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Edited by Lasse Pedersen
Red Bull Powertrains' first fully in-house Formula 1 power unit, built with Ford, has powered Max Verstappen to consecutive victories and been declared the sport's benchmark engine by the FIA.
Accounts due for filing this week are expected to show McLaren Racing generated £588 million in 2025, with chief executive Zak Brown paid more than £75 million, according to Sky News.
Newly published accounts show the £2.35bn proceeds from Roman Abramovich's forced 2022 sale of Chelsea FC have earned at least £175m in interest while frozen in a UK bank account, as a dispute over their use drags on.
The reigning Formula 1 world champion has set up a new junior single-seater team with former Prema boss Rene Rosin, alongside a separate scheme to fund young drivers who lack financial backing.
Max Verstappen has signed a new deal keeping him at Red Bull Racing for five more seasons, ending speculation about a move to Mercedes or an early exit from Formula 1.
Mark Walter sold the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion, a year after buying them, as his business empire faces federal fraud and SEC investigations. Attention now turns to his majority holding in the new Cadillac Formula 1 team.
Formula 1 newcomer Cadillac has removed founding team principal Graeme Lowdon and installed former Alpine executive Marcin Budkowski, a surprise change halfway through the American team's winless debut season.
Football's three most powerful confederations are working on a governance framework to replace Fifa's current system, after president Gianni Infantino ignored repeated calls for an independent review.
Organisers have confirmed the quirky pre-tournament exhibition, where a single point decides each match, will again offer a top prize of one million Australian dollars ahead of the 2027 Australian Open.
Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, Australian Open winner Elena Rybakina and Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen have been confirmed for the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Shenzhen. Eight nations, including two-time defending champion Italy, will compete for the women's tennis team title in September.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has scrapped a plan to sell a 20% stake in a new $20 billion commercial subsidiary that would have run the World Cup and other major tournaments.
Britain's Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 to smash Hicham El Guerrouj's mile world record in front of 60,000 fans at the Novuna London Athletics Meet on 18 July. The Diamond League meeting produced four records across a single afternoon, cementing London as the standout athletics fixture of the 2026 season.
Spain's Rodrigo Hernández, known as Rodri, was named the best player at the 2026 World Cup after captaining his country to a 1-0 victory over Argentina in the final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
All four of FIFA's top-ranked nations have advanced to the last four of the 2026 World Cup, with France, Spain, England and defending champions Argentina seeing off Morocco, Belgium, Norway and Switzerland respectively across a dramatic quarter-final weekend.
FIFA suspended Folarin Balogun's automatic red-card ban on Sunday, clearing him to play against Belgium. The decision, which followed a reported call from President Trump to FIFA president Infantino, has drawn furious protests from Belgium and raised questions about political interference
Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli claimed his fifth pole position of the 2026 Formula 1 season on Saturday, capping a dominant day at Silverstone where he had already beaten Lewis Hamilton in the Sprint race.
Alexandra Eala of the Philippines defeated Iga Swiatek 7-6, 6-2 on Centre Court on Saturday, eliminating the defending Wimbledon champion in the third round. The 21-year-old becomes the first Filipino player to reach the second week of a Grand Slam tournament.
Speculation linking Max Verstappen to McLaren has intensified during Formula 1's 2026 silly season, putting Australian driver Oscar Piastri's position at the Woking-based team under the spotlight, despite firm denials from all sides.
Lionel Messi came off the bench to score his 19th World Cup goal as Argentina beat Jordan 3-1 in Dallas, becoming the first player in history to find the net in seven consecutive World Cup matches.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup became the highest-scoring tournament in the competition's history on Thursday, surpassing the 172-goal record set at Qatar 2022 — with nearly half the matches still to be played.
Formula 1's governing body has triggered its official heat hazard protocol at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, as a continent-wide heatwave pushes temperatures to record June levels across Europe.
World number ones Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are among the leading players set to restrict their post-match media availability at Wimbledon next week, extending a prize-money dispute that first erupted at the French Open in May.