WHAT’S HOT WHAT’S NOT

HOT MICHAEL HOLDING

EVERYONE had their say on Ollie Robinson and his tweets. Politicians, team-mates, the ECB, the lot. Then there’s Holding. ‘I did a lot of rubbish as a youngster… if he has done something like that nine years ago, and since then he has changed his ways, then I don’t think you should come down too hard on him.’ As ever, the most sensible voice in the room.

ROB McCRACKEN

SOME see him as Anthony Joshua’s trainer but that rather undersells it. The performance director of the GB Olympic programme has qualified 11 fighters for Tokyo and there will be multiple medals among them. Every four years he loses his best to the pros and every four years he rebuilds the castle.

MICAH RICHARDS and ROY KEANE

HOW it works is anyone’s guess. Richards is like some kind of horse whisperer with that old beast. The series they’ve just done for Sky Bet is simply brilliant.

NOT ROGER FEDERER

HIS royal highness has rarely left himself open to criticism, but he deserves a dig over his withdrawal from the French Open. Pulling out with an injury is part of sport; pulling out in decent health mid-tournament to save a little extra energy for Wimbledon is not.

LEXI THOMPSON

SHE has a brilliant record in the majors, with 14 top-10 finishes since she won one in 2014. There are two ways to look at that. One is she’s a fine player, the other is she keeps falling short. Blowing a fiveshot lead in the final 10 holes of the US Open offered a clue.

MO FARAH

HOW surreal to see him pulled apart by his body and the field in his Olympic trial. Will he put it right and hit the qualifying time before the June 27 deadline? It feels doubtful. Betting against Farah has never been wise, but aged 38 he has the odds stacked heavily against him.