Kimi Antonelli holds nerve to win chaotic F1 Monaco GP after late red flag
Italian teenager becomes youngest winner of race
Lewis Hamilton second but Russell pays penalty
Kimi Antonelli won the Monaco Grand Prix for Mercedes with a dominant drive from pole to flag, becoming at 19 the youngest victor on the streets of Monte Carlo, in only his second F1 race at the circuit. In a dramatic close to the race he held his nerve through two restarts under immense pressure. esporist.org
The Italian delivered a consummate exhibition to take victory from Lewis Hamilton in second and the Red Bull of Isack Hadjar in third, though neither really challenged the Mercedes. However, Antonelli had to weather nervelessly the tense final moments of a safety-car restart and then a full standing start after a red flag because the track itself was breaking up at the final corner.
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Lawrence Shankland says there is a ‘club feel’ in the camp after eight goals in two confidence- building friendly wins
Scotland arrived at Euro 2024 with more questions than answers swirling around their squad. The team were on a poor run of form, with umpteen players looking jaded. What happened next proved grisly.
While the level of Curaçao and Bolivia – plus the motivational levels of the latter – must be acknowledged, a Scottish side notching eight goals in back-to-back friendlies has altered grey areas for Steve Clarke. Scotland’s picture before Saturday’s World Cup opener against Haiti is now a clearer one. This time, they look far from jaded.
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Serena Williams plays down potential singles return before doubles at Queen’s
Williams, 44, returns to tennis for first time since 2022
‘I don’t have anything to prove, everything is a gain’
Serena Williams has said her professional tennis return at the age of 44 is about “just having fun,” insisting winning is “not important” after lifting 23 grand slam singles titles during a hugely successful career.
Williams will play doubles alongside the Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Club this week in her first competitive outing since stepping away from tennis in 2022. Although she has committed to playing doubles in Berlin afterwards, her future beyond that remains uncertain. Meetings to determine the first batch of Wimbledon wildcards begin soon but when asked whether she intends to return to singles competition, Williams said: “I can’t say yeah, I can’t say no. Right now, no.”
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