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At the front, Sainz made it three Ferrari wins in the past five races after taking pole position, despite losing the lead to Verstappen on the first lap. The race was immediately put under the safety car after a collision between Williams’ Alex Albon and Yuki Tsunoda’s RB led to the Japanese crashing at the first corner and Albon pulling …

Arsenal have plenty of heart, as they demonstrated here as they ended battling to keep Liverpool at bay with a back four of Thomas Partey, Ben White, Jakub Kiwior and 18-year-old Myles Lewis-Skelly. There was, however, a lack of ambition and belief that saw them fail to capitalise on their first half-superiority. It was inevitable Liverpool would improve, as they …

England’s Liz Young won the Women’s Indian Open by one shot to claim her second Ladies European Tour title. The 42-year-old trailed compatriot Alice Hewson and Belgium’s Manon de Roey at the DLF Golf and Country Club in Haryana before carding a final-round 72 to finish two under par overall on Sunday. De Roey went round in 74 to finish …

In England’s second innings, Stokes was bizarrely lbw playing no shot to spinner Noman Ali. England were ultimately skittled for 112, their lowest total in Pakistan, setting the hosts towards a nine-wicket win. “He is disappointed, naturally,” said McCullum. “We all know how competitive and driven the skipper is. He’ll be hurting right now with how the series has unfolded. …

Former racing driver Billy Monger broke the Ironman record for a double amputee at the World Championship in Kona, Hawaii. Monger, 25, completed the 226.3km (140.6 miles) course in 14 hours 23 minutes 56 seconds, more than two hours inside the previous record. “I can’t believe what just happened,” Monger, who was aiming to finish in 17 hours, wrote on …

Kevin Durant became the eighth player in NBA history to pass 29,000 points as he led the Phoenix Suns to a 114-102 home win over the Dallas Mavericks. The 14-time All Star, who is in his 17th season, scored 31 points to take his career tally to 29,010. James, the all-time leading scorer with 40,543 points, is the only other …

Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris start Sunday’s Mexico City Grand Prix from second and third on the grid behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Verstappen heads into the race 57 points clear of Norris, who needs to gain on the Red Bull driver by an average of just under 12 points a race to overtake him in the remaining five …

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer analyses Mats Wieffer’s mistake which allowed struggling Wolves to earn a “huge” point at Brighton.

Match of the Day pundit and former Southampton winger Theo Walcott analyses how Saints’ style caused problems for Premier League champions Manchester City. REPORT: Man City 1-0 Southampton Watch Match of the Day on BBC iPlayer. Available to UK users only.

Cardiff: Cam Winnett; Mason Grady, Rey Lee-Lo, Ben Thomas, Iwan Stephens; Callum Sheedy, Aled Davies; Ed Byrne, Evan Lloyd, Keiron Assiratti, Josh McNally, Teddy Williams, Ben Donnell, Dan Thomas, Alun Lawrence. Replacements: Daf Hughes, Corey Domachowski, Rhys Litterick, Rory Thornton, James Botham, Thomas Young, Johan Mulder, Rory Jennings. Sin bin: Lloyd (13) Ulster: Ethan McIlroy; Werner Kok, Jude Postlethwaite, Stuart …