Verstappen takes first 2026 pole ahead of Hamilton
Verstappen, whose last pole and victory was at the season finale in Abu Dhabi in 2025, was 0.298 seconds quicker than Hamilton after topping all three sessions of qualifying. Red Bull's Isack Hadjar was third fastest but…
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India beat arch-rivals Pakistan in Japan to claim Asian Games cricket gold
The T20 world champions posted 211 for six in their 20 overs with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma 51 not out, before Hasan Nawaz's valiant 96 saw Pakistan come up short at 192 for six. The neighbouring…
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Verstappen takes first pole of 2026 ahead of Hamilton and Antonelli in Sepang | 2026 Bahrain GP in Malaysia qualifying
The pair will start in the same order they finished the last race at this track. The threat from Mercedes failed to materialise as Andrea Kimi Antonelli compromised his session with his latest track limits breach and…
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2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia grid | Formula 1
Max Verstappen has taken provisional pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Andrea Kimi Antonelli. Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying result Penalties Hadjar: Five-place grid drop…
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Kim wins Asian Games gold to secure military exemption
The 24-year-old led going into the final round and produced a brilliant six-under-par 64 to finish 18 under and claim victory by three strokes. There were signs of nerves with a bogey on the 17th but, after five birdies…
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Formula One 2026: Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia qualifying – live
Verstappen is the man to beat. Q2 standings 1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:35.696 2. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.263 3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 5. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 6. Lando Norris…
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When a teenage Zlatan failed a trial at QPR… for telling coach to ‘f*ck off’
Maybe your mate told you about this new internet money thing called Bitcoin back in 2011 and you just shrugged and told them it’d never amount to anything. Or perhaps your email account diverted that dream job offer into…
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Featured Comment: Ferrari in Todt’s time had more problems than Vasseur faces | Briefs
Current team principal Frederic Vasseur has experienced that again in the past week, prompting the team to reiterate its support for him. Vasseur is trying to put Ferrari back on the path to victory. The man who most…
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2026: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners
Only three colts have won the Arc twice since the end of the second world war, and the most recent of those was Alleged, in 1977 and 1978, so Daryz is bidding to join a very select club when he goes to post this weekend.…
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The football horse that Andy Burnham rode in on is now bucking his vibe | Barney Ronay
It's coming for you. We are going all in on football chat these days, aren't we? Football populism, football blokeyness, the stylings of the football everyman. That was certainly the horse the prime minister rode in on a…
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