Lando Norris, a McLaren driver, finished fifth in the wet qualifying session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, trailing only by team-mate Oscar Piastri.
By 0. 23 seconds, Norris defeated Max Verstappen, the only other driver still faking it in the title race.
Carlos Sainz of Williams came third, ahead of George Russell and Piastri of Mercedes.
On day two of the first Ashes Test in Perth, England’s second innings gets off to a familiar start with a “brilliant” diving catch from Mitchell Starc to send Zak Crawley for a duck.
Day two of the Ashes first test will be broadcast live.
As Australia were bowled out for 132 to give England a 40-run lead heading into the second innings of the first Ashes Test in Perth, Ben Duckett takes the catch at gully and dismisses Nathan Lyon for four.
Day two of the Ashes first test will be broadcast live.
Round two leaderboard for the CME Group Tour Championship
–14 J Thitikul (Tha), -11 K Sei-young (Kor), -10 N Hataoka (Jpn), S Lee (Kor)
Selected others: -9 N Korda (US), -8 N Koerstz Madsen (Den), -7 L Ko (NZ), A Corpuz (US), -6 C Hull (Eng), -5 L Woad (Eng), A Yin (US), M Stark (Swe), M Yamashita (Jpn), -4 L Thompson (US)
Jeeno Thitikul, the reigning world no. 1, shot a nine-under-par 63 to take the LPGA’s CME Group Tour Championship by three shots after two rounds of play.
In her bogey-free round, the 22-year-old from Thailand shot four straight birdies to finish 14 under overall in Florida.
The most lucrative women’s golf tournament with a top prize of $4 million (£3.1 million) is a second consecutive winner for Thitikul.
Kim Sei-young of South Korea is 11 under, while Somi Lee, who is in the first round, and Nasa Hataoka of Japan are both a shot further back.
Nelly Korda, who struggled on Thursday, is also firmly in contention as a result of her surge up the leaderboard with a 64.
The two-time major champion shot nine birdies, including three in her final four holes to finish tied for fifth at the end of Friday. She has not won an event this season.
After putting up just three birdies on the opening day, Korda claimed that some minor adjustments to her putting made a difference.
According to Korda, “I was just missing by centimeters on Thursday.” They “weren’t slapping out,” they said.
This has become a consistent theme this year. My score does not reflect how much I played.
“I just went to the putting green for five minutes, and I made it simpler,” I thought.
Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who is the highest placed European, is eight under, while Charley Hull, who is England’s top golfer, made three bogeys and six birdies in her round of 69.
England’s Hull is six under eight shots adrift of Thitikul, while Lottie Woad’s compatriot is five under.
Wales vs. New Zealand in the Nations Series in the autumn
Cardiff Principality Stadium Date: Saturday, November 22 Kick-off: 15:10 GMT
Wales vs. New Zealand rarely disappoints, with national scandal, timekeeping disasters, and spine-tingling drama.
Rugby matches between two countries that have bleed are almost exclusively a history of the game, with a lot of the red stuff spilled over the years.
They have engaged in conflict ever since the “Match of the Century” of 1905, which established the custom of singing national anthems before sporting events.
The wait has been so long, not least after the most frequently discussed cheating allegations in Welsh rugby history, is bitter.
As close to a World Cup final as the time permitted, Cardiff was held in 1978. Wales, who had previously defeated the British andamp; Irish Lions, were Grand Slam champions, and the All Blacks had already won.
Wales had led 12-10 heading into the closing seconds of the match when Graham Mourie’s tourists scored the game’s only try in 1978 when the clock struck the final whistle of the old Arms Park.
Little did they realize that the previous night, New Zealand’s players, prepared for their biggest challenge of the tour, had a plan to escape.
The All Blacks lock and leader, Andy Haden, did not express regrets and later wrote, “I knew there could only be a minute or so left.” I talked to my locking partner, Frank Oliver, and told him, in four words, “I’m going to dive.”
Sure enough, Haden threw the ball just as Wales hooker Bobby Windsor did, and it was catapulted out of the line-out.
Wales’ players sat idly as England’s Roger Quittenton awarded a penalty and Brian McKechnie got the winning points.
Windsor called it his worst career day, saying, “. He continued, “I immediately realized it was a scam.” That really struck me when we later learned that they had planned it the night before. As long as I live, I’ll never forget that.
Wales would need to complete the losing streak in 26 years.
Few expected much from a young Wales side in 2004 despite scoring an unprecedented 37 points against the All Blacks in Australia the previous year despite not having won the World Cup.
Wales played with abandon and a growing young star, Gavin Henson, in their ranks under new head coach Mike Ruddock and with tries from Tom Shanklin and Mefin Davies in the half-time lead.
Joe Rokocoko, the most potent player at the time, was to blame for two outstanding solo tries for New Zealand as they were hurried into action. Wales, for once, refused to give in and, if not for some unfavorable timekeeping, might have escaped shock.
Wales, who were back in the lead after Henson’s kick, assumed that the stadium’s clock was in injury time, which in fact indicated the correct time on the referee’s watch.
Wales was never given another chance as a result of Stephen Jones’ kick with the ball a minute and 25-25 edge.
Shanklin, a try-scorer, said, “It’s actually more painful and frustrating now, when I look back.” I was actually pleased that we hadn’t been hammered and put on a great show because we had been through some difficult times.
Over the course of the game, opposition has always had to choose a strategy to deal with the Haka.
The Welsh audience’s singing of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau in response to the Haka marked the first national anthem to be sung before an international sports event in 1905.
It produced the desired result. The only game of their 35-game tour ended with the New Zealand captain Dave Gallaher saying he had never had anything similar.
As part of the celebrations marking the occasion’s centenary in 2005, the WRU requested the performance of the anthem following the Haka. As a one-off, New Zealand agreed.
The All Blacks were unimpressed when the WRU requested that they do the same again a year later. As a recording of the All Blacks performing the Haka in their dressing room was projected onto the stadium’s enormous screens, 74, 000 eager fans inside what was then the Millennium Stadium and the Welsh players watched confusedly.
“Playing against them in 2006 will always stick with me,” ex-professor, external Adam Jones, said.
The powers that be determined that trying to persuade the All Blacks to perform their Haka before we performed our country’s anthem for some reason.
They scored 40 or so points for us that day, and Harlequins teammate Nick Evans responded to my report by telling us that the incident had caused them to destroy us.
Warren Gatland challenged his senior players to comprehend the significance of the traditional Maori challenge in his first game as head of Wales against his native New Zealand. A wonderfully straightforward but evilly clever response was created by Martyn Williams.
Gats claimed that the former flanker “showed that if you turn first, the All Blacks have already got one up on you psychologically.”
What if we just don’t turn around, I asked, “Well, that’s a throw-away comment, but I was a little offended by it.” ‘. We’ll just stand there while we line up on the 10-meter line so that we don’t interfere with the kick-off.
Astony-faced display of sheer determination was what came after 80 seconds of sporting theater, demonstrating that rugby does not require piped music or pyrotechnics.
The All Blacks, who had gathered at the halfway point, were forced to retreat because Wales had perfect positioning.
Williams recalled that the longer we remained there, the louder it became, “We felt like we were there forever,” adding that.
Everyone will remember it,” he said. The New Zealand boys actually said they enjoyed it afterward because it was a great piece of theater.
Was it successful? Well, Wales lost 29-9.
Luke Littler won his first match as world number one to progress at the Players Championship Finals, while Gian van Veen produced a second stunning comeback victory against Luke Humphries in the space of a month.
Less than a month after upsetting Humphries in the final of the European Championship, Van Veen fought back from three legs down to defeat the defending champion 6-5 in Minehead.
Humphries flew out of the traps with checkouts of 145, 40 and 83, but Van Veen came roaring back with finishes of 161 and 81 on bullseye.
The former world number one steadied himself before losing throw at 4-4, before two Van Veen misses allowed Humphries to set up a deciding leg.
Van Veen’s hard work looked to be in vain as he missed five match darts, but Humphries was equally wasteful and fell to a fourth consecutive loss to the Dutchman.
It has not been the best month for Humphries, who earlier this month surrendered his world number one crown to Littler when he lost to ‘The Nuke’ in the Grand Slam of Darts final.
Meanwhile, Littler breezed into the second round with a 6-1 victory against Jeffrey de Graaf.
After being introduced to the crowd as world number one for the first time in his career, Littler averaged 104.46 to continue his hunt for a first Players Championship title.
“It felt absolutely amazing, probably one of the best feelings I’ve had, to be world champion and world number one at the same time – but there is more to come,” Little told ITV Sport.
“This is the title I haven’t won yet. Last year I came up short against Luke Humphries so I want to tick this one off.”
The 18-year-old will face Ross Smith in the second round after the Englishman saw off Ryan Meikle 6-1.
Top seed Gerwyn Price was not at his best against Max Hopp – missing six darts when trying to take a 5-2 lead – but the German failed to capitalise and Price won 6-2.
Stephen Bunting notched a routine 6-2 victory over Ritchie Edhouse, before Nathan Aspinall dispatched Karel Sedlacek 6-3.
Four-time world champion Raymond van Barneveld limped out with a 6-3 defeat by Krzysztof Ratajski.
Rob Cross, Dave Chisnall and Jonny Clayton were all beaten in the afternoon session, with James Hurrell defeating former finalist Clayton with a 99.2 average.