Grand National 2026: I Am Maximus wins big race for second time at Aintree – as it happened

Jordans goes over the second last, and is chased to the elbow as I Am Maximus runs him down to regain the Grand National, the first to do so since Red Rum in 1977.Thanks for joining us. We’ll have more from Greg Wood and Sean Ingle at Aintree later this evening, with more follow-up on Sunday.The Grand National didn’t go the Skelton way but just about everything else has. Look Me was second

England 33-12 Ireland: Women’s Six Nations rugby union opener – as it happened

Sarah’s report from Twickenham has just landed so I’ll get going.Thanks for joining me. Hope you enjoyed the start of the Women’s Six Nations. England will take some stopping.Join us next week as we see if Scotland can do just that north of the border

Amy Cokayne powers England to opening Six Nations win against Ireland

The Women’s Six Nations is still searching for a giantkiller, with the ever-dominant England not needing a consistent performance to overcome one of their main challengers in Ireland. So if people in Edinburgh see glasses of water shaking, trees being shoved to the floor and massive footprints on the ground next week, do not be alarmed, it’s just the Red Roses coming to town. Still, Ireland showed they had narrowed the gap as they cut the Red Roses’ winning margin to 21 points from 44 in last year’s tournament.The overwhelming presence of the world champions will be diminished in round two at Murrayfield, as Morwenna Talling and Natasha Hunt were dealt long-term injuries. The exact prognosis has not yet been confirmed but the England head coach, John Mitchell, said he expected them to be ruled out for the rest of the tournament

I Am Maximus joins Grand National greats by regaining crown to emulate Red Rum

In a race where fortunes can switch in an instant, I Am Maximus and his trainer, Willie Mullins, are on a roll like few others in Grand National history. The 10-year-old’s two-and-a-half-length victory on Saturday, powering past Iroko and the faltering Jordans, who had a three-length lead over the last, was his second in three years, having finished runner-up behind a stable-companion here 12 months ago. Mullins has now won three Nationals in a row, the first trainer to do so since Vincent O’Brien in 1955.From horse and trainer, it is the stuff of legends. Red Rum, the most cherished Aintree hero of them all, was the last to win the race in non-consecutive years

Lachlan Kennedy breaks 10-second barrier again to become Australian 100m champion

Fireworks boomed over Sydney Olympic Park just before 9pm on Saturday, interrupting the sudden quiet as the men’s 100m finalists waited on their blocks for the starting gun. Within 10 seconds, Lachlan Kennedy had produced his own pyrotechnics by running 9.96sec again to win his first national title by a comfortable 0.2sec.“I needed the win, I needed to be national champ

New York Times investigates reporter Dianna Russini’s Vrabel coverage amid photo uproar

The New York Times Company is reviewing coverage by NFL reporter Dianna Russini involving New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel after photos of the two together at an Arizona resort prompted internal concern, ESPN reported Friday citing people familiar with the matter.Russini, who works for The Times-owned The Athletic, has been sidelined while the review is ongoing, a source said.The images, published this week by the New York Post’s Page Six, show Russini and Vrabel together at a luxury hotel in Sedona, including by a pool, in a hot tub and on a rooftop deck. Some appear to show the pair embracing and holding hands.Both Russini and Vrabel, who are married to other people, have said the interaction was platonic and taken out of context