‘Get rid of the battery’: F1 under increasing pressure to make more changes to engine rules

Formula One is under increasing pressure to consider immediate changes and the long-term future of its new engines, with the world champion, Lando Norris, reiterating after the Miami Grand Prix that the only answer to address the sport-wide dissatisfaction was to “get rid of the battery”.At the race in Florida, which was won by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, with Norris second, F1 and the FIA had brought in fresh regulations to address unhappiness and safety concerns prompted by the pivotal role energy management plays under the new 2026 formula.There has been widespread criticism of the formula – which employs almost a 50-50 split between the internal combustion engine (ICE) and electrical energy. And while the adjustments to mitigate the issues which came in this weekend were considered successful, the long-term distaste remains, as Norris noted.“It’s a small step in the right direction but it’s not to the level that Formula One should still be at yet,” he said

Relay team grab bronze at worlds on another red letter day for Australian athletics

Australia secured a thrilling bronze and ran the sixth-fastest men’s 4x400m time in history at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana, on a day the country proved its pedigree in the team-based format.The team of Luke van Ratingen, Reece Holder, Thomas Reynolds and Aidan Murphy pushed home heroes Botswana and South Africa right to the line in a marvellous contest that was not settled until the final metres.Their time of 2:55.20 broke the Australian record they set in the preliminary round the previous day, and would have won gold at every Olympics apart from Paris 2024, when the United States held off Botswana.The time set by the United States’ 1993 world championship-winning team, anchored by Michael Johnson, remains one of athletics’ longest-standing marks

London Marathon sets record after 1.8% of UK adult population applies for 2027 race

The London Marathon has set yet more records with organisers announcing that 1.8% of the UK adult population – more than one million people – have applied to run in next year’s race.Running’s boom wasreflected in a world record 1,338,544 global application for the 2027 London Marathon – up from 1.13m for this year’s race and more than double the amount they received in 2024.The extraordinary figures were welcomed by the London Marathon CEO, Hugh Brasher, who said: “This astonishing total of more than 1

John Sterling, beloved voice of Yankees for 36 seasons, dies at 87

John Sterling, whose voice became synonymous with the New York Yankees, has died at the age of 87.Sterling, a native New Yorker, started broadcasting Yankees games on radio in 1989 and continued until he retired in 2024. During that span, he called 5,420 regular-season games and 211 in the postseason. He rarely missed a game and worked 5,060 consecutive games between 1989 and 2019. During one memorable game in 2023, he was hit by a foul ball during a broadcast and returned to work the next day

Steph Gilmore sparks bedlam on Gold Coast as surf great rolls back years with WSL win

When Australian Stephanie Gilmore decided to return to competitive surfing this year following a two year hiatus from the World Surf League, more than a few eyebrows were raised. Gilmore, 38, is the greatest female surfer of all-time, with eight WSL titles to her name. But in recent years women’s elite surfing has made transformational progress, in big barrels and in the air. Did Gilmore still have what it takes?The first two events of the season only added fuel to that question. At Bells Beach, Gilmore was downed by rising Brazilian star Luana Silva, just 21, in their opening heat

‘A missing generation’: why are there are no female head coaches in Women’s Six Nations?

A 10-point plan will be introduced by Premiership Women’s Rugby next season that aims to increase the number of female coaches at international level, with only one top-10 nation currently being led by a woman.The scheme aims to create a springboard for more women at the elite tier of the sport, where there is a glaring lack of diversity among top coaches. Whitney Hansen is in charge of New Zealand, but, Jo Yapp and Gaëlle Mignot stood down from their positions after last year’s Rugby World Cup, with the Wallaroos and France respectively.At the groundbreaking 2025 tournament there were three female head coaches, but there are none in the 2026 Women’s Six Nations. At PWR clubs all the head coaches are men, and of the 22 women coaching in the league, just six hold senior roles