For all the colourful entertainment provided by the Premiership this season after the trauma of losing three clubs last term, Northampton Saints showed there is a steely resolve behind the fanfare.
The first thought was how he has jumped that high from practically a standing start but then Erling Haaland is not like the rest of us mere mortals. He has his own video game character now but there was always something other-worldly about him and, as he rose above poor Nelson Semedo as if being hoisted from the ground by some sort of invisible force, you just had to admire the sheer athleticism of the whole operation.
Los Angeles Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Saturday for verbally abusing a game official.Russell yelled at the official just after the Lakers were eliminated from the NBA playoffs with a 108-106 loss at Denver on Monday.