Australia lose by nine wickets to India in third men’s one-day international – as it happened

That, in anyone’s language, is a belting. India’s spinners controlled the tempo of Australia’s innings, with Kuldeep joining Axar and Washington. All took wickets, all went for fewer than five an over in the process. That was after a good start from Siraj, then it was Harshit Rana who stamped his influence on the middle of the innings, knocking off Carey, Connolly, and Owen.India took some time to get started, with Rohit careful against Starc and Hazlewood, but Gill was the only wicket to fall, out to the latter

Hawk Mountain can scale Doncaster heights for O’Brien in Futurity Trophy

Aidan O’Brien’s prospects of beating his own record for Group One wins in a calendar year diminished last weekend when he missed out in all five of the top-level events on Champions Day at Ascot, but he appears to have an iron grip on the Futurity Trophy at Doncaster on Saturday, the final Group One of the British Flat season.O’Brien fields three of the six runners – Benvenuto Cellini, Hawk Mountain and Action – and they fill the first three spots in the early betting, with Benvenuto Cellini, the mount of Christophe Soumillon, heading the market at around 5-4.The favourite was an emphatic five-length winner at Leopardstown last time and is the long-range 12-1 market leader for next year’s Derby, but he has yet to race on anything slower than good-to-soft going.Hawk Mountain, though, was a comfortable winner on soft in the Group Two Beresford Stakes at the Curragh last month, posting a useful time in the process.Ronan Whelan, his jockey there, keeps the ride on Saturday and with the ground at Doncaster now heavy after recent rain, Hawk Mountain (2

Tarling and Charlton grab GB’s first golds at Track World Championships

Great Britain secured their first gold medals at the Track World Championships in Chile as Josh Charlton claimed his first world title with victory in the individual pursuit and Josh Tarling stormed to victory the men’s points race.Tarling gave a points race masterclass to land gold before Charlton picked up his first rainbow jersey in the individual pursuit – Britain’s first gold in the men’s event since Bradley Wiggins in 2008. Joe Truman claimed bronze in the men’s kilo.Tarling picked up maximum points in the third sprint of the points race before launching a bold solo move to gain a lap. From there the 21-year-old, who won a stage for Ineos Grenadiers at the Giro d’Italia this year, regularly collected points in the sprints, finishing second in the final dash to seal the title by eight points over the American Peter Moore

Everybody hates Russ: how the NFL’s nicest guy became its most resented | Andrew Lawrence

Russell Wilson built his career on faith, charm and polish. Now the NFL’s perennial nice guy has become proof that sincerity can backfire in professional footballThey say you can’t win football games with too many choir boys. One choir boy might be too many in the case of Russell Wilson, the NFL’s would-be Mr Congeniality. From the off the New York Giants quarterback has gone to lengths to distinguish himself as the game’s most likable star, the kind of player kids look up to and opponents look out for. And all it seems to do is breed resentment

Wallabies dig deep to get revenge on Eddie Jones in gritty win over Japan

Australia tempted the onryō, resting 13 stars and appointing the most inexperienced captain in 64 years. But the high-risk move paid off, as the Wallabies exorcised the demons of the Eddie Jones era and got their spring tour off to a winning start, defeating their former coach’s Japan side 19-15 victory in a rainswept Tokyo.The narrow win snaps a three-game losing streak, preserves Australia’s perfect record over Japan intact and primes the Wallabies for a return next week to Twickenham, the home of rugby, where their frontline XV will try to reprise the last-gasp heroics that secured a famous 42-37 win over England in November.Up against the world No 13, Australia had plenty to lose after a torrid home season. And yet, fearing fatigue over a tough five week, five Test tour, coach Joe Schmidt had given his younger stars the stage

Australia hold off brave Japan in Tokyo Test – as it happened

There’s plenty more international rugby in these quarters over the next month or so, starting with the Wallabies visiting Twickenham next weekend. We will of course be covering that right here.Thank you for joining me this afternoon. It was a bit of a slog in the Tokyo rain, but sometimes that’s what Test rugby looks like. I’ll catch you back here soon