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Marc Márquez defies mosquito mishap to clinch comeback win at Australian MotoGP

  • Six-time champion Márquez fought back from 13th to win fifth title
  • Jorge Martín finishes second as Ducati secure top five places

Spain’s Marc Márquez has recovered from a nightmare start in which a mosquito infiltrated his visor to claim a sensational fifth Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix victory. Having fallen back to 13th after wheel-spinning off the start line, the six-time world MotoGP champion produced a flawless ride and finally overtook his countryman Jorge Martín with four laps to go at Phillip Island on Sunday.

Martín fought back in a tense sprint to the finish line but the experienced Márquez held him off to close the gap on Martín and the Italian Francesco Bagnaia at the top of the world championship standings.

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Lionel Messi’s 11-minute hat-trick helps Inter Miami break MLS points record

  • Messi and co stroll to 6-2 win over New England
  • Inter Miami awarded spot in 2025 Club World Cup

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have put together the best regular season in Major League Soccer history.

Messi had three goals and an assist in the second half alone, Luis Suárez had a pair of first-half goals and Inter Miami beat the New England Revolution 6-2 on Saturday night, finishing the season with an MLS-record 74 points – one more than the Revolution had in 2021.

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Championship roundup: Cardiff hit five to stun Wayne Rooney and Plymouth

  • Interim manager Riza claims second win in three games
  • Burnley go top; Portsmouth beat QPR at bottom of table

Wayne Rooney bemoaned a “difficult” afternoon after watching from the stands as his Plymouth side were hammered 5-0 at Cardiff.

Michael Obafemi spurned a glorious chance for Plymouth early on, and it was all downhill for the visitors after that, with goals from Alex Robertson, Rubin Colwill, Anwar El Ghazi, Callum Robinson and Chris Willock. Ibrahim Cissoko was sent off five minutes before the break after reacting to an incident with Perry Ng.

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‘Have you forgotten everything?’ Mainz fans’ fury at Klopp’s Red Bull move

  • Fans of Klopp’s former club display banners at game
  • Kane hat-trick sinks Stuttgart; Celta Vigo 1-2 Real Madrid

Jürgen Klopp has been criticised by fans of his former club Mainz for his decision to join the energy drinks company Red Bull and oversee its network of clubs. Mainz supporters held banners during their team’s Bundesliga game against Leipzig – a Red Bull-backed club – in which they addressed their former hero.

“Have you forgotten everything we gave you?” asked one huge banner behind one of the goals, referring to Klopp’s tearful farewell speech when he left the club after 18 years as a player and coach in 2008.

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The Lion king in waiting? Why Ireland’s new talisman Caelan Doris fits the bill

The country boy from Lacken who is now a world-class No 8 on enjoying captaincy, a fascination with psychology and his penchant for hot yoga

It will be another six months before Andy Farrell finally has to choose his British & Irish Lions captain for the 2025 expedition to Australia. Plenty of time for the landscape to change and, theoretically, for one or two surprise contenders to emerge from the shrubbery. Until, that is, you sit down with the staggeringly impressive Caelan Doris and realise there is little need for Farrell to look anywhere else.

A bold prediction? Hardly. It is not rocket science that a world-class player with the universal respect of his peers, a university degree in psychology and a warm smile might just fit the bill. Ireland have produced some illustrious Lions captains in the pro era, from Brian O’Driscoll to Paul O’Connell and Peter O’Mahony, and another top-drawer candidate lurks quietly in the wings.

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‘Very special’: Archibald makes golden return at Cycling World Championships

  • Rider helps Great Britain defend team pursuit title
  • Archibald missed Paris Olympics with serious leg injuries

Katie Archibald struck gold on her return from serious leg injuries as Great Britain successfully defended the women’s team pursuit title at the Cycling World Championships in Denmark.

Archibald’s hopes of more Olympic success in Paris were dashed when she suffered a fractured tibia and fibula, dislocated ankle and ligament damage in a freak accident when stumbling over a step in her garden in June.

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India crumble to 46 against New Zealand for lowest Test score at home

  • Matt Henry takes five for 15 at the first Test in Bengaluru
  • Rohit Sharma’s side record nation’s third lowest Test total

India collapsed to their lowest Test total on home soil after Matt Henry and William O’Rourke helped New Zealand dismiss the hosts for only 46 runs on the second day of the first match in Bengaluru.

After the opening day was washed out by rain, India immediately regretted their decision to bat first as the seamers took centre stage. Henry claimed five for 15, while O’Rourke returned four for 22 to condemn Rohit Sharma’s side to their third lowest five-day total, only just surpassing the 36 they made in Australia in 2020 and 42 in England 50 years ago.

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AFL trade period: Bailey Smith heads to Geelong as deadline day ends with flurry of deals

  • Moves for Jake Stringer, Luke Parker, Tom Barrass sealed in last hour
  • Tigers armed with suite of picks after Bolton joins Dockers, Rioli to Suns

Western Bulldogs star Bailey Smith will go to Geelong after a last-gasp AFL trade was struck. With about five minutes left before the 7.30pm AEDT deadline on Wednesday night, news came through that the deal had been struck after months of expectation. Also in the last hour of the trade period, Essendon forward Jake Stringer was offloaded to GWS after it had appeared that deal had fallen through.

Tom Barrass goes from West Coast to Hawthorn, Luke Parker and Jacob Konstanty have departed Sydney to join North Melbourne, and Caleb Daniel also joins the Kangaroos from the Bulldogs. In other late trades, James Peatling heads from GWS to Adelaide and Jack Macrae finally has his wish, of leaving the Bulldogs for St Kilda.

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Alphonse Le Grande loses Cesarewitch after jockey breaches whip rules

  • Apprentice Jamie Powell banned from riding for 28 days
  • Manxman promoted to first place after BHA ruling

“There is simply no excuse for using the whip four times or more above the permitted level [of six],” Brant ­Dunshea, the British ­Horseracing Authority’s chief regulatory officer, said on Tuesday, after the ­regulator’s whip review committee had ­disqualified Alphonse Le Grande and Jamie Powell from first place in the ­Cesarewitch Handicap at ­Newmarket on Saturday. “[Disqualification] sends a clear message that we do not tolerate misuse of the whip.”

But if it is not excusable then the fact that Powell has now been stripped of the most valuable and high-profile success of his career is, to some extent at least, explicable.

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FA Cup first round: MK Dons to host AFC Wimbledon among standout ties

  • League One leaders Birmingham to visit Sutton
  • Weston-super-Mare head up to Bristol Rovers

MK Dons will host AFC Wimbledon in the first round of the FA Cup. The two sides will go head to head in the all-League Two affair at Stadium MK next month, having already faced each other in the league this season, Wimbledon winning 3-0.

The League One leaders Birmingham were drawn away at National League club Sutton, while Wrexham, second in the table behind Birmingham, will travel to Harrogate. Bristol Rovers will host their near neighbours Weston-super-Mare of the National League South.

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Ryder Cup accused of pricing fans out of Bethpage Black due to $750 day tickets

  • Standard tickets for Rome last year cost just over £200
  • Online backlash over price hike for New York edition

Golf fans seeking to attend the Ryder Cup next year through the event’s “random selection” process face being charged $750 for day tickets for the competition proper. The cost of attending Bethpage Black in New York, where Europe are seeking to defend the trophy won in Rome last year, is only likely to increase the sense the Ryder Cup is pricing out ordinary golf fans as it moves towards the corporate classes. The online backlash has proved fierce.

Those who have not already bought Bethpage tickets can register for free via the Ryder Cup’s official site for the random allocation. Successful applicants for the event next September will be informed by early next month. Only single tickets for each day have been made available although those picked via the ballot may be able to buy up to four, if they can afford them.

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