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August 24, 2025

Marc Márquez seals seventh straight MotoGP sprint-race double in Hungary

Ducati rider extends world title lead to 175 points
Jorge Martín fourth as injury comeback continues

Marc Márquez delivered a masterclass at the Balaton Park Circuit on Sunday to win the first Hungarian Grand Prix in 33 years. The Ducati rider secured his seventh straight sprint-race double and stretched his world championship lead to 175 points.

KTM’s Pedro Acosta and Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi joined Márquez on the podium as the defending world champion, Jorge Martín, came fourth – his best finish on the Aprilia since his return from injury.

August 23, 2025

European football: McTominay and De Bruyne power Napoli to win over Sassuolo

Milan slip up in home defeat against Cremonese
Aubameyang scores double in Marseille romp; Atlético held

Napoli launched their Serie A season in style with a 2-0 win at Sassuolo, as Scott McTominay powered in a first-half header before Kevin De Bruyne curled home a free-kick after the break.

The former Manchester United midfielder McTominay bulleted a header into the net from Matteo Politano’s curling cross after just 17 minutes to put Napoli ahead. De Bruyne, who moved to Italy after his Manchester City contract expired, doubled the advantage after 57 minutes, bending a free-kick from a tight angle over the crowded box and into the far bottom corner. McTominay told Dazn: “It’s an honour to have De Bruyne in the team. I’m the one who has to learn from him, not the other way around.”

August 23, 2025

Pollard shines as South Africa bounce back to beat Australia in Rugby Championship

South Africa 30-22 Australia
Springboks avenge shock loss to Wallabies

Handré Pollard put in a commanding performance at fly-half as a more pragmatic South Africa beat Australia in their second Rugby Championship Test in Cape Town to reignite the defence of their title.

Australia stunned the world champions 38-22 in their competition opener in Johannesburg last Saturday as the hosts tried to play an expansive gameplan with ball in hand and were picked off. This time round they turned it into an aerial contest, marshalled superbly by Pollard, who kicked 15 points to go with tries by the wing Canan Moodie, the No 8 Kwagga Smith and the lock Eben Etzebeth.

August 23, 2025

Vuelta a España: Jasper Philipsen bounces back from Tour pain to win opening stage

Belgian claims red jersey after sprint finish
Opening stage starts in Italy for the first time

Jasper Philipsen, of Alpecin-Deceuninck, won stage one of the Vuelta a España in a sprint finish on Saturday to take the red jersey in a repeat of his heroics in the first stage of the Tour de France where he registered his last Grand Tour stage win.

Philipsen had also taken the yellow jersey at last month’s Tour before a serious crash, where he fractured his collarbone and needed surgery, ruled him out of the rest of the race two days later.

August 21, 2025

Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori overcome singles stars to win US Open mixed doubles final

Defending champions beat Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud 6-3 5-7 10-6
Italians went up 4-0 in tiebreak before Swiatek double fault sealed win

Italians Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori have retained their mixed doubles title at the US Open on Wednesday, overcoming Iga Swiatek and Casper Ruud 6-3 5-7 10-6 in the competition’s reimagined format that drew some of the top singles players.

The defending champions, who needed a wild card entry into the competition that prioritised singles rankings, relied on their veteran experience to outfox the Polish-Norwegian duo.

August 17, 2025

Iga Swiatek powers into first Cincinnati final with battling win over Rybakina

World No 3 recovers from early break to win 7-5, 6-3
Paolini beats Kudermetova 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3 in other semi

Iga Swiatek, the third seed, defeated Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to reach her first Cincinnati Open final. The Pole had her hands full in the early stages of the 98-minute match but took advantage of a sudden dip in Rybakina’s form to win four consecutive games and wrap up the first set before easing through the second.

“That was a tough match,” Swiatek said. “At the beginning the level was pretty crazy. We played so fast that sometimes we couldn’t even run to the second ball. But I was there to play with intensity and good quality and I am super happy with the performance. I served much better, so for sure it helped and I wouldn’t change anything.”

August 17, 2025

Marc Márquez reigns supreme in Austria with sprint-race MotoGP double

Marc Márquez takes 142-point lead over brother Alex
Wins sixth GP in a row for first time since 2014

Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Márquez marked the 1,000th premier class race in history by winning the Austrian Grand Prix for the first time in his career to take a mammoth 142-point lead over his brother Alex in the championship.

Having won Saturday’s sprint from the second row, Marc Márque claimed the sprint-race double for the sixth Grand Prix in a row, with the Spaniard unbeaten since the British Grand Prix in May. Not since 2014 had Marc Márquez claimed six Grand Prix wins on the bounce as he inches closer to a seventh MotoGP crown with nine rounds left.

August 16, 2025August 17, 2025

Jannik Sinner sets up Carlos Alcaraz showdown in Cincinnati Open final

World No 1 wins 7-6 (4), 6-2 against Térence Atmane
Alcaraz sees off Alexander Zverev to make final

Jannik Sinner, the top seed and defending champion, ended the French qualifier Térence Atmane’s dream run at the Cincinnati Open with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win to reach the final of the US Open warm-up event.

Sinner, playing on his 24th birthday, won a remarkable 91% of his first-serve points, did not face a single break point during the 86-minute match and converted two of five break points in his first career meeting with Atmane, the world No 136.

August 16, 2025

Wilson double sparks remarkable Australia comeback win to stun South Africa

South Africa 22-38 Australia
Wallabies recover from 22-0 down to sink Springboks

Australia rallied from 22-0 down as Harry Wilson, their captain, scored two tries in a stunning 38-22 bonus-point victory over South Africa in their Rugby Championship opener on Saturday, the Wallabies’ first victory at Ellis Park in Johannesburg since 1963.

South Africa raced into a seemingly commanding lead through tries by the wing Kurt-Lee Arendse, the centre André Esterhuizen and the No 8 Siya Kolisi, but their achilles heel has been the breakdown and it was there that Australia began to take control.

August 16, 2025

Glenn Maxwell steers Australia to T20 series win over South Africa in thriller

Third T20i: Australia, 173-8, bt SA, 172-7, by two wkts
Maxwell’s 62 gets hosts home with one ball to spare

Australia’s Glenn Maxwell produced an unbeaten half-century in a tense chase to help the hosts edge out South Africa by two wickets in the third and final T20 international in Cairns on Saturday. Maxwell’s unbeaten 62 off 36 balls helped Australia chase down 173 with one ball to spare at the Cazalys Stadium, completing a 2-1 series victory in style.

After 18 overs, it was a run-a-ball target for Australia with Maxwell in the middle. The South African bowler Corbin Bosch (three for 26) claimed two wickets and kept Maxwell away from the strike. Needing 10 off the last over from Lungi Ngidi, Maxwell took six from the first four balls before reverse-sweeping for four to seal Australia’s dramatic victory.

August 10, 2025

‘Irreparable loss’: Two Japanese boxers on same card die from brain injuries

Hiromasa Urakawa passes days after Shigetoshi Kotari died
Pair had been injured in fights at same event in Tokyo on 2 August

Two Japanese boxers have died days after suffering brain injuries in separate fights on the same card, boxing associations and media reports said.

Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday and Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in their fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on 2 August, Japanese media said.

August 2, 2025

Backstroke queen Kaylee McKeown pulls off another golden double

Australia reels in US rival Regan Smith
Cameron McEvoy storms to 50m freestyle title

Kaylee McKeown, the world record-holder, underlined her status as the undisputed queen of backstroke as she added 200m gold to her triumph in the 100m at the world championships in Singapore on Saturday.

Once again it was American Regan Smith attempting to take down McKeown, only to be reeled in on the last lap as the Australian clocked 2min 03.33sec, the third-fastest of all time. It was nearly a second better than Smith (2:04.29), who had taken silver behind McKeown in the 100m and 200m at the Paris Olympics, and was runner-up to her in the 100m in Singapore.

August 2, 2025

Charlie Woods, son of Tiger, fades late and misses out on Junior Ryder Cup

Woods shoots 74, drops from second to ninth
Three bogeys, double doom Ryder Cup hopes
Esterline wins with 19-under; Puebla second

Charlie Woods dropped into a tie for ninth on the final day of the Junior PGA Championship, which took him out of the running for a qualifying spot for the US Junior Ryder Cup team on Friday.

The 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods shot back-to-back 66s in the second and third rounds at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind., and was tied for second place entering the final round.

August 1, 2025

Charlie Woods, Tiger’s son, inches closer to Junior Ryder Cup automatic bid

Woods tied for second at 12-under entering final round
Teen shot third-round 66 with nine birdies, four bogeys
Top two finishers earn Junior Ryder Cup automatic bids

Charlie Woods is in a strong position to earn a spot on the US Junior Ryder Cup team as he enters the final round of the Junior PGA Championships in West Lafayette, Indiana.

The 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods is tied for second place at 12-under-par 202 after shooting a 5-under 66 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex’s Ackerman-Allen Course on Thursday.

July 31, 2025

Summer McIntosh wins third gold of swimming worlds as Marchand dazzles

McIntosh swims second-fastest 200 fly in history
Marchand wins gold but misses own world record
Popovici adds 100m title to 200m freestyle crown

Summer McIntosh came within a whisker of breaking a long-standing world record and Léon Marchand failed to improve on a new mark he set just a night earlier, but both young guns won gold medals at the world championships in Singapore on Thursday.

Romania’s David Popovici also flirted with a record on day five at the World Aquatics Championships Arena, the 20-year-old claiming a thrilling 100 metres freestyle gold to go with his 200 crown on day three.