England scrum-half Ben Youngs has ruled himself out of this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa for family reasons.
The 31-year-old, who also missed the 2017 tour because of a family illness, has two young children and a third on the way.
Here, the PA news agency looks at other examples of sports stars putting family first.
Joe Marler
Phil Mickelson
Sir Alex Ferguson
Greig McDonald
Roger Federer
