England abandon all-out pace attack with recall of Will Jacks for second Ashes Test in Brisbane

Will Jacks will make his third Test appearance, and his first for nearly three years, as England attempt to level the Ashes at the Gabba from Thursday after replacing the injured Mark Wood in the only change to the team that lost the series opener in Perth.The move sees the tourists abandon the all-out pace attack that bundled Australia out for 132 in their first innings of the opening Test – and was then pummelled by Travis Head in their second – in favour of deepening their batting lineup and adding a spin-bowling option.The decision followed analysis of recent day-night games, including the role Nathan Lyon has played in his pink ball outings as well as Kevin Sinclair’s success for West Indies when they became the first and only team to beat Australia in a floodlit match, in Brisbane at the start of last year.Though Shoaib Bashir is established as England’s preferred spinner, and has played 19 Tests since Jacks was last picked, he is both a lesser batter and less reliable in the field. The 27-year-old’s selection means Jofra Archer is the only member of the England team not to have scored a first-class hundred

Win in Abu Dhabi and hope for carnage: how Oscar Piastri can still win the F1 world title

If Oscar Piastri is going to break through for Australia’s first Formula One driver title in 45 years, it’s going to be the hard way.The McLaren driver enters this weekend’s final round in Abu Dhabi trailing teammate Lando Norris and Red Bull’s four-time reigning champion Max Verstappen in the standings.The 24-year-old has had to overcome a curse from a fast food chain and dubious enforcement of the so-called papaya rules just to stay in the mix for the title, and his team were to blame for a strategy error that cost him victory last weekend in Qatar.But a window for Piastri remains open, however narrow, for what would be one of the most unlikely final-round championship comebacks in Formula One history.Already 2025 is the first season to have three or more drivers still in the title race heading into the final round since 2010, when Sebastian Vettel secured his first of four titles

Max Verstappen prepared to ‘maximise everything’ in F1 season-deciding finale

Max Verstappen is fired up to go to Abu Dhabi and compete for his fifth F1 world championship after the Dutchman won in Qatar, narrowed the gap to 12 points within the championship leader, Lando Norris, and overtook Oscar Piastri to set up a three‑way season-deciding finale at the Yas Marina circuit.Verstappen produced a superb drive for Red Bull in Lusail on Sunday but it was a victory handed to him by McLaren, who made a calamitous strategy call for Norris and Piastri.In choosing not to pit their ­drivers under an early safety car when the rest of the field did so, they lost a free stop and gave the lead to ­Verstappen who seized his chance and powered to the flag. With ­Piastri second and Norris only fourth, it has brought the Dutch driver right into the title fight for the last round. He is second behind Norris but ahead of Piastri, a position he ­considered unthinkable halfway through the season

Eben Etzebeth to appear at hearing after red card for alleged eye-gouging

Eben Etzebeth is expected to appear at a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday after his red card for alleged eye-gouging in the dominant victory against Wales on Saturday, with the Springboks lock potentially facing a long ban. The verdict is likely to be announced on Wednesday.As South Africa closed in on a record 73-0 win in Cardiff, Etzebeth clashed with the Welsh back-row Alex Mann, appearing to make contact with his opponent’s left eye in a fracas involving several players from both sides.With two minutes left at the ­Principality Stadium, the 34‑year‑old was shown a red card by the referee, Luc Ramos, after a review with the television match official, Eric Gauzins. “You have a clear ­finger in the eyes, so for me, it’s a ­permanent red card,” Ramos said during the review

Peter Wright obituary

My friend and former colleague Peter Wright, who has died aged 79, was a racing car engineer. He helped the Lotus Formula One team win the world championship in 1978 by co-inventing (with Ralph Bellamy) the “ground effect” chassis design, an innovation that improved tyre contact with the track, thereby greatly enhancing adhesion and handling.He later became managing director of Lotus Engineering, where he finessed the revolutionary “active suspension” system that he had pioneered in an earlier role with Colin Chapman, the founder of Lotus.Despite dwindling financial resources, Peter worked with many others to keep the Lotus racing team going until 1994, when the money finally ran out.His career then took a sideways turn when Max Mosley, the boss of the sport’s governing body, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), hired him to help improve driver safety

Fuzzy Zoeller obituary

The golfer Fuzzy Zoeller, who has died aged 74, won two majors – the US Masters in 1979 and the US Open in 1984, both by virtue of a playoff. His Masters success was especially notable for the fact that it was Zoeller’s debut in the competition, making him the first golfer since 1935 (and still only the third) to win on his first appearance. He won the sudden-death playoff against Tom Watson and Ed Sneed with a par and a birdie, sinking a six-foot putt on the second extra hole and hurling his putter high into the air as the ball disappeared into the cup.Zoeller’s US Open victory at Winged Foot five years later was remembered for his light-hearted interaction with his play-off rival, Greg Norman. When Norman holed a lengthy putt on the last of the 72 holes, Zoeller, who was behind him on the fairway, mistakenly thought the Australian had gone into the lead, and waved a white towel in mock surrender