FORMULA 1: ANTONELLI MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST KING OF MADRING
Kimi Antonelli moved a mighty step closer to the Formula One world title on Sunday after winning the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at Madrid's new Madring circuit.
The 20-year-old Italian's victory, his eighth of the season, came with a slice of luck. Pole-sitter Lando Norris led from the start and was six seconds clear when Aston Martin's Lance Stroll triggered a Virtual Safety Car on Lap 14. Norris had just passed the pit entry and could not stop, while Antonelli, Max Verstappen and George Russell all pitted for free.
A further slow stop for McLaren on Lap 16 left Norris third, where he would finish behind Verstappen.
"I think today it's good to win but it doesn't feel as good because I think Lando deserved the win but overall, we take it," Antonelli admitted after the race.
The win stretches Antonelli's championship lead to 81 points after 14 rounds. He now has 292 points to teammate George Russell's 211. The result caps a record-breaking season for the Bologna native, who is already the youngest pole-sitter, race leader and championship leader in F1 history, and the first Italian to win Monza in 60 years.
RUGBY: SPRINGBOKS CLINCH 3-1 SERIES IN AMERICA'S BIGGEST RUGBY NIGHT
World Champions South Africa beat New Zealand 43-28 in Baltimore on Saturday to win the inaugural "Rugby's Greatest Rivalry" series 3-1, their first series win over the All Blacks since 1976.
The match, played before a record US rugby crowd of 68,173 fans, was the finale of an eight-match, six-week tour, the first of its kind in 30 years. The All Blacks had won the opener in Johannesburg, but the Springboks won three straight weekends to take the series.
In a frantic final Test, captain Codie Taylor gave New Zealand an early lead before tries from Damian de Allende and Morne van den Berg put South Africa 17-14 up at halftime.
The famed Bomb Squad then took control. Early penalties led to line-out maul tries for Malcolm Marx and Pieter-Steph du Toit to make it 29-14. The All Blacks fought back through Will Jordan, who scored his 55th Test try, and Ethan Blackadder, but Kurt-Lee Arendse's 50-metre solo effort sealed it, with Cameron Hanekom adding the sixth try late on and Beauden Barrett grabbing a consolation for New Zealand.
The victory was Rassie Erasmus' 100th Test as Springbok coach and confirmed South Africa's dominance heading into the World Cup defence.
TENNIS: RYBAKINA DENIES SABALENKA THREE-PEAT, ZVEREV ENDS SHELTON DREAM
Elena Rybakina ended Aryna Sabalenka's bid for history with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 win in the US Open women's final on Saturday to win her third Grand Slam title.
In a battle of the world's top two, Rybakina snapped Sabalenka's 19-match win streak in New York and stopped her from becoming the first woman since Serena Williams to win three straight US Opens, taking the record $5.5m prize and returning to World No.1.
On the men's side, Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 in Sunday's final to win his first US Open and second Slam of the year after Roland Garros. Top-seeded Zverev, playing in his 41st Slam, was so locked in he didn't realize he had won on championship point.
Shelton, who had beaten defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 AM in the quarter-finals in the latest finish ever and beaten Frances Tiafoe in the semis, came up short in his bid to become the first American man to win a major since Andy Roddick in 2003 and the first Black American man to win the US Open since Arthur Ashe in 1968.
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