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• Winner cruises to victory ahead of Maltese Cross

• Benvenuto Cellini got hoof stuck in starting stalls

The drama in the 247th Derby on Saturday was mainly in the aftermath. Christmas Day, backed from 18-1 overnight to a starting price of 7-1, was settled in a close second after half a furlong, took over at the three-furlong pole and stayed on strongly to finish two-and-three-quarter lengths in front of Maltese Cross, with Benvenuto Cellini, the 3-1 favourite and a stablemate in the Aidan O’Brien yard, one of the last in the 14-strong field to cross the line. newsbetting.club

A couple of minutes after Christmas Day and Ronan Whelan had crossed the line, however, the klaxon sounded to announce a stewards’ inquiry. It soon emerged that Benvenuto Cellini had had a hind leg caught on a rail in his stall when the race started, causing him to miss the break by a stride, and the subsequent inquiry ruled that the Derby favourite should be declared a non-runner.

• Bath 24-22 Leicester

• Bath will host Exeter, Leicester to visit Northampton

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Bath-Leicester is about as earthy a rivalry as it gets, and, boy, in this era of free-flowing, almost surreal, rugby, here we had a proper throwback to times past. Brutal. And with this hardest of wins, Bath, the champions, have chiselled out the right to play at home in next Saturday’s semi-finals.

You think Bath-Leicester is earthy? Prepare for next week, when Northampton host Leicester (earthiest of them all?) and Bath will take on Exeter. Two semis, two derbies. Forget about the razzmatazz. This is why most of us fell in love with rugby.

• Russian, 19, beats world No 114 6-3, 6-2 for first slam title

• Maja Chwalinska fails to emulate Emma Raducanu’s feats

Twenty minutes into the first grand slam final of her young career, it looked like Mirra Andreeva’s head was already in danger of exiting Court Philippe-Chatrier. Between the weight of the occasion, the windy conditions and a resourceful opponent seemingly built to cause her maximum anguish, Andreeva looked crippled by tension.

Her reaction to the pressure underlined the work Andreeva has put into addressing her emotional vulnerabilities. She maintained her composure, coolly problem-solving and then flourishing after a tense start as she ended the qualifier Maja Chwalinska’s historic run with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.

El golf es también un estado de ánimo y de ello puede dar cuenta Tyrrell Hatton, el inglés que aterrizó en el LIV Andalucía sin apenas entrenamiento ni descanso por el nacimiento de su primer hijo y que es líder sólido en Valderrama con -10 a falta de la última jornada de este domingo (13.00, Movistar Golf). Hatton defenderá una renta de dos golpes sobre el belga Thomas Detry (-8), de cuatro sobre Sergio García (-6) y de cinco sobre Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Abraham Ancer y Cameron Smith (-5). David Puig resiste a continuación con -4.

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• Team photographer denied entry after more 10 hours

• Iraq return to World Cup for first time since 1986

Iraq’s World Cup striker, Aymen Hussein, was held and questioned for nearly seven hours at Chicago’s O’Hare airport after arriving with the squad early on Saturday, an Iraqi sporting official said.

Hussein was finally allowed in, but the team’s photographer was barred from entering the United States, said the official who works for the Iraqi Olympic Committee, but has close contacts with the team.