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Lewis Hamilton urges Ferrari to put full weight behind F1 title challenge

Lewis Hamilton has suggested it is time his Ferrari team put their full weight behind his efforts to challenge for the Formula One world championship if he is to have a shot at the title, and warned his chances were diminishing with every race.

Glasner claims VAR was ‘guessing’ after Forest are denied winner against Spurs

Oliver Glasner argued there was insufficient evidence to disallow Neco Williams’s goal against Tottenham, accusing the video assistant referee Peter Bankes of guessing that the Nottingham Forest defender handled and said ruling it out weakens the officials’ authority. Midway through the second half, Williams stooped to head in on the goalline as Sandro Tonali attempted to hook the ball clear after Morgan Gibbs-White’s deflected effort bobbled towards the net.

Enzo Le Fée penalty redemption rescues point for Sunderland at Brentford

True redemption, perhaps, would have been to score with a Panenka, but Enzo Le Fée didn’t quite have the chutzpah for that. His duffed dink at Brentford in January was the low point of one of Sunderland’s two worst performances of the season, but he converted from the spot with eight minutes remaining to earn a draw in a battle of two physically aggressive and well-drilled teams who must both look at the chaos elsewhere and be thinking again of top-half finishes.

Chilwell seals Crystal Palace comeback win after Mitchell double at Fulham

The managers may have changed but the result stays the same. For the fourth successive trip to this part of west London, Crystal Palace returned over the river with a win as Pierre Sage got his reign off the mark in dramatic style. Their hero was Ben Chilwell, the former England left-back who was signed on deadline day from Strasbourg – this time permanently, after a loan spell in which he helped Palace win the FA Cup – after he came off the bench to volley home the winner.

Luka Vuskovic rides to the rescue for Brighton as Leeds fail to take chances

What might have been; what should have been. By the end of this strange, enthralling match two exhausted teams trudged off the Amex Stadium turf wondering how they had not won it. Both sides’ ruminations were entirely legitimate.

Haaland edges Manchester City past Coventry as Fernández sparkles on debut

Enzo Fernández started for Manchester City after Nico O’Reilly’s back injury during the warm-up and sparkled, showing why the club paid a British record-equalling £125m for the midfielder. The winner came courtesy of Erling Haaland’s 300th goal in club football and Fernández had a key part, feeding Antoine Semenyo, whose cross from the right was crashed home.

US Open tennis: Fritz, Anisimova and Keys in action on day seven

So what of their opponents today? Zheng has greater momentum than Keys coming into the third round. The former world No 4 has won five consecutive matches after coming through qualifying – her world ranking is currently No 121 as she works her way back after elbow surgery last year – and the last time she won five on the spin she claimed the Olympic singles title for China in 2024.

Pierre Gasly Takes Shock Pole for F1 Italian GP as Alpine Stun Big Guns

Pierre Gasly has run the gamut from bitter disappointment to absolute elation in the past two days, and there is surely no better pick-me-up than claiming an extraordinary first Formula One pole position at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, one of the sport’s greatest venues.

Tadej Pogacar to miss rest of season after surgery on fractured collarbone

Tadej Pogacar will end his season prematurely after undergoing surgery on the fractured collarbone sustained in a crash at the Vuelta a España, he said on Saturday, with the injury ruling him out of this month’s world championships.

'Victim' Colin Kaepernick is not the civil rights icon he thinks he is

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‘Reverse bucket list’: Arteta channels Wenger in defence of Arsenal window

The champions’ manager echoed his illustrious predecessor and urged fans unhappy at the lack of a deadline-day arrival to see the bigger picture

NFL demands Kalshi and Polymarket refrain from offering questionable sports bets

The NFL is demanding that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket stop offering risky bets that can be easily influenced by one person. Mark Strassman has the story.