"It took 64 stitches to cover the wound. What was supposed to be a 45-minute operation turned into a three-and-a-half hour marathon," Newcombe told the Weekend Australian. The former No. 1 and ...

Operation Newcombe, expanded in 2019 to include the deployment of a British reconnaissance battlegroup as peacekeepers in Mali, was supposed to be at the core of a renewed UK strategy in the Sahel.