Scheffler surges into lead ahead of final round of PGA Championship

World number one Scottie Scheffler stormed into the lead of the US PGA Championship and will take a three-shot advantage into Sunday’s final round at Quail Hollow. The 28-year-old carded a superb round of 65 – playing his final five holes in five under – to end the day on 11 under par for the tournament. In both 2022 and 2024, Scheffler converted 54-hole leads into victories at the Masters and is in prime position to seal his third major win.

Read more

Luke Plapp powers to stage eight win as Ulissi moves into pink- Giro d’Italia

Luke Plapp won his first Grand Tour stage with a dominant solo win on Stage 8 at the Giro d’Italia, while Diego Ulissi grabbed the leader’s pink jersey as Primoz Roglic and his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe colleagues chose to let it go. Plapp comfortably proved the strongest from the day’s breakaway, with 2023 champion Roglic and the GC big hitters coming in over four minutes down.

Read more

Crystal Palace stun Manchester City to win FA Cup

Crystal Palace won the first major trophy in the club’s history with victory against Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley. Eberechi Eze was Palace’s hero when he crowned a superb counter-attack by sweeping home Daniel Munoz’s cross after 16 minutes. City, meanwhile, endured a day of total frustration as they failed to win a trophy in a season for the first time since manager Pep Guardiola’s first campaign in charge in 2016-17.

Read more

Piastri pips Verstappen to pole at Imola Quali

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole position at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in a qualifying session that featured an enormous accident for Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda. Piastri edged Verstappen by 0.034 seconds despite encountering traffic in the final two corners and failing to improve his time in the final sector. Both Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris fell short on their final laps, and the Briton was demoted to fourth by Mercedes’ George Russell.

Read more

Vegas maintains lead following round 2 at US PGA Championship

Venezuela’s Jhonattan Vegas maintained his lead at the US PGA Championship while Rory McIlroy and defending champion Xander Schauffele avoided early exits at Quail Hollow. Vegas carded a one-under 70 in his second round to move to eight under par, two shots clear of England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, France’s Matthieu Pavon and Kim Si-woo of South Korea. The 40-year-old, who was out in the early wave, led by four on the 18th but he posted a double-bogey six to keep a congested chasing pack in close proximity.

Read more