Sport shorts: Joe Marler gets ten-week ban for testicle grab and Wales vs. Scotland is off

Ten things from the world of sport on Friday 13 March

England and Harlequins prop Joe Marler
England and Harlequins prop Joe Marler
(Image credit: David Rogers/Getty Images)

1. Ten-week ban for Marler

England prop Joe Marler has been slapped with a ten-week ban for interfering with the testicles of Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones in last weekend’s Six Nations rugby championship clash.

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