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As the 8-13 favorite’s stamina helped Lambourn become the 20th horse to complete the Anglo-Irish double following his victory at Epsom three weeks ago, Lambourn extended Aidan O’Brien’s impressive record in the Irish Derby.

The winner, who was pushed hard by Ballydoyle stablemate Serious Contender, came out on top by three-quarters of a length.

The pre-race favorite was anticipating a run similar to what Wayne Lordan did on Puppet Master, but this time around he put his own stamp on Sir Dinadan, which Ralph Beckett’s jockey’s debut horse proved to be a challenge.

Lambourn was placed as they headed home, but Moore suddenly found Serious Contender, King George V Stakes’ runner-up, in the company.

The class and strength of Lambourn shined through as he soared to the finish line and into history along with his sire Australia and grand-sire Galileo, who also won the Anglo-Irish Derby double.

This was O’Brien’s 17th Irish Derby victory and Moore is the first jockey to have won the race three years in a row.

A delighted O’Brien described him as a “very straightforward horse that gets the trip well.”

Ryan anticipated that a companion would accompany him because it would help him stay focused. You could see up the straight where he was waiting all the time, but that’s him because he’s a little bit laid back and a little bit lazy. He enjoyed the ride from Ryan.

Ryan feared he would keep pulling out, but he was pricking his ears in vain.

He might also be an Arc horse, as suggested by King George. He is very knowledgeable, accurate, and trustworthy throughout the journey.

leaderboard for the Italian Open final round

-14 A Saddier (FRA) -12 M Couvra -10 C Hill (Sco), D Bradbury (Eng) -9 C Sordet (Fra), N von Dellingshausen (Ger)

Adrien Saddier, France’s 200th Open debut, won his first European title with a brilliant effort on the back nine.

At the turn, Saddier had three shots to go before Martin Couvra, but a final-round five birdies and a birdie-hole victory at the Argentario Golf Club earned the player a two-stroke victory.

The 33-year-old shot a four-under 66 to finish the tournament at 14 under, with Couvra coming in second after carding a final round 69.

Saddier, who made his Tour debut in 2014, could not contain being emotional when he claimed his long-awaited maiden victory.

“It’s great. To be able to accomplish this requires a lot of work. He continued, “I’m just grateful.”

“Just stay in your own zone, just keep focused, make the putts,” I really kicked off the back nine. And I succeeded.

With their one-two record, Saddier and Couvra will both be able to secure places at the upcoming Open Championship in Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland.

After being torpedoed into retirement by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli in the Austrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen remarked, “every driver has made a mistake like that.”

Verstappen’s Red Bull collided with Antonelli in the third corner of the race, causing both to fall out of the race.

Verstappen once said, “Kimi is very talented, so he learns from that, you know, and that’s fine.”

Verstappen immediately offered an apology to Antonelli following the incident, saying: “It’s, of course, very nice. However, for me, it was already case closed. What transpired was what I witnessed. No one does these things for a reason. It is possible.

Instead of turning to the outside of the track, where hitting another car was always a possibility, Antonelli was caught unawares by the front-ending cars.

The 18-year-old told BBC Radio 5 Live, “I didn’t brake necessarily until I was too late, when I braked, I locked the rears, I lost the car, and I lost the rear.”

I was just trying to slow down the car as I had a big moment, so I had to avoid [Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson, who I had to avoid].

Verstappen’s retirement, combined with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri’s one-two, dealt a significant blow to the Dutchman in the drivers’ championship.

The Briton’s third victory of the year saw him trail Piastri by 61 points, with the Briton’s lead over Norris having been cut by 15 points.

Verstappen once said, “I was never thinking about that at all.” So, yes, we simply follow the rules. And we only succeed in achieving better car performance. Try to take lessons from everything we do. We’ll wait and see what happens next.

When asked what he thought of his chances for the Silverstone International Grand Prix on Saturday, he responded, “We are usually a little better in the high, high speed (corners). But McLaren moves at such a fast pace, I mean. Therefore, I don’t intend for us to defeat them in Silverstone.

And he claimed that while Red Bull is getting more and more upgrades to the floor edge, it will not coincide that they will allow him to consistently fight for victories.

Verstappen remarked, “There are bits coming. Is McLaren up against it, then? I’m not certain yet. Not likely.

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St Helens (20) 58

Tries: Feldt 3, Dagnall 2, Knowles, Clark, Sailor 2, Burns 2 Goals: Lomax 7

St Helens overpowered bottom side Salford Red Devils at the Totally Wicked Stadium to move within a point of the Super League top four.

The Red Devils showed plenty of defensive fight, but trailed 20-0 at the break to a Kyle Feldt double and scores from Owen Dagnall and Morgan Knowles.

Daryl Clark enjoyed a simple run-in and audacious football skills gave Dagnall his second before Tristan Sailor strolled over as the visitors faded.

The floodgates then opened as Jake Burns scored a quickfire double, Sailor grabbed his second and Feldt completed his hat-trick to cap an 11-try rout.

Paul Rowley said his Salford side were showing promising signs in their 10th successive Super League defeat by Hull last weekend, and the adjournment of their winding-up hearing in midweek was a further boost.

Their attempts at damage limitation were laudable, but ultimately fruitless against an ominous display from Saints who moved just behind fourth-placed Leigh with a fifth win from their past six games.

It was another comprehensive display from Saints in their third meeting with Salford this season.

Feldt scored one of St Helens’ 15 tries in the 82-0 dismantling of the Red Devils in February, and it took just nine minutes to get the ball rolling here as a defensive lapse in concentration allowed him to power through a gap.

While unable to lay a glove on the hosts, Salford showed resolve and commitment in defence, but lost Saints loanee Jonny Vaughan to a dislocated shoulder after 17 minutes.

And moments later, Deon Cross’ offload put Dagnall in for a diving finish in the left corner from a set which the 18-year-old had ignited with a burst inside his own half.

Nimble footwork from Tristan Sailor created an overlap on the right edge for Feldt to go in for his second.

And Salford’s defensive efforts looked to be taking their toll when Knowles went through a sizeable gap for a simple run-in shortly before the interval.

Within eight minutes of the restart, Knowles’ inside pass sent Clark away through the visitors’ soft centre for an easy finish before Dagnall sidefooted Jonny Lomax’s pass to the right corner and then sprinted to dot it down.

It began to look ominous when Harry Robertson’s burst and one-handed offload gave Sailor a clear run to the line for a seventh Saints try inside the hour.

Sailor sprinted under the posts but gifted the score to Jake Burns for his first try of the season, and the hooker had to wait just three minutes for his second as he burrowed over from close range.

St Helens head coach Paul Wellens told BBC Radio Merseyside:

“I think people were just expecting us to go out there and put points on, but that’s probably the strongest Salford team they’ve fielded in a good number of weeks. There was a lot of experience on the edges.

“Our players worked that out throughout the course of the game that if we actually stay a bit more patient and stick through the middle of the field we’re going to get more joy and that’s how it transpired.”

Salford Red Devils head coach Paul Rowley told BBC Radio Manchester:

“It’s not often I’ve raised my voice at half-time because I’ve had a lot of empathy and sympathy and appreciation of the effort.

“I’ve a lot of respect for my team, but it’s important to recognise when we don’t apply ourselves as good as we want to.

“There’s not been many days when that’s happened so they can be forgiven. There are reasons and excuses and most weeks we’ve had a reason, but today I won’t accept excuses.

St Helens: Sailor; Feldt, Robertson, Cross, Dagnall; Lomax, Mbye; Walmsley, D Clark, Lees, Wingfield, Whitley, Knowles.

Interchanges: Paasi, Delaney, Stephens, Burns.

Salford: Brierley; Ryan, Hankinson, Marsters, Vaughan; Nikorima, Richardson; Ormondroyd, Rugless, Hill, Foster, Russell, Wilson.

Interchanges: Connell, Glover, Whitehead, Sangare.

Chris Eubank Jr will fight fellow Briton Conor Benn in a rematch in London on 20 September.

Eubank beat Benn by unanimous decision after a thrilling bout at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in April, though the venue for their second meeting has yet to be confirmed.

“Spurs is contracted – it’s a fantastic stadium and it worked extremely well the first time,” Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn earn told Ring magazine.

“Obviously, it was sold out and this fight’s even bigger, so you could possibly look at Wembley to increase the capacity.”

The April fight took place 35 years after their legendary fathers – Chris Eubank Sr and Nigel Benn – first fought, and garnered huge attention despite no title being on the line.

All three judges scored it 116-112 in favour of Eubank, who extended his record to 35 wins in 38 fights.

“Experience gained, lessons learned,” said Benn in a post on social media after September’s fight was confirmed.

There had been a controversial and at times chaotic build-up to their first fight, fuelled by the intense rivalry between their fathers.

The pair were scheduled to face each other in 2022 but the fight was cancelled because Benn failed a drugs test.

Benn denied intentional doping and was cleared to fight by anti-doping authorities two years later.

But at an extraordinary media conference in February, Eubank slapped Benn across the face with an egg during a head-to-head, with the pair exchanging foul-mouthed insults throughout.

The stunt was an apparent reference to an independent report that said the failed drugs test could have been caused by a “highly elevated consumption” of eggs. Eubank was fined £100,000 for the slap.

The day before the fight, Eubank was fined £375,000 for missing weight at the first weigh-in.

Eubank is the bigger of the two men and normally fights two weight classes above Benn, who is a natural welterweight.

The 35-year-old is to appear before the British Boxing Board of Control in July over reports he used a sauna to cut weight, which is against its rules.

On the day of the fight, Eubank arrived at the stadium with his father by his side, despite the pair having apparently been estranged for a number of years.

BBC boxing reporter Kal Sajad

With a two-fight deal in place, it felt inevitable that the storied Benn-Eubank family rivalry would continue for another chapter.

The money involved is massive – Eubank Jr reportedly earned £10m for the first fight with Benn pocketing £8m, and similar figures are expected again.

Their first bout was a cracking contest where Benn did better than many expected, but Eubank was the clear winner.

Away from the excitement, there are still serious questions, especially around weight. The image of a drained and gaunt-looking Eubank during fight week sparked real concern. It was a reminder that, in physical terms, these two are built very differently and maybe shouldn’t be meeting in the ring under such tight weight restrictions.

Eubank will be five months older this time, and cutting down in weight will not get any easier. But if they agree to fight at a heavier limit, then you would imagine Benn – the naturally smaller man – would be at a real disadvantage.

The first build-up had egg slaps, chaos and the last-minute appearance of Eubank Sr. Recreating that kind of hype with any real authenticity will be tough.

Lauren Henry claimed another gold to help Great Britain clinch the World Rowing Cup title in Lucerne on Sunday.

The 23-year-old won the women’s single sculls final in Varese two weeks ago and followed that up in Switzerland as GB won two golds and a bronze.

The Olympic quadruple sculls champion recovered from a sluggish start to win by a tight margin over Ireland’s Fiona Murtagh in second.

Denmark’s Frida Sanggaard Nielsen was right behind in third in a repeat of the European Championships podium a month ago.

“It’s so special for us to win the World Cup,” said Henry. “I was told it was quite close earlier, so I’m really pleased that I managed to get the points we needed to win the trophy.”

GB’s other gold came in the men’s quadruple sculls final, with the team moving through from fourth to second, before catching Poland in the closing stages, with the USA third.

“We were down for most of the race, but we just had to trust that the Poles had put in the work and were going to be tired and we could really shift through,” said GB’s Matthew Haywood.

Eleanor Brinkhoff and Megan Slabbert added a bronze in the women’s pair final behind the Czech Republic, while Romania’s European champions Maria Magdalena Rusu and Simona Radis raced clear for the win.

GB did not top the medal table on Sunday or in Varese two weeks ago, but the five golds they won across the two events was enough to secure this year’s overall World Rowing Cup title.

This year’s World Championships take place in Shanghai from 21-28 September.