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Marc Márquez wins crash-filled German MotoGP as just 10 riders complete race

  • Márquez holds off brother Álex to extend title lead

  • Francesco Bagnaia third as eight riders crash out

Marc Márquez proved once again why he is known as the “King of Sachsenring”, as the Ducati rider won the German Grand Prix on Sunday in a race that became a test of survival with only 10 riders finishing.

Márquez’s ninth MotoGP victory at the Sachsenring, in his 200th overall start, takes his season points tally to 344. He has stretched his championship lead over his brother, Álex, who finished second, to 83 points. Marc’s teammate, Francesco Bagnaia, finished third and sits 147 points behind.

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Australian teenager Maya Joint saves four match points to win Eastbourne title

  • Joint defeats Eala 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 for second WTA title

  • Pegula overcomes Swiatek in Bad Homburg Open final

Australia’s Maya Joint saved four match points before beating Alexandra Eala 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (10) to win the Eastbourne title in a gripping final on Saturday.

Four times Eala, the first player from the Philippines to reach a WTA Tour final, was a point away from victory in the final-set tie-break but Joint dug deep to prevail. The 19-year-old showed tremendous resilience to stay alive and when she earned her second match point at 11-10 and made no mistake, drilling a backhand crosscourt winner.

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Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul sparkle with tons as India set England 371 to win first Test

Another India lower-order collapse gave England a fighting chance of a thrilling victory in the first Test at Headingley, with the hosts 21-0 in their second innings at the close of play on day four, chasing 371 to win.

Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul struck centuries for the visitors, with the former becoming the second wicketkeeper to hit twin tons in a Test match. But just as he did in the first innings, Josh Tongue came to the fore when seeing off the Indian tail, with three wickets in four balls helping ensure the tourists lost their final six second-innings wickets for 31 runs.

Ali Martin’s report will follow shortly.

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Bradley overhauls Fleetwood on final hole to win Travelers Championship

  • English golfer three-putts on 18th while Bradley birdies it

  • American Ryder Cup captain wins by one shot

The US Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley, birdied the final hole of the Travelers Championship and soared past England’s Tommy Fleetwood to win the tournament in a stunning finale in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Bradley shot a two-under-par 68 for a four-round total of 15 under to win by one stroke over Fleetwood (72) and Russell Henley (69).

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Marc Márquez wins battle of brothers to delight Ducati fans at Italian GP

  • Alex Márquez and Fabio Di Giannantonio also on podium

  • Spaniard claims 93rd win of his career across all classes

Ducati’s Marc Márquez won the Italian Grand Prix after a dogfight for podium places at the Mugello Circuit on Sunday, taking the chequered flag ahead of his brother Alex Márquez to maintain an iron grip on the riders’ championship.

Gresini Racing’s Alex Márquez briefly led the race early on before Marc Márquez took control, while Fabio Di Giannantonio of VR46 Racing claimed third place after snatching the final podium spot from Italian compatriot Francesco Bagnaia. The home favourite, Bagnaia, also led the race in the initial stages but the Italian, who had won the previous three races at Mugello, was overshadowed by the Márquez brothers and could only finish fourth in front of his home fans.

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Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh sets second swimming world record in three days

  • 18-year-old adds 200m IM record to 400m freestyle mark

  • Olympic champion also recorded third-fastest 800m freestyle

Summer McIntosh set a world record for the second time in three days at the Canadian swimming trials on Monday with the 18-year-old eclipsing Hungarian great Katinka Hosszu’s 200m individual medley mark set 10 years ago.

Three-times Olympic champion McIntosh, who set a world record in the 400m freestyle on Saturday, touched the wall in two minutes, 05.70 seconds to knock 0.42 off Hosszu’s time from the 2015 world championships in Kazan.

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MotoGP: Marc Márquez rules as king of Aragon … with brother Álex his closest challenger

  • Championship leader dominates Aragon Grand Prix

  • Ducati rider extends championship lead

Marc Márquez proved once again that he was the master of the circuit at MotorLand as the Ducati rider won the Aragon Grand Prix from pole to extend his lead in the championship on Sunday.

Márquez’s brother Álex finished second for Gresini Racing while Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia came third.

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Vasiliy Lomachenko retires from boxing aged 37 after glittering career

  • Lomachenko retires with 18-3 pro record and 12 KOs

  • Two-time Olympic gold medalist ends storied career

  • Ukrainian star thanks fans in emotional farewell video

Vasiliy Lomachenko, a three-division world champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist and arguably the greatest amateur boxer in history, announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 37.

“I’m grateful for every victory and every defeat both in the ring and in life,” the Ukrainian said in a video on Instagram Thursday morning. “I’m thankful that as my career comes to an end, I’ve gained clarity about the direction a person must take in order to achieve true victory, not just in the ring.“

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‘I will never forget you’: Simone Inzaghi leaves his post as Inter head coach

  • Inzaghi departs after heavy Champions League final loss

  • Led Inter to Serie A title during four-year spell at club

Simone Inzaghi has left his position as manager of Inter, the Serie A club confirmed on Tuesday.

The 49-year-old is departing three days after a humiliating 5-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final and with Inter having missed out on the domestic title, to Napoli, by one point. The Nerazzurri also lost 4-1 to city rivals Milan in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

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Sweden’s Maja Stark holds off Nelly Korda to win first major at US Women’s Open

  • 25-year-old wins by two shots at Erin Hills

  • Korda finishes in tie for second with Rio Takeda

Maja Stark has won tournaments around the world, but a professional victory in the United States eluded her. Now she is a US Women’s Open champion.

The Swede shot an even-par 72 to win the second major of the year by two shots on Sunday at Erin Hills. Stark led the championship by one stroke through 54 holes and outlasted the World No 1, Nelly Korda, who got within a shot of the lead before petering out on the back nine.

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Giro d’Italia: Del Toro tightens grip on pink jersey as Prodhomme wins stage 19

  • Frenchman breaks clear to claim victory on brutal ride

  • Simon Yates still in third spot in general classification

Nicolas Prodhomme claimed the first Grand Tour stage win of his career when he rode solo to victory on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday, while Mexico’s pink jersey holder, Isaac del Toro, came second to extend his overall lead.

On their penultimate day in the mountains, the riders faced a brutal 166km ride from Biella to Champoluc with five classified climbs and a total elevation gain of nearly 5,000m. Prodhomme, from the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team, broke free on the fourth climb to take the lead and eventually the victory to become the first Frenchman to win a Giro stage this year.

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Charlie Woods, son of Tiger, fires 66 to clinch first career AJGA title

  • Charlie Woods wins first AJGA title by three shots

  • Tiger’s son shoots final-round 66 to claim victory

  • 16-year-old finishes 15 under at Streamsong Resort

Charlie Woods, the 16-year-old son of golfing great Tiger Woods, earned his first American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) win on Wednesday with a three-shot victory at the Team TaylorMade Invitational in Bowling Green, Florida.

Woods, playing in his fifth AJGA event, began the final round one shot behind overnight leader Luke Colton and mixed two bogeys with eight birdies for a six-under-par 66 on the Black Course at Streamsong Resort that brought him to 15 under on the week.

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Del Toro breaks from Bardet and Carapaz to win stage 17 and extend Giro d’Italia lead

  • ‘Today I realised that I will never give up’

  • Perfectly timed sprint follows two difficult climbs

Isaac del Toro of UAE Team Emirates-XRG maintained his excellent form at the Giro d’Italia to win stage 17 with a perfectly timed sprint on Wednesday, the Mexican’s first stage victory helping him to extend his lead in the overall standings.

The 155km route from San Michele all’Adige to Bormio was less punishing than Tuesday’s stage 16, but featured two difficult climbs at Passo del Tonale and Passo del Mortirolo, with 3,800 metres of elevation.

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Scott McTominay and Napoli continue title celebrations with Pope Leo meeting

  • Italian champions visit Vatican and meet with pontiff

  • Pope denies being a Roma supporter during audience

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Italy’s newly crowned Serie A champions Napoli to the Vatican on Tuesday, joking about his own football allegiances.

Napoli won their fourth Scudetto on Friday with a 2-0 home victory over Cagliari, edging out Inter by one point in a nail-biting end to the season. The team, captained by the Italy international Giovanni Di Lorenzo and including player of the season Scott McTominay, arrived for their papal audience a day after a triumphant open-top bus parade through central Naples.

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Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz close on Giro d’Italia lead after chaotic stage

  • Primoz Roglic abandons on stage 16 after heavy crash

  • Alessio Martinelli taken to hospital after ravine rescue

Christian Scaroni won an action-packed stage of the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, as Isaac del Toro’s rivals cut into his overall lead and favourite Primoz Roglic abandoned the race.

Stage 16 of the Giro was a 203km ride from Piazzola sul Brenta to San Valentino, featuring four brutal climbs totalling up to 4,900m of elevation, with heavy rainfall leading to several crashes.

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