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Right then, it's Frankie Dettori who goes out for the last time at Royal Ascot. He rides favourite Knockbrex in the Golden Gates Stakes (5:35), who is 5/1 but has been weak in the betting this afternoon. Fairytale ending?

The Heat made it all the way to the NBA Finals with a team which appeared to be missing a third elite offensive component alongside Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler to make it all work. Whether Tyler Herro would have made a difference if he had been fit is a hypothetical debate, but either way a...

They are approaching a roster crunch though, with lots of their stars needing to be paid. If Brad Stevens stays all in on the Jays (Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown) as well as Marcus Smart, then perhaps they will look for a big man with Robert Williams III very much injury-prone and Al Horford...

For the most part, teams will select the player they believe to be the best available at the time of their pick. But they'll trade up and trade down during the draft too, if there is someone in particular they have their eye on or if they decide to hoard some assets because they expect the...

One of the things that makes the NBA such a great league is the paramount importance of the NBA Draft. Every year, soon after the conclusion of the postseason comes the chance for one of last season's basement dwellers to reinvigorate hope with a generational pick (such as Victor Wembanyama) to...

Another Donovan Mitchell-type would be ideal, he was taken with the No 13 pick in 2017 and fairly quickly turned into an outstanding offensive weapon and is now a four-time NBA All-Star. Another backcourt sensation of his ilk would be perfect for where Utah is at right now.

The team needs all sorts of components for this rebuild so with the other two picks they could find some complementary pieces alongside the Frenchman. Utah Jazz Pick(s): 9, 16 (from Timberwolves), 28 (from 76ers) The Utah Jazz are another team rebuilding and looking to find another player with...

If they just want to add some shot blocking more generally then (last year's No 4 pick and All-Rookie first team selection) Keegan Murray's brother, Kris Murray, could be an interesting option – and multiple athletic defensive wings are available in this class, so they shouldn't be short of...

Regardless of whether Dame stays or goes though, the Portland Trail Blazers will get whoever is left on the board after the Charlotte Hornets pick between Alabama forward Brandon Miller or G League Ignite sensation Scoot Henderson. Given that the Hornets already have LaMelo Ball, you'd expect...

They're likely to continue to build for the long term, and have a plenty of talent and length on their roster, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander an emerging superstar. Chet Holmgren's return could help them protect the paint better, but he's coming off a serious injury and doesn't have a great deal...

In the last few years, they've been crafty drafters, so let's see what Memphis does with its three picks. A two-way wing will no doubt be a priority though. Minnesota Timberwolves Pick(s): 53 (from Knicks) Minnesota has a lot of needs positionally, but only one late second-rounder to address...

Here, we look at what every team in the Western Conference needs... It's still fairly staggering to contemplate that the Mavericks are a lottery team after pushing the button on the Kyrie Irving trade only for it to end disastrously. You would expect them to look for a mercurial talent with...

The NBA Draft is almost here and the Western Conference is set to land expected No 1 pick Victor Wembanyama, who is poised to be selected by the San Antonio Spurs. Gregg Popovich's team will welcome the once-in-a-generation star to their roster as the Spurs look to build themselves back into a...

French Open finalist Casper Ruud has confirmed he will represent Team Europe for the third time at this year's Laver Cup, to be held at Rogers Arena in Vancouver from September 22-24. He will join Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune and Andrey Rublev on captain Bjorn Borg's Team Europe at the sixth...

Record five-time Queen's Club champion Andy Murray opens his campaign against Australian Alex de Minaur, who beat the 36-year-old in Monte-Carlo earlier this season. Former world No 1 Murray could meet Diego Schwartzman in the second round and third seed Taylor Fritz in the quarter-finals...

Defending champion Matteo Berrettini has withdrawn from the cinch Championships at Queen's Club due to an abdominal injury. The 27-year-old Italian missed the clay-court season due to a stomach muscle tear and lost 6-1 6-2 to Lorenzo Sonego last week on his return to action in Stuttgart...

Last year’s Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the Halle Open on Monday in his latest setback as he tries to recover from a long-running knee injury. “I tried everything here in Halle the last couple of days, but then I had to make the decision to pull out”, Kyrgios said in a...

Estonian Anett Kontaveit, who reached a career high of number two in the world last year, said she is retiring at the age of 27 due to a degenerative back injury and will play her final tournament at Wimbledon next month. Kontaveit cut her 2022 season short in October and took another two-month...

Former champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have been drawn to meet in a potential semi-final at the cinch Championships. Top seed Hewett and world No 8 Reid will play tournament debutantes Asif Abbasi and Manojkanth Somasundaram, respectively, in their opening matches on Friday knowing that...

Novak Djokovic, Jiri Lehecka, three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka, German favourite Alexander Zverev, youngest player in the top 100, Luca Van Assche will join Carlos Alcaraz, 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem, French Open finalist Casper Ruud and British No 1 Cameron Norrie at...