Rescue is best

RESCUE IS BEST We have teamed up with Battersea Dog and Cats home - Brands Hatch to bring you regular listings of animals requiring rehoming.

Name: Sharky; Breed: Border Collie; Sex: Male; Age: 1 years 1 months; Centre: Brands Hatch; Reference: 381344

Sharky has an adorable overbite chin and lovely nature, he’s now looking for his family to love and care for him. Sharky is looking owners who will continue with his training and give him the reassurance he needs to mature him into a confident boy. Sharky has shown some behaviours around strangers which Battersea has been giving him training on so that he can make the right choices. Owners will need to dedicate time to help with these behaviours. His family must have some experience and knowledge. Sharky is intelligent and is still very young so he enjoys training and is always keen to say hello and play with his tennis balls.

Battersea has introduced a new rehoming process to take into account social distancing rules. As a result, the charity is prioritising existing rehoming applications and those who have a home set up that enables safe and social distancing delivery.

For more information, please visit www.battersea.org.uk

SPORTING ROUNDUP

Premier League football was back on Saturday 20 June for the first time since 7 March but not how we know it.

With fans not allowed to attend, there was the loss of the usual weekend football rituals - going to the pub, meeting up with fellow match-goers and eating pies in the stands.

But even watching from home was different. Four back-to-back games on television - including Brighton’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal at 3pm, which is usually a time when no Premier League games are available to watch on a Saturday.

And to cap it all off, BBC One aired the first Premier League match in the TV channel’s history as Crystal Palace won at Bournemouth in the late kick-off. Managers and players have spoken about how much they miss a crowd at the stadiums and - going by results so far - the lack of home support appears to be having an influence on the outcome of matches. Only one of the four Premier League games on Saturday ended with a home win - Brighton’s triumph over Arsenal - while in the Championship it was even bleaker for the hosts, with only one of the 10 games ending in a home win. Six of those 10 matches ended in an away victory.

At time of writing, just three of the 18 Premier League and Championship games that have been played since the season was restarted have ended in wins for the hosts.

Upcoming events in July include:

3-5: Formula 1 - Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg (first race of revised calendar) 4: Horse racing - The Derby and the Oaks, Epsom 8-12: Cricket - England v West Indies first Test, Ageas Bowl, Southampton 9: Athletics - Inspiration Games, Zurich 10-12: Formula 1 - Steiermark Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria 11-12: Football - FA Cup semi-final 16-20: Cricket - England v West Indies second Test, Old Trafford, Manchester 17-19: Formula 1 - Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring 24-28: Cricket - England v West Indies third Test, Old Trafford, Manchester 26-27 & 29-30: Football - Championship play-offs 31 July-2 Aug: Formula 1 - British Grand Prix, Silverstone 31 July-16 Aug: Snooker - World Championship, Sheffield

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