8:14 AM GMT Beauden Barrett’s name was up in lights as usual when New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams unveiled their squads for 2020 but mystery still surrounds how much the Blues will see of the star playmaker. There was an air of predictability around the five squad announcements at an event in Auckland on Tuesday,
Aug 9, 2019 The 2020 Formula One grid is all but complete now, with Williams the only team yet to confirm its lineup for next season. Here is how the grid looks and what led every team to the decision it has made. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
5:37 AM ET Red Bull has confirmed Thai driver Alexander Albon will remain Max Verstappen’s teammate in 2020. Albon started his rookie F1 season at Toro Rosso but was promoted to Red Bull in August, with Pierre Gasly going the other direction. Red Bull called the switch an opportunity to evaluate it’s two young drivers
5:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton‘s domination of Formula One is “getting a bit boring” and it is time for the younger generation to take over at the top, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has said. The Dutch driver hopes he and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, also 22-years-old, will be fighting for the Mercedes driver’s throne next year.
5:31 AM ET Formula One has set out its first ever sustainability plan with the aim of achieving a net zero-carbon footprint for the sport by 2030. The championship, which will have a record 22 grand prixs next year with the 10 teams flown around the world, said carbon reduction projects would start immediately. 1
3:51 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will miss Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix, making it the first race he has not attended since 2013, now that his team have won both Formula One championships for an unprecedented sixth year in a row. A Mercedes spokesman said technical director James Allison will be the most senior
8:00 AM GMT Paarl Rocks 170 for 9 (Davids 38, du Plessis 38, Nortje 3-31, Linde 3-23) beat Cape Town Blitz 84 (Shamsi 3-16) by 86 runs After defeating the defending champions in the season opener on Friday night, the Cape Town Blitz were rudely brought back down to earth by their nearest rivals, the
3:12 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Before facing his old team for the first time since winning the championship, Kawhi Leonard ran into some of his former Toronto Raptors teammates and team staff members. “Hey, hey, hey,” Leonard said with a smile to one Raptor, echoing the phrase that went viral on opening night when
6:00 PM ET The Saints lost by 17 points to the Falcons. And even with Patrick Mahomes back under center, the Chiefs couldn’t outlast the Titans. The Jets got by the Giants in a Battle of New York, Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson piled on offense against an overmatched Cincinnati team and the Browns held off the
10:38 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tampa Bay Rays general manager Erik Neander has been voted Major League Baseball’s Executive of the Year. Tampa Bay was 96-66, the second-most wins in team history, despite a big league-low payroll of $66 million. The Rays beat Oakland in the AL wild-card game, then lost to