Iain Henderson will captain the British and Irish Lions against the Sharks tomorrow evening. His Irish team mate Bundee Aki will play his third successive game after being named in midfield while tour captain Conor Murray will be among the replacements alongside Tadhg Furlong, Tadhg Beirne and Jack Conan. South Africa's test against Georgia is in jeopardy after lock Lood de Jager tested Covid-19 positive on Monday. All of his team mates are self isolating and will remain in their hotel rooms until a new round of tests are conducted. In his column this morning, Gerry Thornley explains why fewer midweek games could create trouble in the Lions camp: "One of the hardest challenges for the management is to maintain the dirt-trackers' spirits and interest, and for the latter it is to feel fully part of the squad, and to convey that impression, to believe it as best they can, even when there are no more midweek games."

Roger Federer became the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 win over Lorenzo Sonego of Italy. The 39-year-old is beginning to look ominously good once more. Novak Djokovic's third straight-sets success in a row seen him past Cristian Garin and also into the last eight. Ashleigh Barty's 7-5, 6-3 win against the French Open champion, Barbora Krejcikova, put her through to the quarter-finals at Wimbledon for the first time, while Emma Raducanu's fairytale run came to a sad end when she was forced to withdraw during the second set of her clash with Ajla Tomljanovic.

Kevin McStay was surprised by his former team Roscommon's defensive set-up in their Conancht semi-final defeat to Galway. He believes the Tribesmen are ready for the next level but others need strength and conditioning work to fix the football championship: "Strength and conditioning can be controlled on a national level. That inequality is leading to a slaughter of the innocents. Watch Mayo-Leitrim, if you dare, for an example of this next week. This stuff is smashing the morale of really proud GAA counties who are lost in a spiral."

Meanwhile, Graeme McDowell is optimistic about the upcoming Scottish Open despite playing with muscular tears to his right forearm. He's put a surgical procedure on hold until after this mid-summer trip to Europe, which will include next week's British Open if he manages to earn one of the three exemptions available at the Renaissance.