The end, Craig Benson knows all too well, is coming. The salad days of combining student life with swimming finally finish next summer when he dons mortarboard and gown to depart the University of Stirling and acquires a few sleek suits for the corporate world and a traineeship at Ernst and Young.
Sam Cosgrove found his scoring touch last season and showed last night he has no intention of losing it, with Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes revealing that he has had to fend-off inquiries from clubs south of the border.
Tiger Roll raced into the history books as he became the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back renewals of the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree.
Top seed Andy Murray set up an all-British quarter-final against Kyle Edmund at the China Open after he saw off Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2, 6-1, in Beijing, where there was also progress for Johanna Konta in the women's singles.
ENGLAND'S Andrew Johnston admits he needs to find the right balance between embracing his cult status and producing the kind of golf which initially made him famous.
ANDY Murray dug himself out of another hole at Roland Garros to defeat Richard Gasquet and reach his fourth French Open semi-final.
