MacIntyre dodges Masters media for second day after first-round outbursts

Robert MacIntyre declined interview requests for a second Masters day in succession, with the fiery Scot facing a reprimand from Augusta National over his behaviour in the closing stages of round one.MacIntyre’s miserable visit to Georgia concluded with a 71, which ensured he missed the cut at seven over par. The key damage had been done on Thursday, when MacIntyre slumped to an 80 which included a quadruple bogey nine at the 15th.The player’s reaction there, and elsewhere on the back nine, will inevitably lead to Masters officials having a stern word with the world No 8. Live television coverage picked up MacIntyre releasing a series of expletives

Pope adds to Smith’s mass of Surrey runs with England woes a world away

Midway through its fifth day of action, the first of its second round of fixtures, Ollie Pope became the 11th person to score a century in Division One of the County Championship this season – and five of those play for Surrey. Jamie Smith already has two. The pre-season title favourites may have drawn their opening game but they are looking ominous, in this game and in general, and at stumps were 412 for six.Things also look ominous for Leicestershire, if in a rather different way, as they settle into the top flight after last year’s promotion. Beaten by Sussex in their season opener, by the second session here, as Smith and Pope cantered towards triple figures, they looked equally underresourced in confidence, ideas and quality

County cricket: McKinney stakes England claim with Durham double century – as it happened

Big Ben McKinney tucked into the Gloucestershire bowlers at Bristol, not even pausing to dab his chin as he forked them all over the ground. Straight as a corn cob at the crease, he showed the threadbare attack no mercy, flaming fours through the covers, on the leg side, pausing only to pancake three sixes on his way to 214 not out.McKinney and Alex Lees (129) added 305 for the first wicket in just 58 overs. At 21, McKinney is the youngest double centurion for Durham in history – not a bad advert for any England selectors looking for an opener. The home captain, Cameron Bancroft may have regrets after winning the toss and fielding first

Masters magic, the Grand National and Premier League drama – follow with us

A bumper weekend will have kicked off on Friday night with West Ham v Wolves, a match that could mean Spurs fans waking up in the relegation zone, or Hammers fans lamenting a failure to beat the bottom side. Emillia Hawkins will be picking over that, and all the buildup to a Saturday when some promotion and relegation issues could be settled as the EFL season enters the home straight. Send your thoughts to matchday.live@theguardian.com A lively opening round of games over Easter produced only three positive results because of some excellent rearguard actions, and Tanya Aldred is at Old Trafford to see if Jimmy Anderson’s Lancashire can get over the disappointment of being denied by Northants’ last pair surviving 15 overs and three balls; Derbyshire are the visitors

Brandon Holtz, the amateur world No 3,262, swaps real estate for Masters

There are two Masters taking place this year, the one you’re watching, and the one you’re playing in. Well. Maybe not you, exactly, unless you can count your handicap on two fingers, but the best player you know, that guy on the school run who used to play off scratch, that cousin who won the sports scholarship, or the uncle who everyone says could have made it back in the day. His name is Brandon Holtz and, if you haven’t spotted him yet, he is, he says himself, “the old fat guy” who has been playing with the two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson this week.Holtz is 39 and works full time as a real estate broker in Bloomington, Illinois

Grand National preview: Jagwar can deny Irish cohort in Aintree classic

It is more than a decade since a Grand National winner was trained in an English stable, as Lucinda Russell, successful twice since 2017 from her yard in Scotland’s County of Kinross, is the only trainer to break the Irish stranglehold since Oliver Sherwood’s success with Many Clouds in 2015. The home side put up a much-improved performance at last month’s Cheltenham festival, however, and Jagwar (4.00), one of two major contenders from Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero’s stable 50 miles from the track, could extend the English revival in the biggest race of the season on Saturday.Jagwar will head to Aintree with all of the attributes you could want to see in a modern-day National winner. He has youth on his side at seven years of age and remains open to improvement with just eight starts over fences on his record to date