Gallery: Weekend In Sport
A typical British summer of sport continued this weekend with grass court tennis, iconic horse racing venues, and football tournament trauma all featuring…
Scotland have been knocked out of Euro 2024 after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Hungary.
Although Scotland would have still been able to progress past the group stages as one of the best third-placed teams with a draw, a win was the target for Steve Clarke’s men.
A cagey goalless game came alive in the final ten minutes as the Scots went for the win but by committing so many men forward left themselves open at the back.
Kevin Csoboth’s 100th minute winner stunned Scotland and gives Hungary a chance to progression to the knockout stages of the tournament.
Earlier this month, football equipment manufacturer Forza agreed a new two-year deal with the Scottish FA, signing as the national governing body’s preferred goal post and training equipment supplier.
Porta Fortuna came with a well-timed run under Tom Marquand to beat Opera Singer and win the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
The 7-2 victor won the Albany Stakes at Ascot a year ago and was second in the 1,000 Guineas last month.
Ascot Racecourse has been partnered with Ticketmaster Sport for over 12 months.
Tommy Paul captured his third ATP Tour title and first on grass Sunday at the cinch Championships, where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 7-6(8) in the final at Queen’s.
The fifth seed played with intensity and aggression throughout the 88-minute clash. After racing ahead, Paul recovered from failing to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set, and he rallied from 1/4 in the tie-break, saving one set point at 6/7 against Musetti, who was competing in his third tour-level final.
Meanwhile, former British number one Emma Raducanu has been given a wildcard to play at Wimbledon next month.
Raducanu, 21, is one of four Grand Slam champions given such an exemption for the women’s singles.
Gloucester-Hartpury produced a stirring second-half comeback to beat Bristol Bears at Sandy Park and secure back-to-back Premiership Women’s Rugby titles.
Gloucester, who trailed 17-7 at half-time, scored four tries and 26 points without reply in a scintillating spell during the second period.
Courtney Keight, Lark Atkin-Davies and Hannah Botterman all touched down as part of an impressive Bears display before half-time, with Natasha Hunt going over in response.
But Gloucester were dominant after the restart and unanswered tries from Pip Hendy, Emma Sing, Mia Venner and Hannah Jones confirmed them as champions for the second successive season, with Ella Lovibond’s late effort merely a consolation.
Molly Caudery set a new British women’s pole vault record, and recorded the world’s best height of the year so far, to win the Toulouse Capitole Perche meet in France.
The 24-year-old, who became the world indoor champion in March, cleared 4.92m for the seventh-best jump of all time.
Not since 2021 has any female pole vaulter jumped higher.
Elsewhere in athletics, BBC Sport recently secured a four-year agreement with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the rights to the European Athletics Championships.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen prevailed in a tense, strategic battle with McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen’s seventh victory in 10 races this year hinged on a decisive opening phase of the race from the Dutchman.
Verstappen was in the lead by lap three while Norris stayed stuck behind Mercedes’ George Russell for 15 laps.
It left Norris too much to do and Verstappen was able to measure his pace to control the McLaren behind.
Lewis Hamilton took his first podium finish of the year for Mercedes in third, ahead of Russell, as Britons finished second, third and fourth.
World champions South Africa eased to a five-try victory against a spirited Wales side at Twickenham.
Warren Gatland’s inexperienced and experimental side suffered a seventh successive international defeat with the score finishing 41-13.
Earlier this year, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) extended its partnership with Ticketmaster Sport.
G2 Esports were crowned RLCS London Major champions on Sunday night in front of a packed-out Copper Box Arena to take home $75,000 after overcoming G2 in the Best-of-Seven Grand Final.
In front of more than 6,000 fans at Copper Box Arena, MVP Landon “BeastMode” Konerman led G2 to a 4-1 victory over Team Falcons in the Grand Final to lift the first RLCS Trophy in London since 2022.
British music artist Stormzy and Adidas have opened Merky FC HQ, a new football centre in Croydon, South London. The venue includes a gaming hub for aspiring esports stars.
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