Pierre Gasly sprung one of the shocks of the season by taking pole position for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, 24 hours after learning he had been stripped of his podium finish in Monaco.

Sage and Arbeloa began their Saturday in much the same place. Winless, pointless, and starting to wonder if they had made a mistake in taking a long-term lease on a London flat.

Aston Villa came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as Sonia Bompastor's side were denied a winning start to their Women's Super League campaign.

Constitution Hill had to settle for an ultimately well-beaten fourth to Pride Of Arras on his eagerly-awaited third Flat outing in the William Hill September Stakes at Kempton Park.

Chelsea' Katie McCabe describes their result against Aston Villa as 'frustrating' but also that there's 'no need to panic' as its still early days for the 2026-27 WSL season.

Aston Villa scored a late equaliser against the run of play to disrupt Chelsea's start to the Women's Super League campaign.

England international pulled up before kick-off at the Etihad

A Veerle Buurman own goal punished a profligate Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, securing a point for Aston Villa in a frustrating start to the hosts’ push to win back the WSL title.How Villa came away with a point having conceded 65% possession and having amassed just seven shots to Chelsea’s 34 and five touches in the opposition box to the home team’s 57 …

Just as Bournemouth’s Alex Scott seemed to have succeeded in building a personal playground by the Tyne, another midfielder emerged from the shadows and ruined his afternoon.Since Matthias Jaissle succeeded Eddie Howe as Newcastle’s manager, Jacob Ramsey has been largely shunted to the margins, but substitute’s superbly executed 88th-minute equaliser …

Potopova sends Anisimova out at Flushing MeadowsYou can mail Niall and follow us on TikTok and BlueskyLast night Serena and Venus Williams – with their combined age of 456 - blew a five-point lead in the deciding tie-break as their return to the grand slam doubles stage ended in defeat, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7) against Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint. Serena …

South Africa produce epic second half performance in comeback win to take a 2-1 series lead over the All Blacks. Anthems done.A great rendition of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. But does every second person in the stands need to film themselves singing it? Am I just old? A hater? Just live in the moment guys! Continue reading...

Michigan State running back Cam Edwards suffered the unfortunate disaster during the first quarter of the Spartans' season opener against Toledo in East Lansing.

CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: There remains more chaos than cohesion with Newcastle 2.0, but spirit has survived the reboot.

Kimi Antonelli is not the only one starting from the back of the grid on purpose.

Nick Kyrgios was recently suspended after testing positive for cocaine.

Newcastle fought back from two goals down as Jacob Ramsey's late strike rescued a 2-2 against Bournemouth at St James' Park.