São Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris claims pole position after flying lap – live

Giles Richards’s qualifying report has dropped so please get stuck into that. Thanks for your company today.Norris soars to F1 São Paulo GP pole as Piastri stumbles and Verstappen flops1) Lando Norris (McLaren) 2) Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 3) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 4) Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 5) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) 6) George Russell (Mercedes) 7) Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 8) Ollie Bearman (Haas) 9) Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 10) Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber) 11) Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 12) Alex Albon (Williams) 13) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 14) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 15) Carlos Sainz (Williams) 16. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 17. Esteban Ocon (Haas) 18

Norris soars to F1 São Paulo GP pole as Piastri stumbles and Verstappen flops

Lando Norris is finding his form with almost perfect timing, demonstrating confidence, touch and precision when it really mattered in claiming pole position for the São Paulo Grand Prix. The Briton is looking increasingly like the man who would be king as his championship ambitions were backed with a statement of intent, having already secured victory in the sprint race.His success was given added impetus as both his title rivals, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, suffered disappointment in Brazil. Piastri’s championship hopes took yet another blow as he crashed out of the sprint and qualified only in fourth, while Verstappen could manage only 16th on the grid.Verstappen had already dropped points to Norris after he was fourth in the sprint for Red Bull and the British driver now has the chance to put genuine daylight on both his rivals

Elena Rybakina sinks Aryna Sabalenka to claim WTA Finals and record prize

Elena Rybakina re-established herself as one of the significant players in women’s tennis as she closed out a week of devastating performances against the best in the world by completely overpowering Aryna Sabalenka to capture one of the biggest titles of her career at the WTA Finals in Riyadh with a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win.Having finished the season-ending tournament unbeaten in her five matches, Rybakina is now $5.235m (£3.98m) richer, earning the greatest prize money haul in the history of women’s sports. The victory marks the 26-year-old’s fourth big title after wins at Wimbledon in 2022, and Indian Wells and the Italian Open a year later

WTA Finals tennis: Elena Rybakina rocks Aryna Sabalenka to claim title – as it happened

Right then, I’ll wrap things up here … but the action never stops. The ATP Finals kick off tomorrow. Join us again, please.Rybakina lifts the trophy, the confetti flies and it’ll be fascinating to see how she goes at the Australian Open. It’s been a long time since she made a deep run at the slams, failing to go past the fourth round this year

Second-gear Kangaroos wow the locals but whitewash may not save Kevin Walters | John Davidson

In 1982 the Kangaroos came to the UK and made history. They were both the first Australian side to win the Ashes series 3-0 and go through a tour undefeated, winning 22 matches in a row and averaging 45.6 points per game. They dazzled the English public not just with their skill, speed and size, but their pure footballing brilliance. Historians and authors have written that they “changed rugby forever”

Scotland 17-25 New Zealand: Autumn Nations Series rugby union – as it happened

Lee has jumped across to cover England v Fiji, so I’ll point you in his direction before closing this blog down. Ta-ra.A 33rd attempt, a 31st defeat and crucially still no win for Scotland against the All Blacks. And so the search will go on. Let us not resort to that familiar lament, if Scotland could not win it here, will they ever