Andy Murray fell to a first defeat since starting his comeback in doubles in the first round of the Nature Valley International at Eastbourne.

Murray and Brazilian Marcelo Melo lost 6-2 6-4 to Colombian top seeds Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.

The Briton struggled on serve at Eastbourne, being broken three times out of four.

Murray had won the doubles alongside Feliciano Lopez at Queen's last week in his first tournament since hip surgery.

They defeated Farah and Cabal in the first round of that tournament but the Colombian pairing were always in control at Devonshire Park.

Murray 'most likely' to play mixed at Wimbledon

Murray will now head to Wimbledon, where he will partner Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the men's doubles.

After Tuesday's defeat, he told BBC Sport that he was "most likely" to also play mixed doubles at SW19 but is a little concerned about the wear and tear on his body.

The Scot, 32, had thought he might not play again before hip resurfacing in January left him "pain free".

"I spoke to some of the doubles players the last few days about why they don't always play mixed and they just said they had some situations where the weather has not always been so good," he said.

"And because doubles is best of five [sets], and you play with the advantage scoring, you can get backed up and end up playing four matches in two days. I just need to be certain that my body's ready for that. So I'll chat to my team a bit about that and decide probably by the end of tomorrow, I would imagine."

Murray is yet to finalise a potential partner for the mixed, having been turned down by singles world number one Ashleigh Barty and Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic.

He added: "I've spoken to a few of the players the last few days about it, so there's a few kind of lined up and I said I would let them know in the next couple of days."

First setback since return

Three-time Grand Slam singles champion Murray surpassed his own expectations by winning the men's doubles title at Queen's alongside Lopez, but his partnership with Melo did not gel so well.

Murray was broken in the opening game and although he and Melo immediately brought up four break points on Farah's serve, the British-Brazilian pairing could not convert any of them. They would be their only break points of the match.

A Murray volley into the net gave up another break and the Colombians comfortably wrapped up the set.

The Briton was broken to love in the third game of the second set and although he held serve at the fourth attempt, there was to be no comeback.

"They just played a lot better than us today. They got off to a quick start and deserved to win," said Murray.

Farah and Cabal will play British pairing Dan Evans and Lloyd Glasspool in the quarter-finals.

Cardiff Blues will move their training base from the Vale of Glamorgan resort to the city centre for the 2019-20 season.

Blues will train at their Arms Park ground and use the grass pitches at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff.

The region say they plan to return to the Vale resort for the 2020-21 season.

Blues are also planning a backroom staff change with ex-Wales scrum-half Richie Rees in line to replace Jason Strange as the region's backs coach.

Head coach John Mulvihill confirmed earlier this season he would consider a shake-up in his coaching staff after his first campaign in charge.

Former Wales Under-20s coach Strange has had one season at the Blues under Australian Mulvihill after replacing Matt Sherratt, who joined Ospreys.

Rees played for Wales on nine occasions and was named as a transition coach at Blues in August 2017 after a previous coaching stint at Dragons.

The 36-year-old has worked with Blues academy players and the region's 'A' team in last season's Celtic Cup.

Fresh investment in Leicester Tigers will help ensure the club remains a force in the Premiership, according to club chief executive Simon Cohen.

Tigers, who have won 10 Premiership titles and two European Cups, have been put up for sale for about £60m.

Their last Premiership triumph, however, came in 2013 and they battled to avoid relegation last season.

"It's a very big club and extra investment means it will continue to be a very big club," Cohen said.

"This club is all about winning, and significant extra investment - if we can secure it - gives us a much better opportunity of winning.

"We are looking to be well placed as the game changes quickly. That might only require a minority stake, majority stake or all of it."

However, Cohen also told BBC East Midlands Today there was "no need" to sell.

"The main criterion is somebody - or some entity - who wants to take the club forward has to be somebody who understands what Leicester represents within the community and wants to enhance that," he said.

Zeus Capital have been appointed to help broker a deal after the East Midlands club was approached by several bidders soon after CVC bought a 27% stake in Premiership Rugby, worth more than £200m, in December.

'No surprise people want to buy'

Leicester chairman Peter Tom said Premiership Rugby's "transformation" following that investment prompted the Tigers' board to put the club up for sale.

"It suddenly put a value of £800m-£850m on the Premiership and that completely changed the landscape," Tom told BBC Sport.

"It's been transformed in terms of people's perception of where rugby is and where rugby is going. As a result we have had quite a number of approaches from people and institutions looking to possibly invest in or buy the club.

"We are in a strong financial position, we have no debt and this is one of the best supported clubs in the world, so it is not surprising that we had these approaches.

"We have decided to deal with them in a proper and formal way to ensure that we make a decision that is in the best interest of the Tigers in the long term.

"It's exciting and a big day. Zeus will explore and see what these approaches may or may not mean as far as Tigers are concerned."

With several bidders involved, Tom said it could take six months for a sale or injection of investment to happen in a club valued at more than £60m.

Tom is one of Leicester's biggest stakeholders with 9% of shares, while lifelong Tigers fan and businessman Tom Scott holds a majority share of 46%.

There are also 10,000 members who own shares and cumulatively have a 39% stake in the club.

'Revolution needed'

Bleddyn Jones, the former Tigers fly-half who has commentated on the club for BBC Radio Leicester since 1987, is among those shareholding members.

While being a "members-owned club" is something Jones sees as "unique" in the modern game, he said the sale is "probably what Tigers need to do" to keep pace with their rivals.

Leicester are the Premiership's most successful club with 10 league titles but have missed out on the play-offs in the past two seasons.

"Part of the reason they floundered is they don't have revenue to buy world-class players these days," Jones told BBC Radio Leicester.

"When you look at other clubs, most either have owners or other sources of finance to give them the opportunity to not only buy top-class players from anywhere in the world but also invest in the infrastructure of the club.

"Tigers are struggling financially and as a consequence you feel the club isn't right as it is. It needs a bit of a revolution to get it going again.

"It's the whole structure of the club that they really need to look at - what they are doing and what is going to happen in the future.

"Maybe they have come to the conclusion that they need to sell the club and start from scratch."

'Not just about money'

Tom denied that the club's Premiership struggles and a perceived lack of spending power were reasons for putting the club up for sale.

Leicester, who Tom said are "about to push the button" on a multi-storey car park development which will lead to a hotel being built near their Welford Road home, made a pre-tax loss of £1.2m in the 12 months to June 2018, having turned over a record £20.4m for the year.

It was noted in their most recent annual report that "current levels of losses are unsustainable in the medium term".

The investment of £200m in Premiership Rugby by CVC, which saw Tigers and other clubs receive around £13m, has since ensured their financial health.

The East Midlands club went on to keep hold of one of English rugby's biggest names soon after, with centre Manu Tuilagi rejecting a lucrative offer from French club Racing 92 to sign a new deal.

Asked whether the current owners had reached their limit in funding the club, Tom said: "I don't think we have. CVC are determined to create more income for Premiership Rugby. Their involvement is a tipping point and I think we are going to see further private equity investment in rugby generally.

"In all sport it is not just about money. We have carried out a comprehensive review of our playing side and we believe we have put together the right coaching team and made significant recruitments to ensure we do a lot better next season.

"We don't actually believe that Tigers' poor performance was anything to do with money, it was more to do with getting things wrong."

World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry believes Wales will be "one of the teams to beat" in the 2019 tournament in Japan in the autumn.

Former Wales coach Henry led New Zealand to 2011 success and they won it again under Steve Hansen in 2015.

"I think Wales have a good chance," said Henry.

"It's going to be a lot closer than it was in 2015 when New Zealand had a distinct edge. It will be a highly competitive World Cup."

Henry coached Wales from 1998-2002 and departed with a record of 20 wins, a draw and 13 defeats.

His Welsh side were beaten by Australia in the 1999 World Cup quarter-finals.

Fellow New Zealander Warren Gatland guided Wales to fourth at the 2011 tournament - their second best World Cup finish - and the quarter-finals four years later.

Having seen Gatland's charges win the 2019 Grand Slam, Henry says Wales "have proved they are the best side in Europe".

Henry added: "Whether they can maintain that, I think they can.

"Ireland and England should be competitive and South Africa are improving.

"Hopefully the World Cup will galvanise the All Blacks into some improvements because they have not played that well in recent times or as they have done previously around the 2015 World Cup.

"It will be a very interesting tournament."

Henry says Wales' recent success - the Grand Slam was part of a 14-game winning run for the nation - "has been fabulous".

Under Henry, Wales enjoyed a 10-match winning streak which was their previous record run.

"Warren has done a superb job," added Henry.

"I actually texted him after they broke the record and said 'could you please pass on the congratulations from the 1999 side to the 2019 one for beating our record'.

"He texted me back because we know each other pretty well and he was appreciative of the text.

"He was very complimentary about the character of the side and the personalities that make up the squad.

"He was very positive and I texted him again after the Six Nations following the Grand Slam, which was outstanding."

Henry says Gatland's record with Wales and the British and Irish Lions makes him a strong contender to eventually succeed him has New Zealand coach.

Henry was asked if he thinks Gatland will ever get the All Blacks job.

"It is highly probable," he replied.

"He has proved to be one of the best coaches in the world. There are guys like Joe Schmidt (Ireland) and Dave Rennie (Glasgow Warriors) who are over there coaching who have done exceptional jobs who could also do a great job with the All Blacks.

"So there is a pretty competitive field right now, but Warren would be one of the front runners if he made himself available."

Gatland steps down as Wales coach after the World Cup and will turn his attention to coaching the Lions for a third successive time when they tour South Africa in 2021.

Henry led the Lions to a 2-1 series defeat against Australia in 2001 while still Wales coach.

The Welsh Rugby Union gave Gatland lengthy sabbaticals for the 2013 win against the Wallabies and the 2017 drawn series in New Zealand.

Henry said: "I think they learned from my experience.

"I did both jobs at the same time and that was wrong and you learn from those things.

"He has done fabulously well and I was delighted for him when he toured New Zealand that his side was so competitive."

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – As the American Flat Track paddock makes its annual pilgrimage to the Allen County Fairgrounds in Lima, Ohio, for the Indian Motorcycle Lima Half-Mile on Saturday, the spotlight shifts its glare back Jared Mees.

Mees’ younger Indian Wrecking Crew teammates have stolen away some of the attention he so thoroughly demanded during back-to-back AFT Twins presented by Vance & Hines title runs in 2017 and 2018. Briar Bauman currently holds a 34-point championship lead on the strength of a perfect seven-for-seven podium record in 2019, while Bronson Bauman rides into the Lima Half-Mile still savoring his maiden premier-class victory.

For Mees, the Lima Half-Mile represents equal parts pressure, opportunity, and responsibility. It’s not only his home race, he’s also the event promoter. It also just happens to be exactly the sort of demanding, physical track that Mees loves to conquer as a showcase of his ability and focus.

That increased focus can play out in more than one way. In 2017, the Lima Half-Mile was the only Main Event Mees failed to qualify for – or podium for that matter – due to penalties he incurred for jumping the start in his semi. A year later, he got his redemption in the form of a runaway victory that was arguably the centerpiece performance of his successful 2018 title defense.

Which way things go this year could very well play an important role in determining if Mees will be able to secure three consecutive Grand National Championships. Winning this weekend could be far from easy; Briar Bauman took the Main in 2017 in dominant fashion and second-ranked Brandon Robinson took top honors at the venue in 2016.

Fans should also keep their eyes on last year’s race runner-up Jeffrey Carver Jr., the returning J.D. Beach, Harley teammates Sammy Halbert and Jarod Vanderkooi and so many others with the potential to steal the spotlight for themselves.

The showdown in the Roof Systems AFT Singles presented by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys class should be equally intriguing. Shayna Texter comes in as the defending Lima Half-Mile winner, while AFT Singles points leader Mikey Rush is riding a two-race win streak.

There’s also the likes of Dalton Gauthier, Dan Bromley and Ryan Wells to take into consideration.

Fans should also keep an eye on Dallas Daniels, as this challenging track marks the debut event for the fresh-blooded wunderkind of the already-formidable Estenson Racing front.

As an added bonus, the AFT Production Twins championship fight resumes this weekend after sitting the Laconia Short Track out. After three races, it’s Cory Texter against the field. Unless someone can stop him, Texter is in position to up his perfect season’s win streak to four this weekend.