Bradley Barcola scored a fine hat-trick as Liverpool eased past LASK in a Champions League game that had nine goals. Andoni Iraola’s side took a first-half lead in Austria, through Ronald Araujo’s first goal for the club, when he headed in from Kostas Tsimikas’ corner. Two minutes later, Barcola scored his first Liverpool goal since joining from PSG for £123m in the summer.
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Formula 1 will return to Africa after it was confirmed Rwanda will host races from the early 2030s. A 10-year agreement has been signed for the African Grand Prix, presented by Visit Rwanda, to mark the sport’s return to the continent for the first time since the 1993 South African Grand Prix. The first race in the country is set to take place once the new purpose-built circuit in Bugesera, 40 kilometres south of capital city Kigali.
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The ATP 2026 season will go down as the year of Alexander Zverev. The 29-year-old Zverev made history today officially clinching the year-end world No. 1 ranking to become the first German man to secure the season-ending top spot. It is the first time Zverev, an eight-time, year-end Top 10 player, rises to No. 1. Zverev, who joins Boris Becker as the second German to rise to No. 1, is also the oldest man to seal the year-end top spot.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took his second dominant victory within a week as he secured his first win in the Singapore Grand Prix. Verstappen fought off an attack from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc off the start line to control the race from start to finish. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli finished third ahead of the McLaren of Lando Norris. The win followed Verstappen and Red Bull’s maiden victory of the year in Malaysia last weekend and sprint race success in Singapore on Saturday, confirming the team’s re-emergence as a major force.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took his second pole position in a week by beating the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix. Verstappen’s first lap in final qualifying was enough to take pole, his time fending off a second lap from Leclerc that was 0.054 seconds off pole. Hamilton was closest to Verstappen after the first runs but was unable to improve on his second run.
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