Andrea Kimi Antonelli dramatically crashed out on his F1 practice debut for Mercedes as Max Verstappen was fastest in the opening session at the Italian Grand Prix. Italian teenager Antonelli, who is expected to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for 2025, was driving George Russell’s car and there was huge anticipation about his first official…
Jade Jones’s dream of a third Olympic gold medal was shattered when she lost her first bout at Paris 2024. Any hopes she harboured of fighting her way into bronze medal contention evaporated too when her conqueror Milijana Reljiki was eliminated in her next bout. The GB star lost a close contest to North Macedonia’s…
Lando Norris set an eye-catching pace for McLaren to beat Max Verstappen and the rest of the leading F1 pack in a Practice Two session at the Hungarian Grand Prix where Charles Leclerc crashed out for Ferrari. Norris, Verstappen’s nearest challenger in the world championship who could have conceivably won five of the past six…
Nathan Aspinall’s World Matchplay title defence came to an end as he lost 11-8 to James Wade and Gerwyn Price was also knocked out on Tuesday. Aspinall was playing with an elbow injury which he’s been suffering from since the latter stages of the Premier League Darts in May and he will now have treatment…
Raymond van Barneveld rolled back the years to dump world No 1 Luke Humphries out of the NEO.bet European Open. The 57-year-old Dutchman took advantage of an off night for the reigning world champion and claimed a 6-4 victory in front of a raucous German crowd. Van Barneveld produced five 180s and defied a brace…
