa heads the MotoGP World Championship standings after a well-judged French Grand Prix win, while Britain's Cal Crutchlow picked up a career-best second place at a damp Le Mans.
Ancelotti can see Becks in coaching role
Paris St Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti believes David Beckham could confound expectations and become a manager.
Richard Silverwood's Racing Blog
Two top-class Guineas races are the perfect Newmarket antidote to Godolphin steroids scandal
OUR resident expert, RICHARD SILVERWOOD (Scoop Racing), looks back on the two-day Guineas Festival at Newmarket, which helped to draw a line under the anabolic steroids controversy that hit Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin training empire.
Horses to follow from early Flat meetings at Newmarket and Newbury
TWO of the best, and most informative, meetings of the early weeks of the Flat season are at Newmarket and Newbury. Our resident expert RICHARD SILVERWOOD was there for all four days and reports back here on horses to follow as the campaign progresses.
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Weather for Worksop
Wednesday 22 May 2013
Today
Light rain
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