Luke McLaughlin

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreamblePleasingly, there is an element of unpredictability in Formula One this season. Oscar Piastri unexpectedly leads the drivers’ championship for McLaren, having won three races out of five, while Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes snaffled pole position for the earlier sprint race in Miami.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleEncore une fois. For the second year running the Champions Cup has thrown up a Leinster v Northampton semi-final hosted by the Irish province. A James Lowe hat-trick appeared to have sealed the deal for Leinster last year – and ultimately it did – but a late Saints fightback in the final quarter after an error-strewn start saw them go down by just three points.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreamble“Faced by rumours in the last few hours, we wish to communicate our team has never proposed renouncing playing the final,” Real Madrid said in a statement released late last night before this high-stakes encounter against Barcelona.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreamblePressure is a privilege, so they say, and there is pressure on England at Twickenham today no matter how dominant they seem. The Red Roses may have won 24 matches in a row, and 33 consecutively in the Women’s Six Nations, but France have won four out of four in this campaign and Les Bleues now stand in the way of a seventh straight title, plus a grand slam, for John Mitchell’s side.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Luke McLaughlin

In theory it was a day for Bristol to consolidate second place and reaffirm their Premiership title credentials. The sun shone, the pitch was hard and fast and the free-scoring Bears welcomed back the inspirational wing, Gabriel Ibitoye, after a four-month injury absence. In reality, however, what materialised was a largely dominant victory for Leicester that saw them overhaul Bristol and take second place, on points difference, with four matches remaining.