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England’s Tyrrell Hatton held his nerve at the final hole to edge out Daniel Hillier to win the Dubai Desert Classic by one shot. Hatton went to the 18th two shots ahead of Hillier but the New Zealander, who led by one shot going into Sunday, birdied it to leave the Englishman with a tricky par putt to win. The …

Shaun Murphy compiled only the sixth maximum 147 break in the history of the Masters on his way to a win that set up a final against world champion Kyren Wilson. Murphy achieved the feat in his 6-3 semi-final win over Mark Allen on Saturday. He will now face Wilson, who emerged as an impressive 6-3 winner in a meeting …

Crusaders ended a three-game losing streak with a hard-earned triumph at Coleraine, their third league success over the Bannsiders this season. Blaney headed the visitors in front on the half hour before second half substitute Harry Jewitt-White sealed the win with a breakaway goal deep into added time. The home side missed a litany of chances in the early stages …

Top seed Aryna Sabalenka continued her bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title with victory over Denmark’s Clara Tauson in straight sets. The 26-year-old Belarusian was made to work for her 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 win on Rod Laver Arena but secured victory in two hours six minutes to progress to the fourth round. There were 11 breaks of serve …

Novak Djokovic surpassed Roger Federer’s all-time record for the most major singles matches played as he reached the Australian Open third round. The 37-year-old was made to work in his 430th Grand Slam singles match but he emerged triumphant, beating qualifier Jaime Faria 6-1 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-2. The win gives Djokovic sole ownership of the all-time record for most …

Trump was clinical in his win over Hawkins, who scored only 59 points in the first five frames – the 45-year-old’s cause not helped by knocking in a red when attempting to disturb the pack while potting the blue in the opening frame. It was a foul that Hawkins repeated in frame four, by which time Trump was in full …

Burrage first thought about quitting the sport in 2020 after a series of injuries, but fought back to enjoy the biggest successes of her career. A maiden Grand Slam win came at Wimbledon in 2023 and led to an unforgettable appearance on Centre Court in the second round, while she also won in the first round of that year’s US …

Ospreys: Walsh; Kasende, Watkin, K Williams, Giles; Edwards, Morgan-Williams; G Thomas, Parry, Botha, Spencer, Griffiths, Morgan (capt), Tipuric, Morris. Replacements: L Lloyd, Phillips, Warren, Ratti, Morse, Hardy, Boshoff, Houston. Sin-bin: Spencer 38 Newcastle Falcons: Brown; Pepper, Spencer, Doherty, Greenwood; Wilkinson, Elliott; Rewcastle, Fletcher, Hancock, Hawkins, Scott, van der Walt (capt), Bainbridge, Leatherbarrow. Replacements: Byrne, Hancock, McCallum, Baker, Parsons, O’Sullivan, Metcalf, …

Great Britain’s Harriet Dart and Billy Harris have reached the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open, but Heather Watson was beaten at Melbourne Park. Third seed Dart, who has recently slipped out of the world’s top 100, fought back to beat Australian teenager Taylah Preston 6-7 (7-9) 6-1 6-2. Harris, the last British man left in qualifying, needed …

Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama set a new PGA Tour record score for 72 holes of 35 under par in winning the season-opening event at The Sentry in Hawaii. The 2021 Masters champion carded a final round 65 to make history on the Plantation Course in Kapalua. He beat the previous record of 34 under, set by Cameron Smith at the same …