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Injured Lee concedes Test career may be over
CRICKET:Australia paceman Brett Lee has conceded he may never play for his country again as he battles to recover from elbow surgery. The 33-year-old underwent an operation in December.
Lee also missed the Ashes Test series last year after suffering a side strain before the opening Test in Cardiff as injuries have taken their toll following a decade-long international career that has yielded 310 wickets in 76 Tests.
He has not played a Test for his country since late 2008 and while he has remained an important part of Australia’s one-day team in that period, he is unconvinced he will ever wear the baggy green again.
“As far as my cricket goes, anything is possible – I may play one-dayers, or no cricket at all,” he said.
“I may never bowl another ball and if that’s the case, I’m so satisfied with my career and my longevity.
“I’m not saying it’s definitely over, but I’m not sure what I want to be just yet.”
Evans will have a second operation
RUGBY:Scotland international Thom Evans will undergo a second operation on his injured neck, Scotland team doctor James Robson said yesterday. Evans, 24, had surgery on Saturday after suffering the injury in the 31-24 loss to Wales in the Six Nations.
Robson has said Evans will not be able to play again this season, but that his career is not necessarily under threat.
“The surgeons are delighted with his progress,” Robson said.
Ryan returns with World gold medal
ROWING:Shane Ryan of Castleconnell Rowing Club is set to return to Ireland today from the World Indoor Rowing Championships in Boston having landed another trophy, writes Liam Gorman.
The 21-year-old won the class for visually impaired athletes who have full use of their legs, trunk and arms. He set a new personal best three minutes 8.1 seconds for the 1,000 metre sprint.
This was the inaugural running of adaptive events at these championships, and Castleconnell also took the bronze medal, through Aron O’Dowd. Kevin Frost of Ottawa Rowing Club took the silver.
Ryan is classified as B2 in terms of visual impairment, meaning he has some perception of objects in a fully-lighted environment. He took gold (2008) and silver (2009) medals at the British Indoor Championships, and bronze at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.
Riders outline World games plans
EQUESTRIAN:Five of Ireland's leading riders representing the four Olympic disciplines were present as chairman Joe Walsh launched Horse Sport Ireland's Team Ireland Equestrian initiative at the Radisson Hotel in Dublin yesterday morning.
Cian O’Connor and Cameron Hanley (show jumping) outlined plans for top horses Rancorrado and Livello in the run-up to the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, with the Meydan super league and at the RDS on the agenda.
Para-equestrian Breda Bernie intends to compete with Tula at top international events in Belgium and England en route to the States while Yvette Truesdale hopes a full dressage team would represent the country at the September Games.
The Army Equitation School’s Capt Geoff Curran has two horses qualified for WEG and will be bringing The Jump Jet to April’s Kentucky three-day event. His 2008 Hong Kong Olympic ride Kilkishen is to compete at Badminton.
