Interviewer: "Do you need to keep the players' feet on the ground?" Steve Borthwick: "No." Borthwick didn't say that but the interviewer is lucky Borthwick isn't awkward.

Hollie Davidson is an exceptional rugby referee.

The spellcheck in Apple's Pages word processing app is the perfect example of AD (Artificial Dumbness.)

No doubts - Cameron Mason poised for cyclocross World Cup breakthrough with strength, progression and newfound confidence https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/teams-riders/no-doubts-cameron-mason-poised-for-cyclocross-world-cup-breakthrough-with-strength-progression-and-newfound-confidence/

England were 39/3 when I gave up.

The Argentinian tight head prop in the Scotland rugby game is Pedro Delgado. Who'd have thought you could win grand tours in the 80s and go on to play pro rugby 40 years later. He's put some weight on though.

Remember folks in UK English: Practise/advise/license - verb Practice/advice/licence - noun. The doctor practises at the practice. The advisor gives advice. She attends licensing to gain her licence.

Looking to talk to someone who makes YouTube content or streams - preferably not personal finance content! Maybe something arty? Open to ideas, suggestions welcome

All those poor reporters rushing to Huntingdon will soon realise what a hole it is. Terrifying incident though, I hope all affected recover fully.

Wilders looks like trump without the dye.

Happy All Hallows' Day.

Ask someone a legitimate question about how something you are writing about will affect them and they don't want to tell you. Don't complain then.

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

And I was right. Apparently unemployable, despite fitting the job description perfectly.

The Tour de France Femmes route offers some wonderful wines. There's some good Suisse wine near Aigle, then you've Vin Jaune in Poligny, the wonders of Burgundy for stage 4, the, the Macconais, Beaujolais and the Rhône. I'll sit at home watching it on TV and get drunk then.

Applied for a job, closing date was yesterday, I've not yet been notified whether I have an interview but I've already lost hope. Not sure hopelessness has ever come so early.

I was just in the wine section of our local supermarket and, because I'm a saddo, counted up the Sauvignon Blanc brands. There were 26 in the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa section alone. Who drinks this stuff?

Looking to buy a shirt to wear when playing a Halloween gig and Amazon's size chart is interesting... Now, I'm not a skinny bloke, but my chest isn't 24 feet (7.3 metres) round and, at only 5ft 8in (1.7m) at least I wouldn't have to bend over to pick stuff up if my arms were 5 feet (1.4m) long.

It's amusing that so many politicians and media fail to believe some people and organisations have no political agenda. That many of those burdened with serious responsibility - and budgetary restrictions - can honestly, without fear nor favour, do what they are paid for.

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Have the UCI forgotten there's a Women's WorldTour race on? The Tour of Chongming Island started today, though, to be fair, the race has no website and the results website still only have the top 10, 90 minutes since Kathrin Schweinberger won.

Looking at the 2008 Olympic Track Cycling results where the men had seven events and the women three.

UCI Shouldn't Immediately Turn the Gravel World Championships into a Cash Cow My opinion about the Gravel World Championships in Limburg cyclingflash.com/news/uci-sho... #cycling #GravelChampionships #GravelWorlds

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This is a great piece on the gravel worlds by @raymondkerckhoffs.bsky.social. If you don't read Dutch use your translation app.

It must be brilliant being out for your Sunday race looking over your shoulder and seeing Tom Pidcock* fly past. Or Mohorič, or Hermans, or a host of others.

Google's AI does it again...

Google AI is on form.

The UK desperately needs to make lying in pursuit of a political aim a crime. Those with the highest profile get the longest prison time and bans from public office.

Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams is the most inspiring TV I've ever seen. Using sport to build life skills for kids who've been dealt shit hand. And Flintoff is born to lead.

I wouldn't mind the ads on TNT so much if there was some variety, but it's the same old shite. Over and over and over and over, ad infinitum.

My good god, those crowds!

Let's hope this is not a portent for the Rugby World Cup final which I'll watch as soon as I've finished work. I like you Canada, but not that much.

She's French Canadian. Her name is pronounced in French. NOT Spanish.

Wonderful to see the Spanish Elite women congratulating Ostiz on their way to start their race. A great ride from Ostiz, clever and patient.

It's all kicking off. "In addition to the disqualifications, the UCI has referred the teams to its Disciplinary Commission and threatened to revoke their licences via the UCI Licence Commission." Will the UCI really revoke the licence of five Women's WorldTeams?

What a ridiculously selfless ride from Bunel, amazing. And Chaldaňová, wow. And congratulations to Gery. And while the final was excellent, I think the course is not one which produces interesting racing, which is a shame.

Come on then, if politics doesn't belong in cycling what are you going to do about it?

The mixed team relay was a suitable conclusion to some excellent time trials. I thought all of them were really exciting, but that one was so tight. Terrible luck for Reusser though.

Crikey! 3,500m of climbing in a 22.6km time trial, that's a proper test!

Worth a read. www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/cycli...

The ads on TNT's cycling coverage are nauseatingly repetitive I've taken to switching off to avoid them.

Fancy some genius in your day? youtu.be/95_7bgW2joE?...

I know Charlie Kirk valued debate and free speech because he blocked me for fact-checking his lies on Twitter and then put me on his organization's Professor Watchlist for writing a book he didn't like.

If race organisers are forced to pay for extra security to accommodate IPT's presence some will go out of business. The UCI need to do something.

The Vuelta: at least the owner told his dog to sit.

I got dropped in a race on the KOM the Tour of Britain just rode.

The Tour of Britain goes past the end of my dad's road today. Inside the final 15km.