Following the conclusion of the FIA Formula 2 Feature Race at Silvestone, PREMA Racing driver Gabriele Minì has been handed a post-race penalty.
During the Feature event, Car 20 of Minì made contact with Car 5, belonging to Oliver Goethe of MP Motorsport at the exit of Turn 3.
The Stewards reviewed video evidence during the race and found the driver of Car 10 to be wholly to blame for the incident and elected to apply the standard 10-second time penalty.
But due to Car 10 not finishing the race, the 10-second time penalty is converted into a five-place grid drop for the next race in which the driver competes.
Women boxers led from the front as Olympian Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Sakshi (54kg) and Nupur (80+kg) won gold in their respective weight classes to help India finish with 11 medals at the World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan 2025 in Astana on Sunday.
The Indian boxing contingent’s tally from the Astana meet comprised three gold, five silver and three bronze.
Two-time youth world champion Sakshi was at her best against USA’s Yoseline Perez to get a unanimous verdict from the judges in the women’s 54kg final. It was India’s first gold medal from the Astana boxing meet.
Paris 2024 Olympian Jaismine Lamboria kept her cool under pressure to get the better of two-time Olympian Jucielen Romeu of Brazil 4-1 in the women’s 57kg weight category. The Indian boxer used her long reach to good effect in the third round after a close opening two rounds.
Nupur, meanwhile, overcame the challenge of local boxer Yeldana Talipova to earn a 5-0 verdict in the 80+kg final.
Earlier, Meenakshi pushed hard for victory against local favourite Nazym Kyzaibay, an Olympic bronze medallist, in the 48kg final but ended on the wrong side of a 3-2 verdict.
Jugnoo (men’s 85kg), Olympian Pooja Rani (women’s 80kg), Hitesh Gulia (men’s 70kg) and Abhinash Jamwal (men’s 65kg) also returned home with silver medals after losing their respective finals.
Jugnoo lost 5-0 to Bekzad Nurdauletov of Kazakhstan while Pooja went down by an identical scoreline to Australia’s Eseta Flint.
In the evening session, Hitesh lost 5-0 against Brazil’s Kaian Oliveira and Jamwal suffered a 3-2 split decision defeat against Yuri Falcao.
Meanwhile, Sanju (women’s 60kg), Nikhil Dubey (men’s 75kg) and Narender Berwal (men’s 90+kg) bagged a bronze medal each, having made it all the way to the semi-finals.
Indian pugilists had won six medals at the previous World Boxing Cup leg held in Brazil back in April. The Indian women did not compete in Brazil on account of the national championships.
Boxers accumulate ranking points through their performances at these two meets, with the top pugilists qualifying for the World Boxing Cup Finals to be hosted at New Delhi, India, in November.
Over 400 boxers from 31 countries, including Olympians, competed at the Kazakhstan leg. India had sent a 20-member team for the Astana meet.
World Boxing Cup Kazakhstan 2025: Indian medal winners
Brookes and Singh (1-12) did an excellent job for their side in the middle overs, controlling the run-rate with efficiency.
Finch returned with gusto, after an excellent recent display in the Rothesay County Championship match against Hampshire, the quick bowler was bowling with pace and aggression, which was rewarded twice in four balls.
Northants soon found themselves 104-7, as Finch first undid McManus with a textbook yorker, before removing the dangerous Zaib for 17, after a superb piece of fielding in the deep from young star Isaac Mohammed.
The fast-bowler changed ends, but his success on the day was far from over as he helped himself to another wicket in his final over, finishing with figures of 3-28 from his four-overs.
Khurram came back to end Sanderson’s cameo of 27 when he sent his stumps cartwheeling, as the Steelbacks’ clawed their way to 152-9 at the completion of their 20 overs.
The Rapids’ pursuit got off to a far from ideal start, with youngster Isaac Mohammed caught at mid-off in the first over, before D’Oliveira was bowled by Willey in the third over as the away side were pegged back at 3-2.
Kashif Ali and Gareth Roderick came together and showed positive signs, playing with intent, as Kashif drilled Sanderson back over his head for a big six into the sightscreen.
The number-four continued his assault, taking Broad’s first over for 18, as the Rapids ended the powerplay 44-2.
Kashif then stepped up through the gears, as he blasted his way to a second Vitality Blast half-century of the season, reaching the feat in 24 balls and including seven boundaries.
Roderick began to exhibit his shot-variety, timing the ball to the midwicket boundary at ease as Worcestershire reached the halfway stage of their innings, 89-2.
Kashif’s display of clean ball-striking provided the visitors innings with exactly the impetus it needed, as he and Roderick notched their 100 partnership off just 52 balls, with Kashif striking at over 200 for almost the entirety of his knock, as he bettered his highest T20 score to date.
His sublime knock of 88 from just 45 balls was brought to a close when the Rapids number-four mistimed a big shot into the leg-side and was caught on the boundary, 12 runs short of a deserved hundred.
He departed with his side 130-3 after his 127-run partnership with Roderick left Worcestershire needing just 23 to win from the remaining five overs.
Roderick fell four-balls later for a well-tempered 36 off 31 balls, as debutant Henry Cullen joined Ethan Brookes at the crease,
Having topped the ERC3 order on BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia and on his home event, ORLEN OIL 81st Rally Poland, Abramowski secured a standout treble on Rally di Roma Capitale, which marked only his second start on asphalt.
Hubert Kowalczyk finished second with Casey-Jay Coleman banking his maiden podium in third place.
“The last loop was crazy-slow but we had to do it to not risk any damage on the car or punctures,” said Abramowski, who extended his ERC3 points lead and also topped the ERC Fiesta Rally3 Trophy classification. “We took it very slowly, moreover we had some brake failure, so we had to take it carefully to finish the rally. Three wins in a row is amazing and we want to continue like this.”
Abramowski, who turns 19 tomorrow (Monday), began Sunday’s deciding leg 3.2sec behind his fellow Pirelli-equipped Ford Fiesta Rally3 driver Tristan Charpentier. But second became first when Charpentier retired on SS9 with a mechanical issue to leave Abramowski almost two minutes in front of fellow Pole Kowalczyk.
While Taylor Gill went on a stage-winning spree following his restart on Sunday morning, Abramowski focused on preserving his comfortable advantage to the finish alongside co-driver Jakub Wróbel.
Casey-Jay Coleman claimed his maiden ERC3 podium in Rome
“We was fighting quite tight so it’s a shame for [Charpentier] but it meant we were leading by two minutes, which is quite a lot. But we had to think a lot about the car because it’s not like you can push everything everywhere.”
Kowalcyk took second aboard his Chmielewski Motorsport-run Renault Clio Rally3 with Coleman taking a strong third at the wheel of a Fiesta Rally3.
“We are happy we are here at the finish,” said Kowalczyk. “It was a good, clean rally, we had some problems but finally I am happy.”
Coleman said: “First time here, I’m delighted. Obviously it was a tough rally with the heat so it was a big challenge but anytime you are on the podium it’s a good day. We got a [front-left] puncture on the first stage out of service this afternoon and we only had one spare so that had our hearts in our mouths for a while. It was four kilometres from the end and we had to drive on the rim.”
“First time here, I’m delighted. Obviously it was a tough rally with the heat so it was a big challenge but anytime you are on the podium it’s a good day.”
Swedish teenager Adam Grahn finished his first Tarmac rally in fourth place with Błażej Gazda fifth. Sebastian Butyński was on course to complete the top six behind his Chmielewski Motorsport team-mate but stopped on the penultimate stage to hand the position to Martin Ravenščak, who overcame myriad mechanical issues to finish sixth.
Hubert Kowalski restarted following his SS4 retirement to finish seventh, one place ahead of Taylor Gill, who was fastest on all six stages today after he dropped out of the lead following SS3 with a fuel pump failure.
“It was nice to be back out and find a bit of a rhythm,” said FIA Junior WRC leader Gill. “We’ve been trying to build our Tarmac experience and that’s what we’re here for. Obviously retiring yesterday means there’s nothing more we can do than just drive and build the experience. But it’s a really nice rally and a mega challenge.”
Laskowski, whose Rally di Roma Capitale debut was made possible after 2022 ERC3 champion Igor Widłak gave him the use of his Ford Fiesta Rally3, said of his Saturday exit.
“The corner was too tight, we had a little bit of gravel and my line was not very good and we hit a stone on the exit of the corner and broke the left rear wheel. The pace before it was very good for the first time but the corner was too tight and that’s rally.”
After winning SS1 on the streets of Rome on Friday night, Adrian Rzeźnik retired with electronics failure on SS3. He returned to the action on Sunday morning but went off the road on SS12 having set several strong tyres during co-driver Kamil Kozdroń’s 130th rally.
Barum Czech Rally Zlín is up next on the ERC schedule from 15 – 17 August.
Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva and Ruben Dias have issued their final respects to the late Diogo Jota in his hometown of Gondomar in Portugal this weekend.
The Liverpool forward died in a car crash last week aged 28, alongside his brother and fellow professional footballer Andre Silva (25) in the accident, which took place in the Spanish province of Zamora.
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The Guardia Civil told BBC Sport that the brothers had died around 00:30 local time on Thursday, after their Lamborghini left the road following a tyre blowout while overtaking another vehicle and then catching fire.
Diogo Jota had only recently married his long-term partner Rute Cardoso, with whom he had three children, with their ceremony taking place just 11 days before the road traffic accident in Spain.
Issuing a statement on the accident and death of their attacking star, Liverpool said they “are devastated” at the loss, while his former club Wolves said in their own statement, “We are heartbroken”.
Over the course of Friday and Saturday, Manchester City’s Ruben Dias and Bernardo Silva joined family and friends in the town of Gondomar in Portugal to pay their final respects to Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva.
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Issuing a short interview this weekend, Bernardo Silva said of his compatriot, “I can’t even imagine the pain of the family, of Rute [Diogo Jota’s wife], the children, the parents. For Andre and for Jota.
“A great friend of all of us. His career, although not most important, speaks for itself. He didn’t train at any big team and took the most difficult path. His passion, will and determination allowed him to succeed in life and have a brilliant career.”
The Manchester City midfielder continued, “More important, as a person… the memories that remain… Jota will always be in our hearts. He will always be present at every breakfast, lunch, dinner, national team get-together, PlayStation or card game.”
Earlier in the week, Ruben Dias penned on his social media channels, “I still can’t believe it. You won your first Premier League, we won Nations League together, you married… It doesn’t make any sense.”
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The central defender added, “We won’t forget you; the man… the father… the brother… the son and the tireless and talented companion you have always been on the field. May you both rest in peace.”
Diogo Jota and André Silva were honoured by family, friends and teammates at a joint funeral on Saturday, as hundreds of locals and supporters gathered at the Igreja Matriz in Gondomar, where the brothers are from.
The funeral also brought together huge names from across the football world, including Jota’s teammates Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson, who were seen carrying floral tributes into the church ahead of the ceremony.
Al Hilal’s Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves – who were visibly upset during a minute’s silence at the FIFA Club World Cup before their defeat to Fluminense in the quarter-final – also made the funeral, with the latter carrying Jota’s coffin into the church.
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Many of those at the ceremony wore football shirts and carried merchandise from the different teams across Portugal and abroad where Diogo Jota and Andre Silva, who played for local club Penafiel, spent some time in.
Akash Deep took six wickets as India crushed England by 336 runs to level the series at 1-1 on Sunday after they bowled out the hosts for 271 to claim their first test victory at Edgbaston and Shubman Gill’s first win as captain.
India had never won at Edgbaston in eight tests, losing seven, and they were humbled last time out at the venue when England completed their highest successful run chase (378) three years ago.
Faced with the daunting task of chasing 608 to win, however, England crumbled as Deep ripped through the top order and claimed his maiden test five-wicket haul with figures of 6-99 to finish with 10 wickets in the match.
It was also India’s biggest away win by runs, helped in large part by Gill’s 430-run haul which earned him the man of the match award.
“On this kind of wicket, we knew if we get around 400 or 500 runs, we’d be straight back into the game. Not in all games you’re going to drop that many chances that we got in (the first test in) Headingley.”
Gill also praised his fast bowlers Deep and Mohammed Siraj, who took six wickets in the first innings.
“They were magnificent. I think the way we were able to get through the top order, that was very important for us. And both those bowlers bowled brilliantly,” Gill said.
Rain delay
India’s bowlers targeted the cracks on a surface that had been a good batting track for four days, none more so than Deep who removed overnight batters Ollie Pope and Harry Brook in the first session which was delayed by rain.
Pope played on a rising delivery that crashed into his stumps, while Brook was surprised by an off-cutter that trapped him lbw and also hurt him when it hit the inside of his knee to leave England reeling at 83-5.
Skipper Ben Stokes and Jamie Smith steadied the ship with a 70-run partnership off 115 balls, abandoning their usual Bazball approach as the spinners also found purchase on rough parts of the pitch.
With lunch beckoning, however, Washington Sundar struck to remove Stokes lbw for 33.
Resuming on 153-6, Smith scored a half-century but nearing another hundred with two consecutive sixes, he fell for 88 going for a third when he was caught at deep backward square to become Deep’s fifth victim.
Brydon Carse provided entertainment with the bat as he went after the bowling, but he was the last man out for 38 when he skied Deep to Gill who fittingly took the catch to seal a famous victory for his team.
‘So much heart’
“He (Deep) bowled with so much heart. The areas and the lengths that he hit, he was just getting the ball to move both ways,” Gill said.
“On wickets like these, it’s very difficult to get the ball moving in both directions and he was able to do that. He was just magnificent for us.”
When asked if pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah would return for the third test at Lord’s which begins on Thursday, Gill smiled and said: “Definitely!”
Stokes admitted England had made mistakes, the biggest being to allow Gill and Ravindra Jadeja to rescue India’s first innings when they were reduced to 211-5 with a 203-run stand.
“If we were able to burst them open a bit quicker than we ended up doing, then things could have been a little bit different,” he said.
“And then being 80-5 (84) in our reply to India’s big first innings, it was obviously going to be tough to be able to scrape it back from there.
“The opposition is full of world-class performers, Shubman’s had an unbelievable game with the bat.”
SANTIAGO (Chile) – A substitution with 4:52 left in the first quarter of the game between Mexico and Puerto Rico on Saturday became a special moment in the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup history books.
When Trinity San Antonio sent Hazel Martínez to the free throw line, the stoppage allowed veteran Pamela Rosado to check into the game, making it her 43rd AmeriCup contest, setting a new modern era record (since 2003).
The Puerto Rican guard rose to No. 2 earlier this week in the modern era assist leaderboard, surpassing Canadian Kim Gaucher’s previous record for games played (42).
She’ll also have the chance to extend that mark to 44 when Puerto Rico faces Colombia on Sunday in the 5th-6th-place game.
Pamela Rosado
There, she’ll likely face center Yuliany Paz, who is making some history of her own. Her four blocks against the Dominican Republic on Saturday gave her 32 all-time in AmeriCups, placing her just one away from Canadian Miranda Ayim’s record (33).
The 25-year-old big from Indeportes Antioquia is tied with Kamilla Cardoso of Brazil, who added a couple of blocks to her tally on Saturday against Argentina to also reach 32 rejections.
At only 24 years of age, Cardoso is already rewriting the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup record books.
The Chicago Sky star already has 20 AmeriCup games under her belt after debuting in the 2021 edition in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The 6’6 center, who won the 2023 tournament MVP honors in León, México, also grabbed eight rebounds on Saturday, and her 178 boards are already a Top 10 mark (No. 7).
Kamilla Cardoso
Meanwhile, Kayla Alexander of Canada grabbed five more offensive boards on Saturday to extend her lead as the top offensive rebounder in the modern era with 87. She recently surpassed the previous mark by Brazilian Erika De Souza (79).
Alexander (241) now needs four more rebounds on Sunday to become the modern era rebounding leader, a record also owned by De Souza (244).
Additionally, American point guard Olivia Miles has 41 assists through six games and is six away from establishing a new single-edition record. Ineidis Casanova (Cuba) owns the current mark with 46.
Deep took six wickets in the second innings as India levelled their five-match Test series against England 1-1.
Akash Deep, filling in for star bowler Jasprit Bumrah, took six wickets as India crushed England by 336 runs to level the cricket series 1-1 after they bowled out the hosts for 271 to claim their first Test victory at Edgbaston.
With Bumrah being rested in the second Test, Akash was the unlikely inspiration behind the visitors’ dominant, series-tying win just before tea on the final day of the second Test on Sunday.
Akash claimed the first five-wicket haul of his short Test career, removing four of the top five in England’s batting order and then top-scorer Jamie Smith (88) on the way to claiming figures of 6-99.
Akash finished with the bowling figures of 10-for-187 for the match.
Akash Deep celebrates with India teammates after taking five wickets on the final day of the second Test against England [Alex Davidson/Getty Images]
Set a world-record target of 608, England started the final day on 72-3 with a draw its only realistic hope and was all out with about two hours still to play on Sunday as India sealed a first win at Edgbaston in nine attempts.
The third Test begins at Lord’s on Thursday.
India recovered well after a tough defeat at Headingley last week, when England chased down 371 on day five.
Bumrah was left out to preserve his fitness, but Akash was a more-than-able deputy.
At age 28, he is a late bloomer – certainly at Test level, where he has played just eight matches since his debut in February last year – but looks the part already with his nagging line and length. He will likely retain his spot for the third Test.
India captain Shubman Gill was India’s other star in the second Test, making 269 in the first innings and 161 in the second innings in a record-setting performance.
Jamie Smith top-scored with 88 runs for England in their second innings run chase [Paul Childs/Action Images via Reuters]
WIMBLEDON — Aryna Sabalenka doesn’t give much away in a tiebreak these days. The World No. 1 has already pocketed three at Wimbledon, including Sunday against Elise Mertens to reach the quarterfinals, bringing her 2025 record in breakers to a staggering 16-1.
Who’s the only player to steal one from her this year? Ekaterina Alexandrova, who edged Sabalenka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in Doha back in February. She didn’t even realize she was the only one until Iga Swiatek mentioned it.
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“Iga showed me a couple days ago,” Alexandrova said this past week. “She said, ‘Look at this newspaper.’ They had a box saying I was the only one.”
It’s not the only tiebreak record Alexandrova holds. In 2023, she became the first woman ever to win a Wimbledon match in three tiebreak sets after defeating Madison Brengle 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 7-6[7] in the second round. Both these statistics are deeply ironic, according to Alexandrova.
“I have a difficult relationship with tiebreaks,” she said. “Especially in the third set.”
Indeed, by May 2023, Alexandrova, 30, had lost 16 of her first 17 deciding tiebreaks at tour level. Since then, she’s won four of her last five, though her overall record in third-set shootouts still sits at just 5-21. But if beating Sabalenka in that moment doesn’t build belief, what will?
“I’m trying to work out the issues,” Alexandrova said. “But this gives me some confidence. If you can beat Sabalenka in a tiebreak, you can do something in the next one, right?”
That was certainly the case against Sonmez. Alexandrova had dropped serve at 6-5 in the second set but used her disappointment as fuel to dominate the ensuing tiebreak.
“I was still upset because I couldn’t serve out the match,” she said. “But I couldn’t do better than what I did, she played so good.”
Alexandrova admits she’s slow to give herself credit. Even after wins, her mind automatically goes to what she could have done better and what she needs to improve on. But she’s quietly putting together one of the best seasons of her career in 2025.
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She claimed her fifth title, and first at WTA 500 level, in Linz in February, and has gone on to reach a further four semifinals. She has a 5-3 record against Top 10 opposition this year — as well as the Sabalenka win, Alexandrova has defeated Mirra Andreeva, Zheng Qinwen and Jessica Pegula twice.
True to form, Alexandrova demurs when asked whether she’s in the best form of her life. Instead of the highs, she points to the lows — her early losses in Australia and the Sunshine Double. But beneath the modesty, she’s found she’s been able to take her game to the next level with her coach, Igor Andreev, with whom she started working last November.
“He sees the game differently,” she said. He’s bringing more variety to my game, so I can use different types of shots and combinations. Before, I was going on court and hitting as hard as I can. If it’s working, great. If it’s not, bad day. But with him, if something is not working you need to find something different. and you need to try until you find something that is working today. If some shots are not working, try another one, another one, another one.
“At first it was difficult because I was used to fast shots and that’s it. I was like, this is not the way I play. But the more I was trying to do it, the more I was able to see that you can always find something.”
Alexandrova is one of the most accomplished grass-courters on tour, with two titles (‘s-Hertogenbosch 2022-23) under her belt on the surface. She’s also unusual in that she took to it straight away. In her first-career event on grass, she qualified for Wimbledon 2016 — via back-to-back 14-12 and 13-11 third-set victories — and upset Ana Ivanovic in the first round of the main draw.
Once again, she wasn’t eager to praise herself. She had been one of the last direct entries into qualifying, boarding her flight to London unsure if she was even in the draw. Everything had moved too fast for her to take it in.
“The first time was a lucky one,” she said. “I didn’t know the surface at all or what to expect. I wasn’t thinking about what I need to do or not do. I just went on the court and everything went naturally. But even now, it’s really difficult to play on grass.”
Given that, Alexandrova isn’t surprised by the wave of upsets at Wimbledon this year. At No. 17, she’s the second-highest-ranked player left in the draw, behind Diana Shnaider, who has yet to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal. This could be Alexandrova’s chance to make a move. She will face Belinda Bencic in the fourth round on Monday, a week after beating her 6-1, 6-2 in Bad Homburg.
“It’s always different and it feels it’s impossible to find the right rhythm,” she said. “One day it’s hot and it’s flying, one day it’s cold and the bounce is super low. You always need to adjust and adapt. Every year, it’s like playing for the first time.
“I don’t remember many matches on grass where I came off court and thought it was super easy. But you need to be mentally prepared that it’s difficult. Only then is it going to be easy.”
