'I trust my game' – Sabalenka holds nerve at US Open

But the love affair here has gone way beyond baseball, this has been a glorious embracing of two cultures. A point underlined by the news Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a sister city application with Glasgow. Fittingly, she did so in a Scottish pub wearing a Scotland football jersey. Tens of thousands of football…

World number one Judd Trump will take on Ali Carter in the semi-finals of the German Masters after a 5-3 victory over Xiao Guodong in which the pair shared four centuries. Trump compiled breaks of 107 and 105 open a 2-0 lead and then finished strongly after Guodong recovered with contributions of 104 and 120…

Gabriel Bortoleto – 4/10 Could have fought for Q3 but the Nouvelle chicane crash rather ruined the Audi driver’s weekend. George Russell 6/10 Tough weekend. Didn’t look like he had to pace to even match Mercedes team-mate Antonelli. Needless penalties on top of that and it’s a further hit in the championship challenge. Nico Hulkenberg…

The Premier League team of the year, as voted for by the players, was dominated by champions Arsenal and runners-up Man City. Arsenal only conceded 27 goals last season, with that impressive record reflected in the selections of goalkeeper Raya and defenders Gabriel, William Saliba and Jurrien Timber named alongside midfielder Rice. Man City have…

Antonelli initially looked set to deliver on the pre-race expectations and dominate comfortably at the front following his impressive pole position on Saturday. Clever driving on the first lap solved his concerns about being passed on the run up the hill to Les Combes, when he let Verstappen past him into Eau Rouge and then…

Searle had won 14 consecutive sets without reply to reach his first World Championship quarter-final. The 38-year-old Englishman extended that run to 17 with some clinical finishing in the first three sets against Clayton, who took a scrappy fourth to reduce his deficit. Searle’s 111 finish in the deciding leg of the fifth, one of…