Collin Morikawa shot a five-under-par 67 to move into a one-shot lead after the third round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.The world number five drained six birdies, including a putt from almost 12 feet on the last hole, to improve to 10 under overall.That nudged Morikawa one shot clear of fellow American Russell Henley, who also fired a 67 at Bay Hill in Orlando on Saturday.Canada’s Corey Conners trails Morikawa by two strokes heading into Sunday’s final round, with Australia’s Jason Day a shot further back in fourth.Ireland’s Shane Lowry began the day with a two-shot lead over Wyndham Clark…
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Great Britain’s Jeremiah Azu claimed men’s 60m gold at the European Athletics Indoor Championships to land his first individual international title, as team-mate Andrew Robertson won bronze.Azu, 23, ran a personal best of 6.49 seconds to cross the line ahead of Sweden’s Henrik Larsson in 6.52, with Robertson third in 6.55 in Saturday night’s final.Having qualified fastest from the morning heats, Azu made a further statement by setting a European-leading time and then personal best 6.52 secs in the semi-finals.But he saved his best for the medal race, which took place just two and a half hours later, to clinch…
Grand National favourite Inothewayurthinkin has been added as a supplementary entry for the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.The seven-year-old, trained by Gavin Cromwell for owner JP McManus, will bid to deny Galopin Des Champs a hat-trick in the race.Fact To File and L’Homme Presse have been withdrawn, along with Conflated, Grangeclere West, Grey Dawning and Hewick.That leaves 10 potential contenders for the Gold Cup, with the McManus-owned Fact To File set to run in Thursday’s shorter Ryanair Chase.Meanwhile at Sandown, Go Dante became the first back-to-back winner of the Imperial Cup for more than 70 years.L’Homme Presse’s absence from the…
US President Donald Trump says the tensions between the United States and its 2026 World Cup co-hosts Canada and Mexico will be good for the tournament.Speaking alongside Fifa president Gianni Infantino at the signing of an executive order to establish a task force that will oversee preparations for the tournament, Trump was asked by reporters how he saw the World Cup playing out, given the current trade situation between the three nations.”I think it’s going to make it more exciting,” said Trump. “Tension’s a good thing, I think it makes it much more exciting.”Trump will chair the task force, which…
British number two Cameron Norrie upset 23rd seed Jiri Lehecka to reach the third round at Indian Wells.Norrie lost the first set in California but the world number 77 recovered to beat the Czech 3-6 6-4 7-5.The 29-year-old will now face American Tommy Paul after the 10th seed beat compatriot Tristan Boyer 6-3 6-1.Norrie, who beat Luca Nardi in the first round, claimed his biggest career title at Indian Wells in 2021 and has reached at least the quarter-finals of the hard-court tournament in three of the past four years.Meanwhile, second seed Alexander Zverev was knocked out on Friday, despite…
Great Britain’s Revee Walcott-Nolan won 1500m bronze at the European Athletics Indoor Championships as gold-medal favourite Georgia Hunter Bell missed out on the podium.Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter Bell, the fastest European across the distance so far this year, led at the bell but could not maintain her push for a first major international title and faded in the closing stages.The two British athletes crossed the line together in four minutes 08.45 seconds, but it was Walcott-Nolan who was awarded her first international medal by one thousandth of a second.France’s Agathe Guillemot finished strongest to take gold in 4:07.23, ahead…
Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has sold his historic car collection to Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz for a world-record price.Ecclestone, 94, said in late 2024 that he would sell the 69-car collection.The fleet includes Ferraris raced by F1 world champions Niki Lauda, Mike Hawthorn and Michael Schumacher, Brabhams raced by Carlos Pace, Lauda and Nelson Piquet, and a Brabham-Alfa Romeo which was raced just once.Despite interest from sovereign funds, Ecclestone’s collection was sold to the billionaire son of Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who has vowed to make the collection accessible to the public. Though it has not…
Commentator Henry MoeranDuckett (Eng), Ibrahim (Afg), Ravindra (NZ), Kohli (Ind), Axar (Ind), Latham (NZ, wk), Hardik (Ind), Azmatullah (Afg), Santner (NZ, capt), Henry (NZ), Chakravarthy (Ind).Much depends on where this fictional team plays – but given the tournament has been split between the flatter tracks of Pakistan and the turning surfaces of Dubai, I’ve gone for a team for all seasons.The spin of Axar Patel and Santner may be similar in style, but Varun Chakravarthy offers enough variation to be about five spinners in one. Matt Henry has been a standout as a seamer, here supported by Azmatullah Omarzai and…
Luke Littler won night five of the Premier League in Brighton on an evening which saw two nine-dart finishes.The 18-year-old claimed his second night victory of the year with a 6-3 win in the final over Nathan Aspinall.Defending champion Littler hit five 180s as he triumphed again, four days after thrashing James Wade 11-2 to win the UK Open.”I’ve always been confident in my own ability, but the way my darts are going at the minute, it’s probably the best I’ve ever played on a consistent basis,” Littler told Sky Sports.World number one Luke Humphries hit the first Premier League…
Rangers interim head coach Ferguson agreed, albeit his words carried a little less flourish than those of his feted counterpart.Little wonder. This was a man in just his third game as Rangers manager and with only some underwhelming stints in the Scottish third and fourth tiers to call upon. He might have won in his first match since replacing Philippe Clement – his side coming from two down at Kilmarnock just eight days ago – but that was followed by an abject home defeat on Saturday at the hands of struggling Motherwell. However, Ferguson and his coaching team watched their…