Sport

Phil Neville may not have known how to cook up until three months ago, but he now has his eyes set on owning his own restaurant within the next two years.

England’s ninth highest wicket taker Darren Gough of all-time is a loyal friend to Kevin Pietersen and was best man at his wedding but thinks the controversial batsman’s chance of a national team recall are very slim.

In the inflatable dome outside Sale Sharks’ AJ Bell Stadium, year-seven Stanley High School pupil Owen Barnes caught more paper tickets in 30 seconds than anyone else to win two tickets to the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final on May 30.

Kate Cross, Lancashire’s first female professional cricketer and Jennifer Laycock, Women’s Cricket Development Officer for the county both agree that the recent development of women’s cricket will help it share a similar status to their male counterparts.

Tom Daley is back diving in his comfort zone and charting exactly the right progress towards Rio next summer, according to Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor.

Johnny Leota and Josh Beaumont scored the tries for Sale while Danny Cipriani showed his quality scoring 13 points with the boot in tricky conditions as Sale prevailed 23-6 over Gloucester.

Goals from Rhys Bennett and Jack O’Connell gave Rochdale a 2-1 victory over Yeovil Town on Saturday to put Keith Hill’s men sixth in League One with a game in hand on their closest rivals, only increasing the expectation of promotion surrounding the club.

Captain Tim Phillips insisted King’s School, Macclesfield could still hold their heads up high despite missing out on the top prize at the 76th Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools Sevens last week.

In an industry where millions of pounds are on the line, not to mention millions of eyes being cast, doing the right thing can sometimes be lost yet for every bad showing of sportsmanship there’s a showing of good.

Sale Sharks and England fly-half Danny Cipriani only played 39 minutes during the Six Nations, appearing off the bench in various positions against Italy, Scotland and France, but full-back Mike Brown thinks he can make an impact at the World Cup later this year.

Sofia Iglina’s two National Championships runs this week – in the slalom and giant Slalom – have not gone to plan after she failed to finish in both owing to problems with her skis.