Scott Dixon took advantage of a rare mistake by teammate and NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship leader Alex Palou to take the lead with five laps to go Sunday and win The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport.
Dixon continued two remarkable series-record streaks with his 59th career victory and first win this season in the No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda: He has won at least once in 21 consecutive seasons dating back to 2025 and has recorded a victory in 23 seasons during his illustrious career.
Six-time series champion Dixon crossed the finish line just .4201 of a second ahead of Palou’s No. 10 Open AI Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, the closest finish this season in the series. Christian Lundgaard finished third in the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.
NTT P1 Award winner Palou appeared to be headed to his seventh victory of the season when he ran wide in Turn 4 and slowed, with Dixon squeezing past for a lead he would not surrender.
Sofia Izuzquiza, a silver medalist of last year’s FIVB U19 Beach Volleyball World Championship, now rejoiced with her first medal on the Beach Pro Tour. The Spanish teen and her namesake Sofia Gonzalez, who had one gold from three years ago, earned their second Tour podium together, after the Krakow Futures bronze last month. In Montpellier, the third-seeded Spanish pair managed to string up four straight-set victories on the way to the final, where they dropped their first set of the tournament, but beat top-seeded home favorites Elsa Descamps & Anouk Dupin by 2-1 (21-17, 14-21, 15-9).
In the semifinals, Izuzquiza & Gonzalez put together a 2-0 (21-15, 23-21) victory over USA’s Alexis Durish & Audrey Koenig, while Descamps & Dupin beat fourth-seeded Czechs Martina Maixnerova & Kylie Neuschaeferova by 2-0 (21-14, 21-15) and guaranteed themselves their first Beach Pro Tour medal as a team. Meanwhile, Dupin has extended her incredible season. She has now made the podiums at all five of her appearances on the Tour since the start of the year, collecting two golds, two silvers and one bronze, and she has achieved that with four different partners.
21-year-old Americans Alexis Durish & Audrey Koenig produced a 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) shutout of Maixnerova & Neuschaeferova in the third-place match and have now picked up two medals out of two Beach Pro Tour participations. At their rookie appearance in Geneva last week, they triumphed as gold medalists. In Montpellier, they started from the qualifications again and extended their winning streak to 12 games in a row, before Izuzquiza & Gonzalez put an end to it in the semis.
Wimbledon organisershave apologised after the electronic line-calling system was turned off in error at a crucial moment in Sonay Kartal’s match on Centre Court.
The British No 3’s opponent, the 34-year-old Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, accused the All England Club of home bias and said a game had been stolen from her when the AI-enhanced technology missed a call.
Pavlyuchenkova, on game point, became convinced that a Kartal shot had landed long but there was no “out” call by the system which controversially replaced line judges this year.
The umpire, Nico Helwerth, who did not know the system had been turned off, said the technology was “unable to track the last point”, which had to be replayed.
“I don’t know if it’s in or it’s out. How do I know? You cannot prove it, because she’s local they can say whatever. You took the game away from me,” Pavlyuchenkova said after Kartal won the point and went on to break for a 5-4 lead. “They have stolen the game from me, they stole it.”
A Wimbledon spokesperson said the club had apologised to the players after finding that the technology was “deactivated in error on part of the server’s side of the court for one game”.
Pavlyuchenkova went on to overpower Kartal, who later said she was “devastated” that her fairytale run had ended with a 7-6 (3), 6-4 defeat on her Centre Court debut.
Cameron Norrie became the last Briton standing after battling through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals in a five-set epic which also was not short of drama.
The 29-year-old defeated his Chilean opponent Nicolás Jarry in four and a half hours and became the only British player to reach the second week of the tournament despite a promising start from several hopefuls.
Norrie, the British No 3, fell to the floor after his 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-7 (5), 6-3 win in front of a roaring No 1 Court crowd. Spectators appeared to boo Jarry when the South American confronted Norrie as the pair were shaking hands at the net.
Jarry, the 29-year-old world No 143, had earlier complained to the umpire after appearing frustrated with how long Norrie was taking to serve.
“It is not a nervous tic, it is something he can control,” Jarry said. He later denied there had been a spat, saying all he had told Norrie at the net was the Briton had deserved to win.
In an on-court interview after the match, Norrie said of the five-set epic: “I just had to keep fighting.”
The former top 10 player, who was knocked out of the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2022 by Novak Djokovic, went on: “I think at the beginning of this year I was struggling a little bit with confidence and had some doubts – and just wanted to enjoy my tennis a little bit more.
“I’m doing that and I enjoyed it today, so it was a bonus today, but I was more happy I was enjoying it and I was playing point for point, that’s what mattered.”
When asked about the courtside drama, he added that Jarry had told him he was “a little bit vocal”.
Kartal, ranked 298 in the world this time last year and 51 now, earlier said she was proud of her performance this week.
“Probably for the rest of the day I’ll be a bit sad,” the 5ft 4in Brighton native told reporters.
“But I think tomorrow I’ll probably wake up, and I can look back on this week and be super proud of it and step back and think, you know, fourth round of a slam, it’s the first experience, and for it being here, having beaten the players that I did to do that.”
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She said she had “goosebumps” entering and exiting Centre Court to thunder and lightning. Her match was as dramatic as the weather after the embarrassing malfunction with the AI-enhanced Hawk-Eye technology.
After an investigation which included speaking to the players, Helwerth, Hawk-Eye operators and a review official, a spokesperson for the All England Club said: “It is now clear that the live electronic line calling (ELC) system, which was working optimally, was deactivated in error on part of the server’s side of the court for one game by those operating the system.
“In that time there were three calls not picked up by live ELC on the affected part of the court. Two of these were called by the chair umpire, who was not made aware that the system had been deactivated.
“Following the third, the chair umpire stopped the match and consulted with the review official. It was determined that the point should be replayed.
“We continue to have full confidence in the accuracy of the ball tracking technology. The live ELC system relies on the Hawk-Eye operators, the review official and the technology to work in harmony. This did not happen.
“In this instance there was a human error and as a consequence we have fully reviewed our processes and made the appropriate changes.”
Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper, the British No 1s, have both complained about the new technology and questioned some of its calls.
Speaking after her win, Pavlyuchenkova said she believed the umpire should have called the ball out rather than making them replay the point.
“He was probably scared to take such a big decision. I think they should … that’s why we have a chair umpire,” she told reporters.
“Otherwise, I think soon let’s just play without them, right, and then we’re going to have everything automatic. I think we losing a little bit of the charm of actually having human beings … it just becomes a little bit weird and, like, robot sort of orientated.”
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the BRICS Summit, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025.
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The BRICS bloc of developing nations on Sunday condemned the increase in tariffs and attacks on Iran, but refrained from naming U.S. President Donald Trump. The group’s declaration, which also took aim at Israel’s military actions in the Middle East, also spared its member Russia from criticism and mentioned war-torn Ukraine just once.
The two-day summit was marked by the absence of two of its most powerful members. China’s President Xi Jinping did not attend a BRICS summit for the first time since he became his country’s leader in 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke via videoconference, continues to mostly avoid traveling abroad due to an international arrest warrant issued after Russia invaded Ukraine.
In an indirect swipe at the U.S., the group’s declaration raised “serious concerns” about the rise of tariffs which it said were “inconsistent with WTO (World Trade Organization) rules.” The BRICS added that those restrictions “threaten to reduce global trade, disrupt global supply chains, and introduce uncertainty.”
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who hosted the summit, criticized NATO’s decision to hike military spending by 5% of GDP annually by 2035. That sentiment was later echoed in the group’s declaration.
“It is always easier to invest in war than in peace,” Lula said at the opening of the summit, which is scheduled to continue on Monday.
Iran in attendance
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who was expected to attend the summit before the attacks on his country in June, sent his foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, to the meeting in Rio.
The group’s declaration criticized the attacks on Iran without mentioning the U.S. or Israel, the two nations that conducted them.
In his speech, Araghchi informed leaders that he had advocated for every member of the United Nations to strongly condemn Israel. He added Israel and the U.S. should be accountable for rights violations. The Iranian foreign minister said the aftermath of the war “will not be limited” to one country.
“The entire region and beyond will be damaged,” Araghchi said.
BRICS leaders expressed “grave concern” for the humanitarian situation in Gaza, called for the release of all hostages, a return to the negotiating table and reaffirmed their commitment to the two-state solution.
Later, Iran’s Araghchi stated in a separate message on the messaging app Telegram that his government had expressed reservations regarding a two-state solution in a note, saying it would not work “just as it has not worked in the past.”
Also on Telegram, Russia’s foreign ministry in another statement named the U.S. and Israel, and condemned the “unprovoked military strikes” against Iran.
Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in the BRICS Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, via videolink from Moscow, Russia, on July 6, 2025.
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Russia spared
The group’s 31-page declaration mentions Ukraine just once, while condemning “in the strongest terms” recent Ukrainian attacks on Russia.
“We recall our national positions concerning the conflict in Ukraine as expressed in the appropriate fora, including the U.N. Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly,” the group said.
João Alfredo Nyegray, an international business and geopolitics professor at the Pontifical Catholic University in Parana, said the summit could have played a role in showing an alternative to an unstable world, but it won’t do so.
“The withdrawal of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the uncertainty about the level of representation for countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are confirming the difficulty for the BRICS to establish themselves as a cohesive pole of global leadership,” Nyegray said. “This moment demands high-level articulation, but we are actually seeing dispersion.”
Avoid Trump’s tariffs
While Lula advocated on Sunday for reforming Western-led global institutions, Brazil sought to avoid becoming a target of higher tariffs.
Trump has threatened to impose 100% tariffs against the bloc if it takes any steps to undermine the dollar. Last year, at the summit hosted by Russia in Kazan, the Kremlin sought to develop alternatives to U.S.-dominated payment systems, which would allow it to dodge Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
Brazil decided to focus on less controversial issues in the summit, such as promoting trade relations between members and global health, after Trump returned to the White House, said Ana Garcia, a professor at the Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University.
“Brazil wants the least amount of damage possible and to avoid drawing the attention of the Trump administration to prevent any type of risk to the Brazilian economy,” Garcia said.
‘Best opportunity for emerging countries’
BRICS was founded by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, but the group last year expanded to include Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates.
As well as new members, the bloc has 10 strategic partner countries, a category created at last year’s summit that includes Belarus, Cuba and Vietnam.
That rapid expansion led Brazil to put housekeeping issues — officially termed institutional development — on the agenda to better integrate new members and boost internal cohesion.
Despite notable absences, the summit is important for attendees, especially in the context of instability provoked by Trump’s tariff wars, said Bruce Scheidl, a researcher at the University of Sao Paulo’s BRICS study group.
“The summit offers the best opportunity for emerging countries to respond, in the sense of seeking alternatives and diversifying their economic partnerships,” Scheidl said.
Earlier on Sunday, a pro-Israel non-profit placed dozens of rainbow flags on Ipanema beach to protest Iran’s policies regarding LGBT+ people. On Saturday, human rights group Amnesty International protested Brazil’s plans for offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River.
For Lula, the summit is a welcome pause from a difficult domestic scenario, marked by a drop in popularity and conflict with Congress.
The meeting was also an opportunity to advance climate negotiations and commitments on protecting the environment before November’s COP 30 climate talks in the Amazonian city of Belem.
As previous leaks suggested, the Osmo 360 will be capable of shooting 360-degree videos in up to 8K at 30 FPS or 4K and 120 FPS to create slow-motion videos with a 170-degree field of view (FoV). Alternatively, the action camera can drop its resolution to 5K for while upping its frame rate to 60 Hz. According to Ellens, the camera will also leverage a 1-inch CMOS sensor with a 120 MP native output and 2.4 µm wide pixels to surpass the camera found in last year’s Osmo Action 5 Pro.
Moreover, the Osmo 360 will feature software like HorizonSteady 360-degree software to maximise image stability, Apple Watch and Garmin integrations and gesture/voice controls for hands-free usage. Apparently, DJI’s first 360-degree action camera will deliver 100-minute runtimes when shooting 8K and 30 FPS footage too, or up to 180 minutes when paired with DJI’s Battery Extension Bar, pictured below. Incidentally, this accessory also adds a 1/4-inch threaded magnetic quick-release accessory mount with magnetic charging for the Osmo 360 itself. Ellens has posed a new release date alongside the Mic 3 as well, full details of which we have provided separately.
Win the toss, bowl first and trust the surface to hold firm for the chase. The tactic has served Ben Stokes pretty well these past three years, but here it blew up in his face. Instead, Shubman Gill was the captain being showered with praise at the end, his first victory in the job levelling this series at one-all courtesy of a 336-run thumping.
That toss? Hindsight tells us it was clearly a poor choice, even if Gill would have done the same. But India’s first win at Edgbaston at the 19th attempt was ultimately decided by the visitors outperforming their hosts in pretty much every department across the five days. And as England subsided to 271 all out in 68.1 overs, after being set an unlikely 608 to win the day before, the chief disparity was very much highlighted.
Gill’s remarkable eruption of 430 runs – scores of 269 and 161 – was bona fide hall of fame stuff from the 25-year-old; confirmation that the sacred No 4 spot previously occupied by Virat Kohli is in good hands. But without the bowling to claim 20 wickets, it would have been a personal feat alone. And on that score, despite the unyielding pitch that served as the canvas for his own magnificence, Gill had the tools at his disposal.
Rewind to the start and eyebrows were understandably raised over India’s decision to rest Jasprit Bumrah at 1-0 down. And yet in the absence of the world’s No 1 bowler others stepped up. Mohammed Siraj claimed six for 70 in England’s sub-par first innings, while Akash Deep, Bumrah’s direct replacement, took six for 99 in their second to finish with 10 in the match. England’s four quicks mustered just nine between them.
It has left Stokes and Brendon McCullum, the head coach, with much to chew on before the third Test at Lord’s but, with it starting on Thursday, precious little time. Gus Atkinson has been added to the squad a month after his hamstring popped, while Jofra Archer is straining to make his comeback after a four-year absence. Neither comes with a cast-iron guarantee of match readiness, however, and picking both would represent a significant gamble.
Akash Deep celebrates taking the wicket of Ollie Pope on day five. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images
How the script has been flipped from Headingley, where England’s bowl-first approach came good but still needed a historic chase to do so. Here, staring at the impossible on the final day, they did not go down in a blaze of wild swipes but instead were picked off by a masterful display of fast bowling from Deep. He will not be the one to make way for Bumrah next week and, in that respect, the challenge for England only gets harder.
In contrast to Gill’s insatiable appetite was a home side that registered seven ducks across the two innings and saw only Jamie Smith and Harry Brook travel north of 50. Smith did so twice, in fact, with his remarkable 184 not out on day three – a genuine marmalade-dropper of an innings – followed by a controlled yet muscular 88 on the final day in which he cleared the rope four times.
Not that Smith had Gill sweating much. With the tail for company, he was simply raging against the dying of the light when he began propelling the ball into the stands. In the end he was mugged by a slower ball from Deep – a fitting scalp to complete the fast bowler’s first five-wicket haul in Tests.
If there were any nerves for Gill they probably came first thing, when he opened his curtains and saw rain sweeping across Birmingham. Had he waited too long to declare the evening before? With the ball already 16 overs old and soon to go soft, the loss of an entire session would deny his seamers the use of a second later in the day.
But after some rapid work by the ground staff – a mop-up operation later surpassed by the tourists – play got going at 12.40pm with 80 overs slated. By the end of the first session, with England having resumed on 72 for three before crumbling to 153 for six, Gill could begin preparing his first ever victory speech.
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Rishabh Pant appeals for the wicket of Ben Stokes just before lunch. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Once again it was Deep who set the tone. Seam movement was always going to be fleeting and yet he charged in with purpose to banjax Ollie Pope and Harry Brook with deliveries that nipped in. Pope chopped on for 24 via a crooked defence – his Test and that of Zak Crawley was one of flakiness returning – while Brook’s lbw for 23 was set up by a succession of outswingers followed by the sucker ball.
The game was pretty much up when Stokes was lbw for 33 following his latest struggle against Ravindra Jadeja targeting the footmarks. However, it was the off-spin of Washington Sundar that completed a pretty sorry Test match for the England captain on the stroke of lunch when he propped forward to a delivery that drifted in.
Thereafter it was a case of India picking off the lower order and delighting a crowd that had turned Edgbaston a shade of blue on the final day. India’s supporters had also delivered some amusing chants of “Boring, boring England” as the hosts swallowed their pride and attempted to see out the day. Not that it is ever boring with this lot.
Australia won by 133 runs (Image Source: X/@cricket.com.au)
What’s the story
Australia have successfully defended the Frank Worrell Trophy after defeating West Indies by a massive 133 runs in Grenada.
The victory came on the fourth day of the match, with Australia’s bowlers decimating the West Indies batting lineup for just 143 runs in the afternoon session.
This win means Australia have retained the trophy since 1995, further cementing their dominance in international cricket.
Match details
West Indies crumble in chase of 277
In their second innings, Australia managed to add just 22 runs to their overnight total.
But a target of 277 was always going to be too much for the West Indies.
They lost four wickets in less than 13 overs before lunch, including a stunning delivery from Pat Cummins that knocked off Brandon King’s off stump.
Player highlights
Starc, Lyon close in on 400, 600 wickets respectively
Mitchell Starc was the star of the show with his 3/24 in the 4th innings, taking him to a total of 395 wickets ahead of his 100th Test in Jamaica.
Earlier, he picked 1/48 in the 2nd innings to finish with 4 scalps in the contest.
Nathan Lyon ended the match with a stunning catch off his own bowling, bringing him close to Glenn McGrath’s tally of 563 wickets – second-most for Australia.
He picked three-fers across both innings.
Bowling prowess
Australia make the most of new ball
The Australian bowlers made the most of the new ball, which was the toughest phase to bat in this match.
Regular deliveries bounced off gloves while there was always a fear in the back of a batter’s mind that one would scuttle low.
Roston Chase and Shai Hope tried to counterattack after lunch but it was too late by then.
Early wickets
Hazlewood sets tone early on
Josh Hazlewood, who has been brilliant in this series on pitches perfect for his back-of-a-length bowling, set the tone with an early wicket.
He trapped John Campbell lbw with his second delivery.
Further wickets never felt far away as Australia kept up the pressure on West Indies’s batting order.
Hazlewood took 2/33 in his 8 overs in the 4th innings.
Summary
Summary of the Test match
Australia scored 286 in the 1st innings, riding on fifties from Alex Carey and Beau Webster.
For the Windies, Alzarri Joseph managed 4/61.
In response, WI scored 253 runs. Brandon King managed a valiant 75-run knock.
Lyon was Australia’s pick of the bowlers with three wickets.
Australia went on to register 243 in the 3rd innings with Cameron Green and Steve Smith hitting fifties.
Shamar Joseph picked 4/66 for his side.
In the 4th innings, WI folded for 143. Starc and Lyon picked three scalps each.
Duo
Webster hits his 4th fifty; Carey produces the goods
Webster scored 60 in Australia’s 1st innings. He hit six fours and a six from 115 balls.
This was his 4th fifty in Tests. In Australia’s 2nd innings, he fell cheaply for 2 runs.
On the other hand, Carey scored 63 from 81 balls. He hit 10 fours and a six.
This was his 11th fifty in Tests. He also owns 2 hundreds.
As per ESPNcricinfo, he slammed his 3rd fifty versus WI.
Notably, Carey scored 30 in his next outing. 1,989 runs in Tests at 35.51.
Joseph
WI’s Alzarri and Shamar make impressions
Alzarri picked 4 wickets in the 1st innings. He followed it up with 2 more scalps in the 3rd innings.
In 39 matches, he owns 119 wickets at 34.45. Versus Australia, he owns 20 scalps from six matches.
Shamar continued to make his presence felt for the Windies. He picked 5 wickets in the match, including a four-fer.
He now owns 43 scalps from 10 matches at 24.13.
Versus Australia, the pacer owns 27 wickets from 4 matches at just 18.03.
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Green comes to life for the Aussies
After a string of failures, including just 26 runs in the 1st innings, all-rounder Green scored a valiant fifty in the 3rd innings. His 52 from 123 balls had 5 fours. Green, who is Australia’s new number three batter, owns 1,477 runs at 33.56. He has 7 fifties in addition to 2 tons.
Smith
15,000 FC runs for Smith
Smith, the talismanic Australian batter, has added another feather to his cap by completing 15,000 runs in First-Class cricket.
The milestone was achieved on Day 3. Smith entered the match needing 25 runs to reach the landmark. After scoring three runs in the 1st innings, Smith attained the record in Australia’s 2nd outing.
He ended up scoring 71 runs from 119 balls with 7 fours and a six.
He currently owns, 15,049 runs with the help of 52 tons and 64 fifties.
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43rd Test fifty for Smith
Smith brought up his 43rd fifty for Australia in Tests. He has raced to 10,424 runs at 56.34. He also owns 36 tons. Versus WI, Smith has amassed 946 runs from 10 matches at 105.11. He has 4 fifties and 3 tons.
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Australia maintain 100% win record in new WTC cycle
Australia have maintained a strong record in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. They top the table with 24 points and a 100% PCT.
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0 and 7 for Brathwaite in his 100th Test
WI’s Kraigg Brathwaite scored 0 and 7 in his 100th Test. It was a poor performance from the veteran, who scored 4 and 4 in the 1st Test. Across 4 innings, he has 15 runs in the ongoing series.
Day 4 Wrap | Bowlers get it right as Aussies seal series
Australia have extended their reign on the Frank Worrell Trophy by at least another couple of years after romping to a series-clinching 133-run win in the second Test in Grenada.
Nathan Lyon sealed a second straight 100-plus run triumph just before tea on day four as West Indies collapsed to 143 all out in their second innings, never seriously threatening the 277 required for victory.
It gave Australia an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series, continuing their 30-year stranglehold on the famed silverware named after Windies legend Sir Frank Worrell, which they have held since Mark Taylor’s side ended West Indies’ own two decades of dominance in 1995.
Aussie destroyer Shamar Joseph (4-66) – who now has 27 wickets at 18 in four Tests against Australia – kept the hosts’ victory push alive as he quickly wrapped up the tourists second innings early on day four, but West Indies’ hopes of an upset were quickly dashed by another top order collapse to begin their run chase.
After crashing to 8-86 in last week’s 159-run defeat in the Barbados series opener, the Windies slumped to 7-99 after bowling out Australia for 243, with Shamar adding the wickets of Pat Cummins (4) and Alex Carey (30) while namesake Alzarri Joseph (2-52) clean bowled Josh Hazlewood to end the innings around 45 minutes into day four.
Hazlewood (2-33) was back in the thick of it moments later with the new ball, trapping John Campbell leg before for a duck to give Australia’s defence a dream start.
It was the second time the right-armer had struck in his first over of an innings in the match after removing veteran opener Kraigg Brathwaite for a duck in his 100th Test.
Brathwaite didn’t fare much better in the second innings as he feathered an edge off allrounder Beau Webster (1-15) to wicketkeeper Alex Carey on seven to leave the Windies 3-29 after Keacy Carty (10) also fell in near identical fashion to Mitchell Starc (3-24).
A second dog delay of a Test with a particular park cricket feel did little to perturb the Aussies as Cummins (1-26) struck with a peach in the final over of the session to leave the home side four down at lunch, Brandon King (14) left stunned as the angled in delivery nipped sharply away off the pitch, beating his outside edge and crashing into the top of off stump.
Notably, it was the first delivery after Australia had managed to convince the umpires to change the Dukes ball as it was determined to be out of shape, which has been a regular occurrence throughout the two Tests so far in this series.
Shai Hope (17) and skipper Roston Chase (34) threw the willow around after the lunch break, the latter landing two blows into the stands off Webster and Starc.
But the end came quickly amid another strong team bowling display after Hope skied a pull shot back to the bowler in Hazlewood before Chase was given out lbw to Starc that he failed to overturn on review.
Lyon (3-43) chipped in with the last three wickets to edge within one of Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) in second place on Australia’s all-time Test wicket-takers list as West Indies succumbed to defeat 13 minutes before tea.
While the bowlers finished the job with another clinical fourth-innings display, Cameron Green (52) and Steve Smith’s (71) half-centuries on day three proved the defining contributions after Australia took a narrow 33-run lead into the second half of the match.
The pair put on 93 for the fourth-wicket after Australia slipped to 3-28, pushing the lead beyond 200, which was always going to be a challenging chase given the variable bounce on offer on the National Stadium surface in St Geroge’s.
“Turning up to the ground yesterday, I was kind of expecting to be bowling at some point yesterday,” Cummins said post-match.
Nathan Lyon runs back to hold the final catch // Getty
“Those innings were brilliant; it’s not only tricky wicket but it was really hot as well and they just found a way.
“I thought they were really clinical in their areas that they wanted to score, kept it ticking over – it was a pretty tricky period out there and that really set us up.
“An away (series) win as well, they’re not the easiest to come by, so really pumped with how we’ve bounced back after Lord’s couple of weeks ago. It’s a dream start, two from two gets us into the (new World Test Championship) cycle and we’ve played some really good cricket.”
Australia will be seeking a series sweep when the two sides head to Jamaica for the third Test, which will be the visitors’ first away day-night encounter beginning on Saturday (4.30am Sunday AEST).
Qantas Tour of the West Indies
First Test: Australia won by 159 runs
Second Test: Australia won by 133 runs
Third Test: July 12-16, Kingston, Jamaica (4.30am AEST)
Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster
West Indies Test squad: Roston Chase (c), Jomel Warrican (vc), Kevlon Anderson, Kraigg Brathwaite, John Campbell, Keacy Carty, Justin Greaves, Shai Hope, Tevin Imlach, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Johann Layne, Mikyle Louis, Anderson Phillip, Jayden Seales
First T20I: July 20, Kingston, Jamaica (July 21, 11am AEST)
Second T20I: July 22, Kingston, Jamaica (July 23, 11am AEST)
Third T20I: July 25, Basseterre, St Kitts (July 26, 9am AEST)
Fourth T20I: July 26, Basseterre, St Kitts (July 27, 9am AEST)
Fifth T20I: July 28, Basseterre, St Kitts (July 29, 9am AEST)
West Indies T20 squad: TBC
Australia’s T20 squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Sean Abbott, Cooper Connolly, Tim David, Ben Dwarshius, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Matt Kuhnemann, Glenn Maxwell, Mitch Owen, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa
Abu Dhabi crown prince holds talks with Brazilian president on sidelines of BRICS summit
LONDON: Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, discussed ways to strengthen ties between the UAE and Brazil during a meeting on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit.
Sheikh Khaled emphasized the UAE’s pride in its strategic relationship with Brazil, a pioneering partnership built on decades of cooperation, mutual respect, and shared interests, the Emirates News Agency reported.
He stressed that the 50-year bond highlights both nations’ commitment to collaboration and sustainable development.
BRICS was founded in 2009 by Brazil, Russia, India and China. South Africa became a member the following year, and in late 2023 Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the UAE accepted invitations to join.
Rio de Janeiro is hosting the 17th edition of the summit on Sunday and Monday.
The Brazilian president underscored the strength and depth of the bilateral relations between his country and the UAE.
The meeting was attended by several Emirati officials, including Reem Al-Hashimy, minister of state for international cooperation; Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, minister of foreign trade; and UAE Ambassador to Brazil Saleh Ahmad Salem Alsuwaidi.
As reported by TheJournal.ie (via VGC), Doom designer John Romero and Wizardry 8 developer Brenda Romero’s studio, Romero Games, has fully closed following the withdrawal of publisher funding for its in-development FPS. Former employees have stated that the publisher in question was Microsoft, making Romero Games another casualty of the tech giant’s most recent round of cuts and mass layoffs.
We previously reported on Romero Games’ statement on the loss of funding, but TheJournal.ie confirmed the closure and shed more light on the circumstances surrounding it. A former employee told TheJournal.ie that Romero Games “had meetings with the publisher the day before this happened, there was no mention of it.”
Though there were concerns at the studio given Microsoft’s recent streak of layoffs and studio closures, “It seemed so far away from us,” the employee said. “The title was pretty well developed at the time.” Records show that Romero Games directly employed 42 people, but TheJournal.ie reported that external staff working on the unnamed FPS project brought the total number of those affected to over 100.
We were not keen on Romero Games’ first standalone project, 2020’s Empire of Sin. Online Editor Fraser Brown felt it had exciting potential and ambitions, but that it failed to stick the landing, awarding it a 49% in his review. Empire of Sin did, however, get a surprise expansion just last month from developer Moonmana.
Less fraught were unofficial Doom expansions Sigil and Sigil 2, released by Romero Games in 2018 and 2023 respectively. The megawads have proven a winning addition to the Doom canon, with both included in Nightdive’s remaster of the original Doom. If Romero Games’ in-development FPS could have maintained Sigil’s design excellence in a full-on triple-A FPS, then we missed out on a modern classic in the making.
Romero Games appeared to have been gearing up for an announcement before this calamity, increasing its output on social media. The most exciting part of this was an “FPS Fridays” series on Twitch featuring Romero checking out other FPSes, including New Blood’s Dusk.
It sounds like there’s still a faint sliver of hope for Romero Games. “We’re trying to find other ways of funding the project,” the employee interviewed by TheJournal.ie said. “But for now, it’s completely closed, and the studio is closed.” A surprise stay of execution wouldn’t be without precedent: Tango Gameworks was revived by Krafton after Microsoft shut the studio down last year.
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