This week’s roundup also features a history of England v Scotland football matches, classic French Open moments and Paul Lim rolling back the years
1) Cheick Tioté tragically died on Monday after reportedly suffering a heart attack while training with his club in China. If you haven’t already rewatched his famous volleyed equaliser in Newcastle’s 4-4 draw with Arsenal, here you go. He wasn’t a great goalscorer, his one international goal in 52 appearances for Ivory Coast coming against Nigeria in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. His best game for Newcastle undoubtedly came against Manchester United in 2012 – Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick didn’t get a kick as Tioté put in a majestic midfield performance. RIP.
2) Alex Honnold this week became the first person to ever free-solo climb El Capitan, the legendary California cliff in the Yosemite Valley. The 31-year-old ascended 2,900 metres in less than four hours with no harness, no rope – his effort has since been dubbed the ‘moon landing’ of free-soloing.