Scheffler expects Trump’s Ryder Cup presence to boost US team

The France forward edges Barcelona’s teenage star Lamine Yamal to the prize and succeeds Manchester City midfielder Rodri.

The 20-time Italian champions bounce back with a 2-1 win to get their season back on track after a positive Champions League start.

Ferran Torres replaced Marcus Rashford in the squad and scored twice in the 3-0 win to keep pace with Real Madrid.

Forecast storms forced the cancellation of the clash between France’s biggest rivals amid safety concerns for players and fans.

The world champions silence the home crowd by defeating China’s Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping in three games to enter the China Masters final.

The world No 2 pair defeated Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando-Bagas Maulana and will take on Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy tomorrow.

The World Championships silver medallists go down in an energy-sapping three-game match to Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee.

The world No 3 pair were outplayed by the 76th ranked Fajar Alfian-Shohibul Fikri, who teamed up only two months ago.

Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after McLaren’s Formula One leader Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed out in a qualifying session marred by a record six stoppages.

Norris, 10th after damaging his car in the second practice, clocked an impressive best lap in 1 min 41.223sec in difficult windy conditions on the unforgiving Baku street track.

The 40-year-old Brit is happy with his first significant sign of progress after months of struggling to settle at the Italian outfit.

The San Marino GP has been on the race calendar since 2007, with six-time champion Marc Marquez leading in wins.

Alex De Minaur beat Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4, while Francisco Cerundolo defeated Holger Rune 6-3, 7-6, giving Team World a 5-3 lead.

World number two Swiatek won 6-0, 6-2 against her semi-final opponent to move into her fifth final of the year.

At the Laver Cup, the men’s team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, Carlos Alcaraz and Jakub Mensik helped Team Europe maintain its lead.

Its recognition is understood to potentially allow the format to be included in the Olympic Games.