‘Tennis repairs you’: the 101-year-old fuelled by iced coffee who still plays competitively | Jo Khan

Henry Young is proud to have played on centre court during the Australian Open but does not want to be seen as remarkable just for playing at allHenry Young doesn’t mind being asked about his secret to a long, active life – it comes with the territory when you’re a 101-year-old competitive tennis player. It has its perks, like getting to play on centre court during the Australian Open, but what he does mind is that it’s considered so remarkable that he is playing at all. That he is seen as extraordinary and there must be some magic trick that keeps him going.“What bugs me is that people give up their tennis when they have some kind of injury,” Young says. “I’m a monument to the medical profession because I’ve had so many injuries and I just persevere, and then tennis repairs you

Leicester coach Cheika hits out at Cole yellow card after final defeat by Bath

Michael Cheika, the Leicester head coach, took issue with the officiating after his side’s playoff final defeat by Bath, describing the late yellow card shown to Dan Cole after an aerial collision with Finn Russell as “embarrassing for the game” and “hardly even a penalty”.The Australian was also less than impressed with how the scrum was refereed. “I’ve never seen it before in my life, dominating like that and getting nothing, zero. In fact, getting penalised against.“That was a strategical point for us to try and dominate there and in mauls as well

Bath hold off Leicester to win Premiership title after 23-21 victory – as it happened

Here’s the full match reportIt’s Bath’s turn to collect their neckwear, with the mood joyous. Ben Spencer is last to reach the stage, grip the trophy and hold it high as his squad go berserk around him and are joined by half the stadium.The Leicester player file up for the medals, the cameras lingering on Youngs and Cole, who would have wished for a better day in their final outing. It’s not faint praise to say that the Tigers did the absolute best they could today, sometimes the other lot are simply better and there’s not much you can do about it.Johan van Graan is a picture of emotion; praying, crying, beaming – in that order

Russell inspires Bath to Premiership title despite late Leicester fightback

There was barely a cloud in the clear summer sky in south-west London and blue was also the primary colour on the field. For the first time in 29 years, Bath are the champions of England and any debate about the big-game nerve of Johann van Graan’s multi-talented squad can now be quietly laid to rest alongside Leicester’s shredded dreams.Bath will have some idea of how their old rivals are feeling, having suffered a similarly agonising fate against Northampton in last year’s final. They were not at their absolute best by their own high standards, but once they finally remembered how to catch a rugby ball – a recurring problem in the first half – they had a touch too much for their opponents whose spirited final-quarter rally came too late.The game-splitting moment had already arrived in the 49th minute courtesy of a deft interception by Finn Russell in his own half

Australia get too clever and pay the price for batting order jumble | Geoff Lemon

At a little before 1pm on a Saturday afternoon in London, a group of Australian cricketers stood around blinking in the sunlight, looking confused, like they had just popped up from a green tube in an unexpectedly bright part of the Koopa Kingdom. Less than a day earlier they had been right on top, happily on their way to a second consecutive World Test Championship title. In less than three sessions of stubbornness and brilliance, South Africa had taken that away.Sport is about creating an arena for the unexpected and some get hung up on the idea that acknowledging differences between participants is a form of disrespect. But the resource disparity should have made this contest one-sided