Japan come from behind twice to draw with Netherlands

Seven of the 11 teams were running on Monday – Red Bull, Mercedes, Racing Bulls, Haas, Alpine and the new Audi and Cadillac teams. McLaren said last week that they would not take their car on to the track until after day one as a result of trying to maximise design time. Ferrari, after an…

Gasly committed two ‘offences’. The other drivers in addition to Russell were McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and Gasly’s team-mate Franco Colapinto. Hamilton’s penalty did not affect his second place as Ferrari managed to serve it in a way that did not penalise him in terms of track position during a safety-car period. Piastri,…

The Irish athlete was a silver medallist for Northern Ireland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, then finished 13th at the following year’s World Championships and 14th at the Olympics in Paris. She says she will allow herself some time over the festive period to reflect on her seismic progress over recent months, before…

Two laps to go in Abu Dhabi: Max Verstappen is winning, Oscar Piastri is second, George Russell is third with Lando Norris fourth. Does Oscar get ordered to let both cars past? – Chris McLaren team principal Andrea Stella reiterated after Qatar – as he has done umpteen times this season – McLaren’s policy of…

Nottingham Forest reached the Netball Super League play-offs for the first time in their history with a 76-65 victory over leaders Loughborough Lightning. Fourth-placed Forest ensured they couldn’t be overtaken by the league’s chasing pack, extending a 39-35 half-time lead to condemn Lightning to just their second defeat of the season. Rolene Streutker top-scored for…

Barnet paid £700 to secure the 24-year-old’s release in June 1995. Eighteen months later, Southampton manager Souness paid £500,000 to bring him to the Premier League. A fan of the club dating back to that FA Cup final win two decades prior, Taylor’s stay at The Dell lasted just 11 months with Souness having departed…