Gallery: Schauffele, Norris, Hodgkinson

The British Open dominated sporting conversation this weekend, with McLaren’s controversy in Hungray, the London Diamond League, and Mark Wood’s bowling also making headlines…

Xander Schauffele held off the challenge of Justin Rose to win the 152nd Open Championship at the end of a captivating week at Royal Troon.

It is a second major title in three months for 30-year-old Schauffele, who becomes the first player to win The Open and US PGA Championship in the same year since Rory McIlroy in 2014.

The American hit a stunning bogey-free six-under 65 to finish on nine under, two clear of his playing partner Rose, who shot a 67 in a fascinating duel in breezy conditions.

Last week, the R&A, organiser of The Open, announced a record prize purse for the major golf championship.

Oscar Piastri took his maiden grand prix victory in a McLaren one-two ahead of Lando Norris in a dramatic race in Hungary, amid a heated row over team orders.

Behind them, in a race full of see-sawing action, old rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided as they disputed third place.

Both continued but Hamilton held on to third and the Red Bull driver, his race full of radio messages peppered with swearing, dropped back to finish fifth behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

In May, McLaren Racing penned a multi-year deal with e-commerce giant eBay.

England surged to a series win by blowing away West Indies in a single session on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge.

Set 385 to win or four sessions to save the game, West Indies disintegrated from 61-0 to 82-5 in a manic blur of five wickets in six overs.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) recently announced a new Test cricket multi-year partnership with UK pensions insurance specialist Rothesay.

Keely Hodgkinson has set new national record after 800m win in the London Diamond League.

Earlier this month, coconut water brand Vita Coco became the official hydration partner of the London Athletics Meet.

Luke Humphries added the World Matchplay title to his World Championship crown with a thrilling 18-15 defeat of Michael van Gerwen.

The 29-year-old Englishman stayed composed to see off a fightback from his Dutch rival at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens.

Humphries sealed victory by hitting double 20 twice in a 100 checkout as Van Gerwen threatened to reel him in.

Matchroom Sports recently expanded its partnership with BetVictor, seeing the UK gambling brand acquire title sponsorship rights to a range of snooker, pool and darts events for 2024/25.

Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein denied both Jaguar drivers to provisionally claim his maiden Formula E title as Oliver Rowland took victory in the London E-Prix season finale.

Wehrlein finished second in the final race of the year at the London ExCeL, having started the race just three and four points ahead of Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy respectively.

After Cassidy suffered a puncture and Evans missed his final Attack Mode in the closing laps, Wehrlein found himself in prime position to win the drivers’ title.

Last week, Jaguar TCS Racing announced Google Cloud as its official cloud partner for the 2024/25 season.