Jessica Ennis-Hill has admitted the fear of signing off on a low was behind her decision to retire last week.The 30-year-old heptathlete announced she was bowing out having claimed silver at this summers Rio Olympics, four years after winning gold at her home Games in London, and two years on from the birth of her first child, Reggie.She had the chance to say farewell to the British public at a parade in Manchester on Monday as an estimated 200,000 battled the elements to witness 350 of the athletes who had spearheaded Team GB and Paralympics GBs medal-laden summer in Brazil.And Ennis-Hill confirmed that she had been dissuaded from carrying on for next years World Championships, which will be staged at the venue of her career highlight in London, because she did not want to potentially end her career in disappointing fashion.My body cant cope with the volume of training that it used to, she told BBC Sport. It was that fear of, Do I push on that one more year and potentially get injured and come away disappointed?Doing the heptathlon, youve got to be 100 percent motivated. You have to want to do the training or youre not going to get anywhere with it.The past couple of years, Ive struggled with injuries and Achilles problems. Id have sessions that would go really well but then Id be injured for a few days later.Do I say, Im in a really nice position here, Ive achieved what I wanted to achieve and more and do I walk away feeling really happy and satisfied? Thats what I wanted to do.While she is walking away from elite-level competition, Ennis-Hills future will remain in sport as she sees herself offering guidance in that field rather than following the well-trodden path into the media.I need to think about what I really want to do, something that I enjoy and that Im passionate about moving forward, she added. I think Ill definitely stay involved in sport in some way.I love getting people into sport, helping people get active and healthy, thats something I enjoy and Im passionate about.TV presenting? Im not sure if thats for me but Im going to take this time to enjoy this moment and reflect, really.Eric Hosmer Padres Jersey .com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Loup Padres Jersey . With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. http://www.padressale.com/padres-craig-stammen-jersey/ . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Greg Garcia Jersey . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. Fernando Tatis Jr. Jersey . On June 12, just as the sun sets on the magnificent historical city of Sao Paulo the inventors, innovators and purveyors of “joga bonitowill” open their campaign. The opponent, Croatia and all its football might and will. As opposites do attract we are set for a corker of an opener.The Seattle Mariners lose a road game at Safeco Field on Monday night. That hurts. The New York Mets lose to the Atlanta Braves in a game that Noah Syndergaard starts. Thats pretty painful. The Baltimore Orioles lose important ground to the Boston Red Sox in the AL East race. Thats pretty painful, as well. Then there is the pain the San Francisco Giants bullpen keeps inflicting upon its fans.Lets take a quick look at the state of the wild-card races.Current wild-card odds (from FiveThirtyEight):American League Red Sox: 89 percent to win division (plus 10 percent for wild card) Blue Jays: 63 percent (plus 6 percent to win division) Orioles: 63 percent (plus 5 percent to win division) Tigers: 22 percent Astros: 19 percent Mariners: 18 percent Yankees: 3 percentNational League Mets: 88 percent Cardinals: 62 percent Giants: 46 percent (plus 2 percent to win division) ' ' '