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That made Norris’ task in the championship even tougher – he needed to take an average of nearly nine points per race out of Verstappen for the remaining six grands prix of the season to beat him to the title. By taking pole position, Norris has given himself an opportunity to claw back some of that gap in the grand …

Paul Hughes earned the biggest win of his career as he outstruck AJ McKee to win their lightweight bout by split decision in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Belfast’s Hughes, 27, dropped American McKee with a right hook in the first round and impressed throughout with his dangerous striking. Hughes was an underdog going into the bout against 29-year-old McKee, who is …

Action and reaction to the afternoon’s five Scottish Premiership matches.

Maloney tells her story in ‘Knock Out Blonde – the authorised documentary of Kellie Maloney’, which is available to stream now on digital platforms. She is a lifelong Millwall fan but is also a season ticket holder with Portuguese side SC Farense, who are based near her home in Portugal. “I follow two teams,” Maloney told BBC Sport. “Millwall, because …

New Zealand need 107 runs on the final day to beat India in the first Test in Bengaluru. The Kiwis bowled India out for 462 on day four before bad light stopped play four balls into their chase. Sarfaraz Khan hit 150 and Rishabh Pant 99 for India as they look to pull off one of the most famous victories …

Ulster hope to have hookers Tom Stewart and Rob Herring back in the “next couple weeks”. Neither of the Irish internationals have featured this season with Andy Farrell’s side set to face the All Blacks in Dublin on 8 November. Leinster pair Dan Sheehan and Ronan Kelleher are both set to miss that Aviva Stadium encounter and the return of …

Liverpool were close to signing a defensive midfielder in the summer, only for Martin Zubimendi to reject a move from Real Sociedad – but now it looks like they did not need him anyway. Ryan Gravenberch, 22, only started 12 games in Jurgen Klopp’s last season at Anfield, but the all-action Netherlands midfielder has looked a different player this season …

The sprint event, for which there are eight points for a win, seven for second and so on down to eighth place, is on Saturday at 19:00 BST. The result was a blow to Norris, who needs to close on Verstappen at an average of nearly nine points a race, especially as both Red Bull and McLaren are among the …

McLaren discovered the existence of the device from open-source documents that contain information on each team’s cars that have to be submitted to the FIA and to which all teams have access. Red Bull have agreed with the FIA to make changes to their car for a future race, expected to be the Brazilian Grand Prix in two weeks’ time. …

Newcastle keen to sign Marc Guehi in January, Chelsea will rebuff all offers for Cole Palmer and Manchester City to battle Bayern Munich for Florian Wirtz. Newcastle are ready to make a renewed attempt to sign England and Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, 24, in January for around £80m. (Teamtalk), external Chelsea will not entertain offers for attacking midfielder Cole …