Nick Kyrgios has declared himself one of the world's best grasscourt players on his day, as he prepares for Wimbledon.

Scottish Rugby Union chiefs have set aside £500,000 to help clubs struggling in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak after suspending the domestic season until at least March 29.

WORLD OF RUGBY: When the RFU released their annual report, the document contained an opening page which stated: 'Our purpose: to encourage rugby, and its values.' 

Serena Williams appears to have given up on the idea of playing a grass court tournament ahead of Wimbledon, a possibility she floated after losing at the French Open.

Monty Don advises on 'snakeshead' plants which appear in gardens in spring. He answered a selection of questions from readers of Weekend magazine.

Monty Don began his own Paradise Garden last spring after being inspired by Islamic gardens. Now the weather is warmer it is time for a ‘matrix’ planting of the grass Stipa tenuissima.

Nigel Colborn has shared his advice on gardening this week. He suggest giving your lawn one final cut, as grass may have kept growing in wet and mild weather.

Lyme disease has seriously affected several people I know and I urge you to be alert. This infectious disease is usually due to being bitten by a tick infected with a bacterium.

Josh Duggar's wife Anna revealed on Instagram that Josh's younger brother Justin stamped the message into the grass.

Earlier this month I visited Gigg Lane, the ground of my home-town club, Bury. If I have Manchester United in my soul, then Bury has a place in my heart. When United were away, this is where me and my brother, Phil, would go to watch football.

There is no mention of Murray in the publicity for next month's Miami Open and sources have told Sportsmail that getting himself right for the grass courts in June is now a more realistic target.

This week the British Boxing Board of Control pulled all fights until the end of April, with Anthony Joshua's June 20 clash with Kubrat Pulev also under threat of postponement.

WORLD OF RUGBY: When the RFU released their annual report, the document contained an opening page which stated: 'Our purpose: to encourage rugby, and its values.' 

The decision to auction the shirt he was wearing when he ran out Martin Guptill to clinch the World Cup came about because his wife Louise's aunt is head of paediatrics at ­London's Royal Brompton.

Robert Snodgrass has signed a new contract that will keep him at West Ham until at least 2021. The club also have the option to extend his stay by a further 12 months.

Llwynddu House is in Ystradowen, just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan and was the property that the singer bought in South Wales in the 1990s.

Government warnings suggest that, at its peak, the virus could oblige 20 per cent of the working population to operate remotely - that's 6.5 million out of a 32.5 million workforce.

The impact of COVID-19 on the cricket ecosystem - structured and unstructured - at the grassroots has slipped under the radar

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju stressed on the need for a robust setup of football federations at the state and the district level to realise this dream

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Farmer experiments on barren land with lemongrass, a crop never grown in Punjab before.

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In an effort to produce biofuel from a variety of elephant grass, Monsanto Co of Creve Coeur and Mendel Biotechnology Inc are joining hands. According to the two companies, Monsanto will lend its crop-testing, breeding and seed-production expertise to the Bioenergy Seeds & Feedstocks unit of Mendel, based in Hayward, California.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down to talk about the cultural importance of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Journey, and how he plans to carry on the legacy with his new version of the transformative science exploration show.

Astrophysicist and 'StarTalk' host Neil deGrasse Tyson uses the power of Twitter to answer some common questions about our universe. What is a quark? Is there a limit to the expansion of the universe? Tune into 'StarTalk' airing Sundays at 11pm/10c on National Geographic.

Bill Nye, James Cameron, Ken Jeong, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, former NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and neuroscientist Anil Seth answer the most interesting science questions from Twitter. Do your guts float in space? Do aliens exist? Can you punch specific memories out of your brain? What exactly is a tractor beam? If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

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Dr. Tyson visits UNC on Thursday as part of the North Carolina Science Festival.

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