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Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Serena Williams will return to world number one next week but may not stay atop the rankings for long after hinting on Wednesday that she is pregnant. Williams posted a photograph of herself showing off what appeared to be a bump on her Snapchat account …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Dr Robin Chakraverty said the amount of L-carnitine was well within World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) limits. Dr Chakraverty said the substance was given to help the Briton’s performance. He said he gave 13.5 millilitres of the legal supplement, below the maximum allowed of 50ml within …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  The 17-year-old, who smashed at speed into the back of another car that had halted on the track, was trapped in the wreckage for more than 90 minutes before being extricated and flown to hospital. “Due to the injuries sustained and despite every effort, Billy …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Anthony Joshua insists any future fight with Tyson Fury would be his biggest to date and he would welcome the Mancunian’s return to the ring. Joshua, the current IBF heavyweight champion, is preparing for a showdown with Wladimir Klitschko later this month at Wembley in …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Olympic champion Adam Peaty narrowly missed out on breaking his own world record as he claimed the 50m breaststroke title at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. England’s Peaty, who claimed the 100m on day one, finished six hundredths of a second outside his record …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Wales flanker Sam Warburton was confirmed as captain of the British and Irish Lions for the second time on Wednesday but, as widely predicted, there was no place in the squad to tour New Zealand for England captain Dylan Hartley. Warburton, 28, joins England’s Martin …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  in the world of high-level equestrian sports, there are three Olympic disciplines: Show Jumping; Dressage, and Eventing, the latter of which is similar to triathlon with its combination of Jumping, Dressage and Cross-Country. And for all three sports, the highest authority on the planet is …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Bottas spent his day focused on both aerodynamic work and better understanding of tyres, with Mercedes having made clear it was trying to crack its recent struggle with long-run form this week. Despite causing one red flag by stopping on track due to a mechanical …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  The Australian Open finalist bageled his British counterpart in a one-sided first set that lasted just 29 minutes. Edmund, who beat fellow Brit Dan Evans in round one, rallied in the second set and was a break up at 4-2. On 2-2 in the third …

Thursday, 20 April 2017 :  Alejandro Valverde’s stellar start to the season continued on Wednesday when the Spaniard won a fourth consecutive Fleche Wallonne title and a record fifth overall in the Ardennes classic race. The 36-year-old Valverde, who has won the Tour of Murcia, Tour of Andalusia, Tour of …