Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton starts second on the front rowKimi Antonelli in fourth, George Russell down in eighthThe wait has been long for Max Verstappen but when the Dutchman finally claimed his first pole position of the year he did it in no little style. Taking the top spot for Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, Verstappen was all but …

Max Verstappen claimed Red Bull's first pole position of the season as he beat Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

Golfer Tom Kim wins gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea's military.

Saturday’s Nations League game in Rijeka is supposed to be behind closed doors, but there’s a loophole

There isn't much comfort to be found in the pages of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's autobiography if you're a player or fan of Manchester City.

Tom Kim secured an exemption from completing full mandatory military service in South Korea after he clinched gold in the Men's Individual Strokeplay event at the Asian Games.  

Thomas Tuchel expected to name a strong team as England bid to record successive away wins

Blues to face Championship opposition during extended international break

Tennis greats set to clash in celebratory ‘Rafa Nadal Academy Slam’

Gunners fans rue crucial summer misstep after punishing international break

Robert Lewandowski, 38, scores a hat-trick in the Nations League and Edin Dzeko plays his final game for Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Fifth in the all-time scoring chart for Scotland and closing in on 100 caps, John McGinn could do with finding his best stuff again, writes Tom English.

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Rodri is already playing a key role at Barcelona after turning down Real Madrid this summer. Guillem Balague looks at his journey so far.

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PM’s contortions over the Manchester City verdicts have landed him with an early test of what he wants to stand for. Realpolitik, or real values?It’s coming for you. It’s coming for you. Oh Andy Burnham, the hugely problematic relationship between principle and realpolitik in post-cash Britain. It’s coming for you. We are going all in on football …

️ Qualifying updates from Malaysia, session from 9am BST️ Event at Sepang due to Middle East conflict | Email BillyQ1: Verstappen lays down an early marker by going half a second faster than Antonelli on 1:36.477. Hadjar goes faster than the two Mercedes too.Q1: Mercedes and Red Bull send their drivers out before a long, old queue resembling a …

England play Croatia away from home in their third Nations League match of the international break.