Ireland's Alex Dunne clinches F2 race seat for 2025
Alex Dunne will become the first Irish driver to compete in the FIA Formula 2 championship after the Offaly native confirmed that he has secured a 2025 drive with the Rodin team.
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Drange, Reiterer, Hawair earn Moto2 victories in Qatar
The second of the Ski Ladies GP1, Ski Division GP1 and Runabout GP2 Asian Continental Championship Motos and the first of the Runabout GP1 Motos for the Old Doha Port Grand Prix of Qatar were held in punishing heat on Friday afternoon.
La Liga chief laments Miami match collapse as others celebrate
La Liga said their promoter for the match decided to cancel the organization of the event because of “uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks“Tebas took to X to express regret at not being able to seize “this historic opportunity” MADRID: The cancelation of La Liga’s plan to hold a Barcelona match in Miami in December is a “missed opportunity” for Spanish football, the league’s president said Wednesday, while elsewhere its collapse was celebrated.Champions Barca were set to face Villarreal in the United States on December 20, which would have been the first European league fixture to be played abroad.The match will now be held at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica home as normal.La Liga said their promoter for the match decided to cancel the organization of the event because of “uncertainty generated in Spain in recent weeks.”The league’s president Javier Tebas took to X to express regret at not being able to seize “this historic opportunity,” adding that Spanish football had missed a chance to “develop, to project itself in the world and reinforce its future.”Villarreal were furious about the timing of the announcement to cancel the plans — the news breaking during their Champions League defeat by Manchester City on Tuesday — and also blasted La Liga’s management of the whole event.“(We) wish to express our deep displeasure with La Liga over the poor handling of the match scheduled to be played in Miami,” said the club in a statement.Villarreal said there had been “no progress” in terms of organization and the club would have “withdrawn from the project” themselves later in the week if various issues were not resolved to their satisfaction at a planned meeting with La Liga.The plan to hold the match in the
Verstappen wins US Grand Prix and McLaren’s Norris pulls closer to teammate Piastri in F1 title hunt
AUSTIN, Texas: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen raced to his third victory in four races Sunday at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, while McLaren’s Lando Norris took a huge chunk out of teammate Oscar Piastri’s championship lead by finishing second. Piastri was a distant fifth, allowing Norris to pull within 14 points with five grand prix and two sprint races to go. Verstappen is also closing fast with his late-season charge. Verstappen now trails Piastri by 40 points, and Norris by 26, in third place, and has put the McClarens on notice he intends to chase them all the way to the end of the season. Piastri and Norris are trying to win their first career drivers championship. Verstappen is hunting his fifth in a row, and his dominant form of late has given him a real chance to get it. He also won the sprint race Saturday after the two McLarens ran into each other on the first turn and crashed out. “It was an unbelievable weekend for us,” Verstappen said. “The chance is there. We just need to try to deliver these kind of weekends until the end.”
Jannik Sinner crowned champion at Six Kings Slam in Riyadh after fierce battle with Alcaraz
RIYADH: Jannik Sinner claimed the title at the second staging of the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh with a commanding performance against Carlos Alcaraz in the final, solidifying his place as one of the dominant forces in men’s tennis.
Lionel Messi’s hat trick powers Inter Miami past Nashville on Decision Day
MIAMI: Lionel Messi recorded a hat trick and added an assist and Baltasar Rodriguez scored the tie-breaking goal as visiting Inter Miami used a second-half assault to defeat Nashville SC 5-2 in a Decision Day matchup on Saturday night. Telasco Segovia also scored for Inter Miami (19-7-8, 65 points), who won their third straight game. Miami will be the No.
‘A new era’ beckons with inaugural FIA Extreme H World Cup in Qiddiya City
QIDDIYA CITY: Jameel Motorsport’s Kevin Hansen and Molly Taylor were on Sunday crowned champions of the first-ever FIA Extreme H World Cup.
Baniyas and Sharjah Self-Defence crowned champions at Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship
ABU DHABI: The second edition of the Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Jiu-Jitsu Championship concluded on Sunday here at Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, with Baniyas Jiu-Jitsu Club crowned champions in the Gi category and Sharjah Self-Defence Sports Club taking the No-Gi title.
Aramco F4 Saudi Arabian Championship concludes Round 1
MANAMA: The opening round of the Aramco F4 Saudi Arabian Championship, certified by the FIA, concluded on Sunday at the Bahrain International Circuit.