Thomas Tuchel has suggested Andreas Christensen may have played his last game for Chelsea after revealing he has not been in the right frame of mind.

The 26-year-old pulled out of last weekend's FA Cup Final against Liverpool just hours before kick-off with Tuchel hinting at issues that have restricted the centre-back's availability for several weeks.

- Olley: Should Chelsea move on from Romelu Lukaku?

Christensen has started just one of the club's previous six matches -- a 3-0 win away at Leeds on May 11 -- as he closes in on a move to Barcelona this summer when his contract at Stamford Bridge expires.

Chelsea face Leicester City on Thursday before a final day clash against relegated Watford and Tuchel admitted his doubt over whether fans would see Christensen in action for the club again.

"I don't think it is that he does not want to play, he was not able to play [against Liverpool]," Tuchel said. "It is a huge difference. We had more than this conversation but on the Saturday morning, he finally told me.

"[I am] not sure yet if he is involved [on Thursday] and on the weekend but Andreas came on the morning of the [FA Cup final] to inform me that he is not ready to play, not to start and not be on the bench.

"He had his reasons, they stay private and confidential. It was not the first time as you can see over the last weeks that we had some of the same situations.

"That's why he did not play so regularly over the last weeks. We thought that we are in a good progression, in a good development because he played very, very strong in the match before the final against Leeds.

"The conversation took place, we had to respect it, we of course respected it. He still has our support but for tomorrow I'm not sure. Probably unlikely for the weekend. It was on very short notice before the cup final and not only before this match, in other matches in the weeks before so no chance I have any prediction it will be [Thursday] or the weekend."

Asked whether he felt let down by Christensen, who joined Chelsea from Brondby aged 15 in 2012, Tuchel said: "We had to accept it and we will accept it. I try the best I can not to take things personal and I still believe Andreas wanted to play in these kind of matches.

"I still believe that he could in terms of potential and what he gives to the team. That's why he was a key player for us but he struggled over the last few weeks when he was not in the squad or not playing.

"Also he was physically available, not being injured physically. So that was not completely out of the blue sky. I am missing maybe the word here, it was not the ideal scenario for us. We thought we prepared him in the best way possible and with the game at Leeds, where we managed a lot of pressure on us in a very impressive way, we thought we had him available.

"He is a key player and if you arrive in a final against Liverpool, you want all your players available which is not the case."

SAN DIEGO -- Nearly three years after earning consecutive Women's World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019, former U.S. women's national team head coach Jill Ellis is seated in the outdoor patio of a local coffee shop, warm beverage in hand.

On a near-perfect Southern California day in May and just a couple of miles from the beach, Ellis, now president of the National Women's Soccer League expansion side San Diego Wave FC, was upbeat ahead of her team's inaugural regular season home-opener. The club president appeared enthusiastic about the start of not only the latest chapter in her life, but also her new role, which has allowed her to have a different impact within the game.

"Stepping away from coaching made me realize I want to pursue this bigger purpose," said the English-born American citizen, who had made a name for herself as a successful college coach with UCLA before joining the U.S. national team structure. "You just suddenly realize it's bigger than just the 120 x 72 [field]."

- MLS, LaLiga, Bundesliga on ESPN+: LIVE games, replays
- Soccer on ESPN+: FC Daily | Futbol Americas
- Don't have ESPN? Get instant access

After becoming the first and only head coach to win back-to-back Women's World Cups, Ellis made headlines in 2019 when she stated that she would finish her run with the USWNT, leading to her last game in October of that year. Moving on from her remarkable managerial spell that started in 2014, Ellis then worked behind the scenes through a mentorship program and scholarship fund for women's coaches, before eventually looking towards more ways to influence the sport. Despite the fact that other national team positions were open, she became intrigued by the business end of growing the game and recognized that she could help in a front office position at the club level.

"I could have stayed in the safety of the sideline, because it's familiar to me, it's comfortable for me, but I was ready," noted Ellis.

"I've said that you won't win world championships without having a really good club infrastructure, and although we've had club soccer in this country for a while and this is our third iteration of it or go around on it, I just felt that was a platform that I really could commit to bring some experience to."

After taking the leap with the NWSL's most recent franchise last year, 2021 was a whirlwind. Initially set for a debut with Sacramento, the league announced last summer that the home for the expansion team would instead be in San Diego, with Ellis leading the way as president. With its debut NWSL season set for early 2022, the team, which didn't even have a name or crest until late 2021, needed to develop at a blistering pace.

"We were on a very tight timeline to launch this team. It was shorter probably than any pro franchise has ever gotten off the ground. We literally announced our name, our colors, and then five months later, we got a team on the pitch," said Ellis.

Most importantly, she also had to move across the country. Ellis, her brother and three dogs made the lengthy drive from Miami to San Diego. Her wife and daughter, via plane, were in charge of bringing their two cats. "We were kind of like Noah's Ark," stated Ellis with a laugh. "Leave no man behind!"

Like many other San Diegan transplants, she soon became enamored with the area. During the rare moments she can step away from work, Ellis can be found hiking around hills in the northern end of the county or entertaining family and friends who want to visit the tourist-friendly city. "I like the tempo of life here," she said about her surroundings. "Obviously you can push it in terms of your work, but then there's this kind of ability to exhale."

Which isn't to say that she has too much time to rest these days. As pleasant as the backdrop might be, Ellis was candid about the difficulties of her new role.

No longer coaching on the sidelines, most of her day-to-day tactical maneuvering is now spent on the phone and in meetings. Stepping into the job with the Wave, there was a sudden need for a greater understanding of ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and administration. Before, as a national team coach, she would typically get five to 10 emails a day. As president of a new NWSL franchise though, that number has skyrocketed to around 50 per day, regularly.

"I've said this and people kind of do a double take. I slept like a baby as a national team coach," Ellis stated bluntly. But with her current responsibilities that expand far beyond the reaches of a field? There isn't the same level of control over several components and elements, which "keeps you up at night."

"I've actually felt more pressure in this role than any job I've ever had."

As Ellis tells it, this pressure is not about being overwhelmed by external factors, but more so of an internal recognition that "everything matters" to her. Nonetheless, there was a sense of confidence and excitement when discussing the challenge. What also helps is that, nowadays, she's "not shy about learning."

When Ellis was a young coach, she admitted that she thought she needed to have all of the answers. She never showed any hints of not knowing what to do, even if she was confused. Once this thought-process was let go, Ellis believes that she grew as a leader by simply looking nearby and tapping into the skillset of those around her who could help. Had she not done that, she assumes she would have never been able to take her current job.

"Listen, set pieces on the [national] team was not my absolute focus point. I had an expert do that," said Ellis. "You give them enough flexibility, plus support to allow their strengths to shine."

"It's the same approach [as club president]."

Ellis is no longer coaching -- and confessed that she's so focused on getting the club off the ground that she doesn't really think about returning to the sideline -- but in a sense, she's still directing and instructing a squad within her organization, and her exact experience with the USWNT has allowed her to bring along people who fully believe in her vision. For Laura Wolf Stein, San Diego Wave's Vice President of Marketing, working with Ellis was an invaluable opportunity for many hires like herself.

"You would ask any of those people what were the draws, what was the hook that had you leave your job that you loved to come over and take this risk, make this jump. For me personally and for so many of us, [it was] being able to be coached by one of the best coaches in the world," Stein stated.

"I don't care if she's never been the head of a business. I want to be coached by someone who knows how to pull the best out of people. All of us feel that."

But what about her influence outside of the office and on the pitch? Will Ellis head over to training and tinker with some tactics?

Not exactly.

From day one, Ellis made a point to head coach Casey Stoney that "this is your team to coach, to select the players, to play how you want to play." Of course, there have been conversations about how they see the game and about what style of play would suit the team, but in the end, it's Stoney's job to mold, shape, select and train. And few could complain about how things have been going with the current setup.

Although the debut club understandably had a shaky start in the 2022 preseason NWSL Challenge Cup tournament with a 1W-2T-3L record, once the regular season began in late April, San Diego has been exceptional in its first few performances.

As Ellis put it in the interview before their home-opener: "[We] cannot sort of slowly grow in this. Listen, I get it, there's a process but we want to come in and we want to have an impact."

In their first official NWSL regular season match on May 1, San Diego earned a 1-0 away win over the Houston Dash. Six days later in their inaugural home-opener, the club took things to another level in an outstanding and lopsided 4-0 victory against NJ/NY Gotham FC. With star player Alex Morgan scoring four goals, becoming just the third player in NWSL history to reach this single-game record,it was a spectacle for the 5,000 supporters that packed the scenic Torero Stadium at the University of San Diego.

Well that was fun. @sandiegowavefc claim a dominant 4-0 win in their NWSL regular season home opener. All four goals from Alex Morgan. pic.twitter.com/I5OsL54ZuZ

— Cesar Hernandez (@cesarhfutbol) May 8, 2022

"To have the turnout at our home-opener and then to be able to put on a show like we did tonight, getting a clean sheet -- which is extremely important -- and scoring goals, I don't think we could've asked for a better game for ourselves and for this city," said Morgan afterwards, who was a part of Ellis' 2015 and 2019 World Cup-winning rosters.

One week later in front of 5,000 more at Torero Stadium on May 15, San Diego held onto their perfect start with a convincing 2-1 win at home against the Chicago Red Stars, who were finalists in last season's playoffs. While defender Kailen Riehl scored for the first time in the 2022 NWSL regular season, Morgan increased her incredible goal tally to five in just three matches.

"Immensely proud," said assistant coach Rich Gunney after the 2-1 result last Sunday. "Proud of the whole staff, Casey [Stoney], the environment and the experience we've created already and how the players are thriving."

Is this all a sign of more thrilling and captivating performances in San Diego Wave's future? "I used to always tell the [national team] players if they played really, really well --- because it's about entertainment --- I would say I would have bought a ticket to watch you guys play today," noted Ellis before that home-opener. "Entertainment for me, when I was a coach, was having the players feel synchronized, energized, ready, prepared to try and get the result and battle hard. Now it's the same thing, but I want more people to enjoy that feeling with me."

In the stands, more could follow.

The NWSL club will soon move away from the intimate and compact Torero Stadium (capacity: 6,000). By September, they'll host games at Snapdragon Stadium, a 35,000+ venue being built by San Diego State University for their college football program. Once the site that housed the NFL's Chargers, who broke the hearts of countless local sports fans after moving up north to Los Angeles in 2017, there's a sense that Ellis and the Wave can be part of a process that fully dispels the negative memories left by the professional football franchise.

There's an immense amount of work to do for the young NWSL club to help accomplish this and to win over more supporters -- especially when you consider those who have recently questioned their lofty price tag on limited jerseys -- but the numbers from their last nationally-televised match showcases that there is potential. During an April 2 preseason Challenge Cup match between San Diego and Los Angeles' Angel City FC, a total TV viewership of 456,000 on CBS easily surpassed any MLS regular season match that weekend, as well as the the men's league average of 276,000 viewers for the 2021 season.

Time will tell if these numbers are a flash in the pan, a nod to the power of women's soccer in Southern California, or perhaps more Angelenos tuning in. Whether the San Diego Wave can maintain their entertaining style of play and fill Snapdragon Stadium with a passionate fanbase also remains to be seen.

On and off the pitch, it's far too early to make long-term predictions for the NWSL franchise, but those initial moments have certainly shown that there is undeniable potential. Either way, for Ellis, she'll continue down her new path. Whether hiking in the hills or taking calls in the office, she'll aim to find ways of progressing in her latest post-national team chapter.

"How can you continue to grow? I think change is sometimes hard but it's also where you maximize growth," said Ellis.

"Even if sometimes it's not perfect or you fail at it, you're always going to grow if you're challenging yourself."

PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles took a big step in filling out their secondary, agreeing to a one-year contract with cornerback James Bradberry, the team announced Wednesday.

The deal will pay him $7.5 million, including $7.25 million guaranteed, and has another $2.5 million in upside, bringing the total possible value of the deal to $10 million, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Eleven teams reached out about Bradberry after he was released by the New York Giants on May 9, with that number being whittled down to three before Bradberry chose the Eagles, according to Schefter.

He is expected to slide right into a starting role opposite Darius Slay, creating what on paper looks like a formidable cornerback trio with Bradberry, Slay and slot corner Avonte Maddox.

The Eagles were in need of another starter after Steven Nelson signed with the Houston Texans this offseason. General manager Howie Roseman previously indicated such a move could come after the draft, when both the team and veteran free agents had a clearer picture of what the roster would look like.

The Giants released Bradberry after not being able to find a trade partner for the veteran cornerback. The move for the Giants was more about the money than an indictment on the player. Bradberry, 28, had been set to make $13.5 million this season and would have counted $21.9 million against the Giants' cap.

Bradberry was one of just five players on the current Giants' roster to make a Pro Bowl in their careers. He was their top cornerback last season and made the Pro Bowl in his first year with the Giants in 2020, when he had a career-best 79.8 Pro Football Focus grade. He has graded in the 60s all the remaining years of his career.

He had a career high with four interceptions and recovered a pair of fumbles this past season.

Bradberry spent the first four years of his career with the Carolina Panthers and has 15 interceptions and 82 passes defended in his six NFL seasons.

ESPN's Jordan Raanan contributed to this report.

Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames has been put on the 10-day injured list with a high left ankle sprain.

The move is retroactive to Monday.

Adames, who is tied with Hunter Renfroe for the team lead with nine home runs, is hitting .208 with 24 RBIs.

He suffered the injury during Sunday's game against the Miami Marlins on a hard slide while scoring on a sacrifice fly in the second inning.

The Brewers recalled Keston Hiura from Triple-A Nashville to take his roster spot.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Minnesota Twins reinstated shortstop Carlos Correa from the injured list Wednesday before their game at Oakland and sent thriving rookie Royce Lewis back to Triple-A St. Paul.

Correa missed 11 games with a bruised right middle finger. A pitch hit him there while he gripped the handle of the bat in the middle of a swing.

Correa was held out two days past the minimum stay. Lewis didn't miss a beat, deftly filling in at shortstop and contributing often at the plate during his 11-game major league debut. The first overall pick in the 2017 draft hit .308 with four doubles, two homers, five RBIs and five runs in 39 at-bats, but the Twins preferred he continue to get regular playing time at shortstop.

Correa was batting .255 with five doubles, two homers, 11 RBIs and 12 runs in 94 at-bats before the injury.

W55 Clare Elms leads GB challenge in an event dominated by home nation who won a staggering 105 gold medals

Clare Elms became the first athlete to win three individual gold medals at the same European Masters Non-Stadia Championship when in the space of 40 hours she won W55 titles on consecutive days at 10km, 5km and half-marathon.

Elms also won a team gold and two team silver medals.

Britain’s only other individual gold medals were won in the M70 category from runners who focused on just a single event.

In the 5km, John Skelton won easily in 19:37 well clear of Italian Bruno Sarale (20:25). Skelton had previously won the European Masters 5000m M65 title in 2018 and indoor 3000m title in 2019.

The course was over a flat two and a half-lap circuit which was ideal for spectating with nearly the whole route visible from the finish area.

Scottish cross-country champion Anthony Martin was even more dominant in the half-marathon as his 1:29:50 gave him victory by five minutes over Italy’s Enzo Tozelli.

Martin’s best previous international result was probably a second in the Masters Cross-Country International in 2017 to distance legend Nick Rose and interestingly Skelton had been third.

The race was run over a one-lap course which took in a rural route around the Airport but then went around the scenic old town.

The course was well policed at road junctions but there was an absence of marshalls and signage and many runners who could not see those in front strayed off course.

Unusually Martin also won a team medal but moving all the way down to the M35 team given the short number of British men doing the half-marathon and there he picked up a silver medal.

Elms’ also won W55 team gold in the 10km to go with her individual title which was the hardest of her triple.

A chaotic very narrow start left her well back and then panicking there were fellow W55s ahead, she blasted the opening kilo well inside age-group world record pace.

With temperatures in the Friday afternoon race high in the 20s, she overheated after the fast start and had to slow significantly and staggered across the line in 41:09 with Swiss Doris Koller second in 41:51 and fellow Brit Susan Ridley third (44:58) and with a third Brit Cathy Flitcroft fourth, Britain easily defeated home nation Italy.

There was no such identification problem in the 5km as that was early Saturday morning and there was a separate W55 plus race which despite being up against fresh athletes, she won comfortably in 18:41 and, just as in the 10km, she was quicker than the W50 winners as Italians Manuela Massa (19:14) and Enrica Carrara (19:36) challenged her up to halfway and meant Italy won from Britain in the team event.

Wary after her heat problems on day one, Elms ran a more conservative race in the half-marathon though the earlier start meant it only got really hot later in the race.

After trailing early on, she won reasonably comfortably in 87:48 with Ireland’s Cathryn Brady (1:30:41) second and Koller third (91:49) with Spain’s Maria Castro Solina who had beaten Elms into second in the W50 race in 2016 in Portugal having to settle for fourth. Both Brady and Castro Solina ran just the half-marathon which over all the age groups had the largest fields.

With only three British women running in the longest race, Britain were forced to move runners down to make a team and both Elms and W65 bronze medalist Margaret Martin (1:48:58), the wife of M70 winner Anthony moved down to the W40 age group to join W40 fourth-placer Bethany Thompson (PB 1:24:39) and win silver medals behind Italy and join popular bronze medallists Ukraine on the podium.

The latter had also earlier won team gold surprising Italy in the M65 10km event.

Just under a hour after Elms finished the half-marathon, W75 German Maria Nittel also won her third gold medal though she was the only runner in her age group in that race after facing more opposition in the shorter races. Her respective wins were 60:03, 27:12 and 2:12:10.

The triple was attempted by more male athletes than women and there was success for Portuguese M50 Davide Figuiredo (32:50, 16:05 and 71:54), Swedish M80 Ake Jonson (52:04, 25:37 and 2:08:40) and Swiss M80 Gregorio Sablone (59:39, 27:11 and 2:04:10) though the latter two also won their half-marathons uncontested.

Other athletes who made an impression with double wins included Irish W70 Eileen Kenny who did not contest the half-marathon while her daughter Michelle won W40 5km bronze.

Spain’s Javier Diaz Catterero won the M45 5km and 10km but was well beaten in the half-marathon by a  fresh Joachim Nshirimana while Spain’s Miguel Muro Ferrer won M40 gold at 10km and half-marathon but missed the 5km.

Spain’s Francisco Garcia Lopes took double gold in the M60 10km and 5km but was only fifth in the longer event.

Italian Virginio Trentin took golds at the 10km and half-marathon but was only third in an exciting 5km while Italian Hodan Mohamed Mohamud won the 10km and 5km but missed the half-marathon.

One Italian athlete with a well known British name – Alessandro Gratton – won the W60 5km and half-marathon but missed the 10km.

The most popular winner of the weekend was 92-year-old home athlete Angelo Squadrone who won the M90 10km in 89:38 and 5km in 42:48.

Other individual UK medallists were M70 Ron Cattle (10km: 43:39), W50 Val Woodland (10km: 44:52) and W65 Mary Mackin (10km: 47:46) who all won bronze medals, giving Britain an overall individual run total of 10 medals.

Britain’s team medals other than the aforementioned W55 10km gold, W55 5km silver, W40 silver and M35 half-marathon bronze came with the M55 half-marathon silver, W35 5km silver, M35 5km bronze and M65 5km bronze.

The best 10km times were from Italian M35 Nicolas De Nicolo (31:02) and W35 Martina Facciani (34:44).

The fastest times in the 5km were set by Italian M40 Antonio Liuzzo (14:50) and W35 Portugal’s Andreia Santos (17:00).

The quickest half-marathon times belonged to Italian M35 Alessandro Marangi (68:55) and German Bettina Englisch (78:30).

10km

M35: 1 N De Nicolo (ITA) 31:02; 2 R Pinto (POR) 33:35; 3 I Parju (ROM) 34:14

TEAM: 1 ITA 99:49

M40: 1 M Muro Ferrer (ESP) 31:36; 2 R Diz Diaz (ESP) 32:21; 3 A Doherty (IRL) 32:54; 30 Lee Llewellyn (GBR) 55:06

TEAM: 1 ESP 1:37:10

M45: 1 J Diaz Carretero (ESP) 32:52; 2 K Nedregard (NOR) 33:37; 3 V Puccio (ITA) 33:41

TEAM: 1 ESP 1:42:58

M50: 1 D Figueiredo (POR) 32:50; 2 F Lupinetti (ITA) 33:21; 3 D Toal (IRL) 33:34; 8 Richard Jones (GBR) 35:37

TEAM: 1 ITA 1:41:32

M55: 1 J Figueiredo (POR) 33:30; 2 A Quaglia (AUT) 36:15; 3 M Silva (POR) 36:20; 12 Steven  Worsley (GBR) 39:55; 17 Paul Smith (GBR) 42:50; 27 Alan Roberts (GBR) 49:39

TEAM: 1 POR 1:52:40; 6 GBR 2:12:24

M60: 1 F Garcia Lopez (ESP) 35:44; 2 F Torresani (ITA) 35:47; 3 C Werion (BEL) 39:36; 16 Steven Doxey (GBR) 46:04

TEAM: 1 ITA 1:55:56; 5 GBR 2:34:44

M65: 1 V Trentin (ITA) 38:11; 2 S Dunlop (SUI) 39:26; 3 W de Weerdt (NED) 39:54; 14 Brian Martin (GBR) 45:49; 20 David Proffitt (GBR) 53:41; 22 Andy Murray (GBR) 58:06; 24 R Sargent (GBR) 65:01

TEAM: 1 UKR 2:04:47; 2 ITA 2:05:33; 4 GBR 2:37:36

M70: 1 A Viroli (ITA) 41:05; 2 A Accalai (ITA) 42:08; 3 Ron Cattle (GBR) 43:39

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:11:59

M75: 1 A Peragine (ITA) 46:28; 2 H Wiedemeier (SUI) 48:57; 3 M Capponi (ITA) 49:39

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:53:23

M80: 1 A Jonson (SWE) 52:04; 2 P Widmer (SUI) 55:45; 3 L Serena (ITA) 55:56

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:15:46

M85: 1 G Sablone (SUI) 59:39; 2 I Hecico (ROU) 81:21

M90: 1 A Squadrone (ITA) 89:38

W35: 1 M Facciani (ITA) 34:44; 2 A Santos (POR) 35:09; 3 V Giustino (ITA) 36:43

TEAM: 1 ITA 1:51:04

W40: 1 S Santini (ITA) 36:22; 2 A Llorens (ESP) 36:35; 3 F de Sanctis (ITA) 37:49

TEAM: 1 ITA 1:56:25

W45: 1 M Mohamed (ITA) 36:38; 2 S Conceicao Lopes (ITA) 37:05; 3 S Raatz (GER) 37:20; 24 Barbie Ahearn (GBR) 73:15

TEAM: 1 ITA 1:51:50; 5 GBR 2:51:04

W50: 1 M Municchi (ITA) 41:17; 2 E Ghioc (ROU) 44:42; 3 Val Woodland (GBR) 44:52

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:13:20

W55: 1 C Elms (GBR) 41:09; 2 D Koller (SUI) 41:51; 3 S Ridley (GBR) 44:58; 4 Cathy Flitcroft (GBR) 45:26; 9 Sharyn Ramage (GBR) 49:31; 12 Sandra Martin (GBR) 60:25

TEAM: 1 GBR 2:11:33; 2 ITA 2:29:08

W60: 1 T Schultz-Lorentzen (DEN) 41:56; 2 G Toccafondi (ITA) 44:13; 3 M Ruzafa Manchon (ESP) 44:43; 13 Jacqui Maxwell (GBR) 52:57

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:22:13

W65: 1 B Minayo (ESP) 46:09; 2 M Hernaiz Del Campo (ESP) 47:22; 3 Mary Mackin (GBR) 47:46

W70: 1 E Kenny (IRL) 46:49; 2 A Galbani (ITA) 43:55; 3 I Illi (SUI) 55:25

W75: 1 M Nittel (GER) 60:03; 2 M Rocnakova (CZE) 69:57; 3 D Bruno Di Clarafond ((TA) 81:14

5km

M35 men: 1 A Malfagia (ITA) 16:04; 2 R Pinto (POR) 16:06; 3 L Benini (ITA) 16:12; 4 Richard Waldron (GBR) 16:25; 7 David Coak (GBR 16:56

TEAM: 1 ITA 49:01; 3 GBR 58:27

M40: 1 A Liuzzo (ITA) 14:50; 2 M Lang (GER) 15:19; 3 R Diz Diaz (ESP) 15:23; 21 Lee Llewellyn (GBR) 25:06

TEAM: 1 ITA 46:26; 3 IRL 61:20

M45: 1 J Diaz Carretero (ESP) 15:37; 2 V Pena Martinez (ESP) 15:46; 3 D Papoccia (ITA) 15:47; 30 Scott Armstrong (GBR) 21:44

TEAM: 1 ESP 47:51

M50: 1 D Figueiredo (POR) 16:05; 2 A Burlo (ITA) 16:14; 3 A Boumalik (ITA) 16:15; 6 Richard Jones (GBR) 16:37

TEAM: 1 ITA 48:53

M55: 1 M Biglione (ITA) 16:32; 2 D Caporale (ITA) 16:45; 3 JP Julien (FRA) 17:28; 16 Steve Worsley (GBR) 19:05; 17 Paul Smith (GBR) 19:42; 24 Alan Roberts (GBR) 23:13; 25 Dave Flitcroft (GBR) 24:44

TEAM: 1 ITA 51:28; 5 GBR 62:00

M60:  1 F Garcia Lopez (ESP) 17:13; 2 C Nottolini (ITA) 17:17; 3 M Leonardi (ITA) 17:37; 16 Steven Doxey (GBR) 21:22

TEAM: 1 ITA 53:46; 2 UKR 60:05

M65: 1 l Moser (ITA) 18:22; 2 A Adamo (ITA) 18:28; 3 V Trentin (ITA) 18:35; 19 Phil Jones (GBR) 24:32; 24 Andy Murray (GBR) 26:56; 25 Rob Sargent (GBR) 27:54; 26 Kevin Dillon (GBR) 28:03

TEAM: 1 ITA 55:25; 3 GBR 79:22

M70: 1 John Skelton (GBR) 19:37; 2 B Sarale (ITA) 20:25; 3 L Fernandez Suarez (ESP) 20:55; 5 Ron Cattle (GBR) 21:26

TEAM: 1 ESP 66:33

M75: 1 F Dossena (ITA) 21:48; 2 L Vannini (ITA) 23:48; 3 G Bianchi (ITA) 24:24

TEAM: 1 ITA 70:00

M80: 1 A Jonson (SWE) 25:37; 2 P Widmer (SUI) 26:39; 3 L Serena (ITA) 26:44

TEAM: 1 ITA 94:05

M85: 1 G Sablone (SUI) 27:11; 2 I Hecico (ROU) 36:40

M90: 1 A Squadrone (ITA) 42:48; 2 S Liverani (ITA) 45:26

W35 women: 1 A Santos (POR) 17:00; 2  M Facciani (ITA) 17:19; 3 V Giustino (ITA) 17:40; 5 Katy Roy (GBR) 18:17

TEAM: 1 ITA 52:45; 2 GBR 58:10

W40: 1 F Durante (ITA) 17:29; 2 S Santini (ITA); 3 M Kenny (IRL) 17:49; 4 Bethany Thompson (GBR) 18:33

TEAM: 1 ITA 54:19

W45: 1 M Mohamed (ITA) 17:22; 2 S Conceicao Lopes (ITA) 17:58; 3 M Velazquez (ESP) 18:02

TEAM: 1 ITA 54:38

W50: 1 M Federici (ITA) 19:01; 2 S Faustini (ITA) 19:27; 3 T Sportelli (ITA) 21:02; 7 Val Woodland 21:20

TEAM: 1 ITA 59:30

W55: 1 Clare Elms (GBR) 18:41; 2 M Massa (ITA) 19:14; 3 E Carrara (ITA) 19:36; 5 Sue Ridley (GBR) 21:10; 6 Debbie Matchett (GBR) 21:35; 7 Cathy Flitcroft (GBR) 21:35; 13 Sharyn Ramage (GBR) 23:38

TEAM: 1 ITA 59:32; 2 GBR 61:26

W60: 1 A Gratton (ITA) 20:30; 2 M Ruzafa Manchon (ESP) 20:56; 3 A Mazzoli (ITA) 21:05; 9 Jacqui Maxwell (GBR) 24:48; 14 Wendy Doxey (GBR) 30:36

TEAM: 1 ITA 63:01

W65: 1 B Minayo (ESP) 21:59; 2 O Mathys (SUI) 23:50; 3 C Barletta (ITA) 24:41

TEAM: 1 SUI 84:55;

W70: 1 E Kenny (IRL) 22:20; 2 A Galbani (ITA) 25:18; 3 I Illi (SUI) 25:30; 4 Ros Tabor (GBR) 26:25

TEAM: 1 LAT 1:40:00

W75: 1 M Nittel (GER) 27:12; 2 I Liepa (LAT) 38:53; 3 D Bruno Di Clarafond (ITA) 42:24

W80: 1 M Fragiacomo (ITA) 35:41

Half-Marathon

M35: 1 A Marangi (ITA) 68:55; 2 U Persi (ITA) 69:04; 3 M Idrissi (ITA) 71:12; 15 Mark Hayter (GBR) 1:33:03; 17 Gregory Mimms (GBR) 1:45:01

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:29:11; 3 GBR 4:47:54

M40: 1 M Ferrer Muro (ESP) 69:25; 2 P Rutigliano (ITA) 71:42; 3 C Mouelhi (FRA) 72:23

TEAM: 1 ESP 3:35:00

M45: 1 J Nshimirimana (ITA) 69:07; 2 J Diaz Carretero (ESP) 73:07; 3 W Mancuso (ITA) 73:34

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:37:03

M50: 1 D Figuiredo (POR) 71:54; 2 S Politi (ITA) 73:14; 3 G Calcaterra (ITA) 73:53

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:44:08

M55: 1 F Berardi (ITA) 77:57; 2 F Casagrande (ITA) 78:28; 3 A Quaglia (AUT) 78:43; 7 Robin Bentley (GBR) 80:47; 9 Pete Clough (GBR) 82:23; 19 Andy Parkin 89:50; 31 Alan Roberts 1:58:01

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:57:06; 2 GBR 4:13:00

M60: 1 M Vagnoli (ITA) 79:25; 2 C Nottolini (ITA) 79:40; 3 G Mattacola (ITA) 79:48; 4 P O’Grady (IRL) 80:10

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:58:53

M65: 1 V Trentin (ITA) 83:16; 2 R Rico (ESP) 84:35; 3 D Ruggero (ITA) 85:09; 6 Brian Martin (GBR) 89:26; 24 David Proffitt (GBR) 2:00:58; 25 Andy Murray (GBR) 2:05:59; 28 Phil Jones (GBR) 2:11:40

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:20:29; 4 GBR 5:36:23

M70: 1 Anthony Martin (GBR) 89:50; 2 E Toselli (ITA) 96:41; 3 R Bassani (ITA) 99:11

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:56:58; 2 UKR 5:34:03

M75: 1 H Wiedemeier (SUI) 1:49:10; 2 K Traub (SUI) 1:57:35; 3 V Sucha (CZE) 2:14:57

TEAM: 1 SUI 6:02:40

M80: 1 A Jonson (SWE) 2:08:40

M85: 1 G Sablone (SUI) 2:04:10

W35: 1 E Manenti (ITA) 81:10; 2 I Gorban (FRA) 1:24:57; 3 S Grasselli (ITA) 1:31:17

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:37:38

W40: 1 B Englisch (GER) 78:30; 2 S Tamburi (ITA) 78:32; 3 E Orru (ITA) 82:45; 4 Beth Thompson (GBR) 1:22:45

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:07:09; 2 GBR 4:41:25; 3 UKR 5:06:16

W45: 1 N Ciortan (ROU) 82:17; 2 S Conceicao Lopes (ITA) 1:23:13; 3 F Battachi (ITA) 83:49; 4 C O’Connor (IRL) 83:53

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:15:02

W50: 1 C Gelsomino (ITA) 80:42; 2 G Ungania (ITA) 86:51; 3 C Addonisio (ITA) 90:30

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:18:03

W55: 1 Clare Elms (GBR) 87:48; 2 C Brady (IRL) 90:41; 3 D Koller (SUI) 91:49

TEAM: 1 ESP 4:54:10

W60: 1 A Gratton (ITA) 94:23; 2 M Ramos Leon (ESP) 96:23; 3 E Toccafondi Grunwald (ITA) 96:53

TEAM: 1 ITA 5:00:23

W65: 1 C Frontespezi (ITA) 1:40:11; 2 M Heraiz del Campo (ESP) 1:45:18; 3 Margaret Martin (GBR) 1:48:58

TEAM: 1 SUI 5:48:00

W70: 1 L Illi (SUI) 2:02:33; 2 B Hellmark (SWE) 2:06:58; 3 G Pellegrino (ITA) 2:59:12

W75: 1 M Nittel (GER) 2:12:10

Walks events
There were also some well-supported walks with Italy again showing their long-standing walks tradition and why they had double success in Tokyo.

W40 Rosetta La Delfa won the overall women’s 20km walk in 1:51:53 while Latvian M50 Normunds Ivzans was the best of the men’s 30km walk in 2:46:11.

Ivzans was fourth in the 10km won overall by M45 Vincenzo Magliulo (48:00) though La Delfa (49:27) was a class apart in the women’s 10km.

Britain’s only individual walk medal was picked up in the 10km walk by 1980 Olympian (at 50km) Ian Richards  who won bronze in the M70 event in 59:43 just 41 seconds down on winner Alberti Pio (59:02).

Cath Duhig, who won European gold for Britain in 2019 is now based in Spain and won the W65 20km gold and silver in the 10km for Spain.

Britain’s only woman competitor was Italian-born Grazia Manzotti and she came fourth in the 10km having been in a medal position until the final lap.

The only Briton in the 30km was Ian Torode who was fourth M65 but he did pick up a M60 team bronze in the 10km together with Richards and M60 Colin Harle.

Italy also dominated the Nordic walk events.

10km Walk

M35: 1 R D’Ascanio (ITA) 53:29

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:41:03

M40: 1 L Latorre(ITA) 49:26

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:36:45

M45: 1 V Magliulo (ITA) 48:00

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:34:08

M50: 1 N Ivzans (LAT) 49:57

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:08:05

M55: 1 M Carvajal Ortega (ESP) 48:49

TEAM: 1 ESP 2:31:00

M60: 1 A Lopetuso (ITA) 54:31; 3 P Murphy (IRL) 58:38; 5 Colin Harle (GBR) 64:05

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:03:01; 2 GBR 3:13:35

M65: 1 E Alfieri (ITA) 56:14; 11 Ian Torode (GBR) 69:47

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:51:06

M70: 1 A Pio (ITA) 59:02; 3 Ian Richards (GBR) 59:43

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:13:06

M75: 1 E Formentin (ITA) 64:35; 2 J McMullin (IRL) 69:00

TEAM: 1 GER 3:41:01

M80: 1 A Michieletto (ITA) 82:38

M85: 1 A Jordana (FRA) 76:50

TEAM: 1 ITA 4:27:06

W35: 1 M Ambrosio (ITA) 56:31

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:01:07

W40: 1 R La Delfa (ITA) 54:54

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:43:01

W45: 1 V Pedetti (ITA) 52:26

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:43:08

W50: 1 K Bodorkos-Horvath (HUN) 55:55; 4 Grazia Manzotti (GBR) 56:55

TEAM: 1 ITA 2:51:50

W55: 1 M Ioele (ITA) 60:39

TEAM: 1 ITA 3:05:09

W60: 1 J Luniewska (POL) 62:18

W65: 1 D Ricciutelli (ITA) 63:28

W70: 1 M Mendes (POR) 64:20

TEAM: 1 FRA 3:44:01

W75: 1 U Klink (GER) 73:44

30km walk:

M35: 1 C Bouele (SUI) 3:32:07

M40: 1 V CastroMateo (ESP) 2:54:27

TEAM: 1 ESP 8:48:21

M45: 1 M Giachetti (ITA) 2:52:34

TEAM: 1 ITA 9:22:08

M50: 1 N Ivzans (LAT) 2:46:11

TEAM: 1 GER 9:22:12

M55: 1 J De Lucas Pasalodos (ESP) 2:56:24

TEAM: 1 ITA 9:56:19

M60: 1 J Munoz Belmonte (ESP) 3:03:52

M65: 1 E Alfieri (ITA) 3:15:04; 4 Ian Torode (GBR) 3:45:53

M70: 1 S Lehmann (GER) 3:32:33

M75: 1 J McMullin (IRL) 3:42:25

20km Walk:

W40: 1 R La Delfa (ITA) 1:51:53

TEAM: 1 ITA 6:20:17

W45: 1 V Pedetti (ITA) 1:54:27

W50: 1 K Bodorkos-Horvath (HUN) 1:58:19

TEAM: 1 ITA 6:11:10

W55: 1 P Furegon (ITA) 2:15:34

TEAM: 1 ITA 7:14:22

W60: 1 C Triebl (AUT) 2:41:45

W65: 1 C Duhig (ESP) 2:14:38

W70: 1 C Anxionnat (FRA) 2:32:40

W75: 1 U Klink (GER) 2:30:44

Medal table:

1 ITA 105 – 58- 46

2 ESP 24 – 27 -17

3 SUI 10 – 15 – 9

4 GER 9 -10-10

5 FRA 7 – 6 – 5

6 GBR 6 – 5- 9

7 POR 6 – 5- 2

8 LAT 4 – 2- 1

9 IRL 3 – 4- 9

10 SWE 3 – 1- 0

Andy Murray will begin his Wimbledon preparations at the Surbiton Trophy in May before playing at Queen's Club.

It will be the first time Murray has played the Challenger Tour event since 2004, when he was just 17-years-old.

British number one and last year's finalist Cameron Norrie will also play at Queen's alongside compatriots Dan Evans and Jack Draper.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray has won the singles event at Queen's five times and also triumphed in the doubles with Feliciano Lopez in 2019.

Rising teenage star Carlos Alcaraz and defending champion Matteo Berrettini are also in the Queen's draw.

Britain's Joe Salisbury, ranked number one in doubles, has entered that event, as have Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski.

Elsewhere, Emma Raducanu has entered next month's Birmingham Classic and is therefore set to play in front of a British crowd for the first time since winning the US Open.

"To see so many of our British players thriving at the top of the game highlights the progress our sport has made in recent years," Leon Smith, head of men's tennis at the Lawn Tennis Association, said.

"It will be fantastic to see so many of them taking to the grass courts for the summer events."

The Surbiton Trophy takes place from 29 May-5 June, followed by Queen's between 13-19 June.