The Tour de France lost much of its remaining suspense on stage 15. Remco Evenepoel won atop the Plateau de Solaison, but the day was defined by the departure of Jonas Vingegaard, the two-time champion and Tadej Pogacar's last credible rival, who crashed out of the race.

Vingegaard went down hard on a bend as his Visma-Lease a Bike team drove the pace to reel in the day's breakaway, bringing down four other riders in the process. His team later confirmed a fractured collarbone that will need surgery, ending his 2026 Tour and, with it, most of the intrigue around the yellow jersey.

Up the road, Evenepoel produced the ride of his race. On the brutal final climb, an 11-kilometre haul averaging around 9 per cent, the Belgian absorbed two late attacks from Pogacar's teammate Isaac del Toro inside the closing 800 metres, then out-kicked Pogacar himself to the line. It was his first road-stage win of this Tour, after two earlier time-trial victories. "I'm literally trembling from emotion," he said.

The general classification reshaped around Vingegaard's absence. Pogacar kept the yellow jersey and a commanding overall lead, was gracious about his rival's misfortune ("without him the Tour will not be the same"), and now stands as the overwhelming favourite for a fifth title that would put him alongside Merckx, Hinault, Indurain and Anquetil. Evenepoel moved up to second overall, while del Toro climbed to third and took the white jersey of best young rider from Paul Seixas.

With a rest day on Monday before the race enters its final week, Pogacar's biggest remaining opponent is misfortune. On current form, a fifth crown looks his to lose.

The Farnborough International Airshow opens on Monday for its 2026 edition, running through Friday at the Hampshire showground that has staged the aerospace industry's marquee gathering for decades. Billed by organisers as "the must-attend event in the aerospace calendar," this year's show is built around six themes, spanning global security, advanced technology and AI, supply chain, sustainability, finance and the future workforce, alongside a dedicated Space Zone, a defence area for smaller firms, and the flying and static displays that draw a crowd of more than 100,000 across the week.

As ever, the headline story will be written at the commercial aircraft chalets, where Airbus and Boeing court airlines and lessors. The mood this year looks more measured. Industry reporting on the eve of the show pointed to the two manufacturers announcing a little over 300 aircraft between them, well short of the 800-plus some analysts had floated, as engine shortages and supply-chain bottlenecks blunt the appetite for headline numbers. For comparison, the 2024 edition produced roughly $106 billion in announced orders at list prices.

Several campaigns are still live. A narrowbody order of around 100 jets from each manufacturer by the Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has been widely trailed, while Etihad Airways is reported to be close to a deal for Boeing 787 widebodies. Philippine Airlines could split a widebody order between the 787 and the Airbus A350, and carriers including Riyadh Air, Turkish Airlines and Air India have surfaced in pre-show speculation, though nothing is firm until it is signed.

Beyond the order book, Farnborough increasingly doubles as a shop window for defence, space and next-generation air mobility, with electric air-taxi prototypes and autonomous systems sharing the ramp with the latest airliners. With Airbus and Boeing sitting on a combined backlog of some 16,000 aircraft, this week is less about filling order books than signalling where the industry heads next.

Ryan Fox is the champion golfer of the year. The 39-year-old New Zealander birdied the last hole at Royal Birkdale to win The 154th Open Championship by a single shot, closing at ten under par to deny Cameron Young and claim the first major title of his career.

It was the least likely of triumphs. Fox had never recorded a top-ten finish at a major, and he opened the week with a two-over 72 before a Friday 68 sneaked him inside the cut by a stroke. Then came the round that changed everything: an eight-under 62 on Saturday that equalled the lowest single round in men's major championship history and hauled him into contention.

Sunday was a scramble. Fox began two behind overnight leader Sam Burns and reached the 72nd tee tied with Young, who had earlier signed for nine under in the clubhouse after clawing back a seven-shot deficit. Fox split the fairway, hit his approach to around eleven feet and rolled in the putt to win outright rather than force a play-off. "Everything was shaking," he admitted. "I'm not quite sure how I hit it straight."

Burns, who led after 54 holes, again could not close, a level-par finish leaving him third for the second successive major in which he held the 54-hole lead. Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood shared fourth, Fleetwood signing off with a birdie-birdie flourish, while Bryson DeChambeau unravelled with a triple bogey on the 11th and slid to a tie for 14th.

For New Zealand it was a landmark. Fox is the first Kiwi to lift the Claret Jug since Bob Charles in 1963, joining Charles and Michael Campbell as the only men from his country to win a major. The Open returns to St Andrews in 2027.

Spain are world champions for the second time. A tense, goalless final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford turned Spain's way in extra time, where Ferran Torres settled it barely a minute into the second period, sweeping in a pass from Nico Williams to make it 1-0 and end Argentina's bid to become the first back-to-back winners since Brazil in 1962.

For much of the night Spain pressed and Argentina resisted. Emiliano Martínez was the reason the game reached extra time at all, the goalkeeper producing a string of saves as La Roja piled up 20 shots to Argentina's two. The balance tilted decisively in stoppage time of the first 90 minutes, when Enzo Fernández was shown a second yellow card and Argentina were reduced to ten men.

Spain had a goal ruled out before the winner arrived, Nico Williams turning the ball home only for a Mikel Merino foul on Nicolás Otamendi to be spotted in the build-up. Torres made the reprieve irrelevant soon after the extra-time interval, and Spain saw out the closing stages having conceded no shot on target across the entire final.

It is a landmark night. Spain, already European champions, add the World Cup they last lifted in 2010, and captain Rodri was named the tournament's best player, collecting the Golden Ball before raising the trophy. Spain finished the tournament unbeaten and conceded only one goal in the whole competition.

The result may also close a chapter. At 39, Lionel Messi took a runners-up medal in what is widely expected to be his final World Cup, one step short of the back-to-back triumph that would have crowned his career.

England ended their World Cup with a bronze medal and a match that will be remembered long after the medals are handed out, beating France 6-4 in a ten-goal third-place playoff in Miami. Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick and Jude Bellingham struck deep into stoppage time, yet France still left with a piece of history through Kylian Mbappé.

England raced clear early. Declan Rice opened inside the first few minutes, Ezri Konsa added a header, and Saka struck twice before the interval to make it 4-0 and leave the game looking settled. France had other ideas. Mbappé pulled one back moments after the restart, Bradley Barcola quickly followed, and when Mbappé scored again the deficit was down to a single goal with more than twenty minutes still to play.

The finish was frantic. Saka completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot to steady England, Ousmane Dembélé kept France alive in stoppage time, and Bellingham had the final word with a solo goal that made it 6-4 and confirmed the bronze. Bellingham finished as the first England player to score seven goals at a single World Cup.

For all of England's celebrations, Mbappé's brace carried its own weight. The France captain moved past Lionel Messi to become the World Cup's all-time leading scorer, a record claimed on a night his side conceded six. It was also a goodbye: Didier Deschamps stepped down after 14 years in charge of France, ending an era that included a World Cup triumph and a run of deep tournament finishes.

The result closes the book on the tournament's supporting cast and sets the stage for Sunday's final, where Messi's Argentina meet Spain for the trophy itself.

Tadej Pogacar reminded the Tour de France who is in charge on Saturday, soloing to victory on stage 14 at Le Markstein and stretching his overall lead in the process. The reigning champion attacked inside the final two kilometres of the Col du Haag, the day's decisive climb, and rode clear to the summit finish high in the Vosges.

It was Pogacar's fourth stage win of this year's race and the 25th of his Tour career. He crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate Isaac Del Toro and the young Frenchman Paul Seixas, while his closest general classification rival, Jonas Vingegaard, could only manage fourth at 44 seconds. Remco Evenepoel came home fifth.

The 155.3-kilometre stage from Mulhouse packed roughly 3,800 metres of climbing into a short but brutal day, finishing on the Col du Haag, an 11.2km ascent averaging 7.3% that was making its first ever appearance in the Tour. A converted forest road no peloton had raced before, it offered no reference points, and Pogacar simply rode away from everyone when it mattered.

The result reshuffled the fight behind him. Seixas took enough time to seize the white jersey of best young rider from Juan Ayuso, becoming the new leader of that competition, while Pogacar tightened his hold on both the yellow jersey and the mountains classification heading into the final week.

There was a neat symmetry to the venue. The Tour last finished at Le Markstein in 2023, when Pogacar also took the stage and Vingegaard sealed the overall title. This time the Slovenian looks in command of both battles. Read the full report at Cyclingnews.

The 2026 World Cup ends where the sport hoped it might: with Lionel Messi one match from immortality and the game's next great talent standing in his way. Argentina meet Spain at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday, the reigning world champions against the champions of Europe, in a final that doubles as a generational handover.

For Argentina, history is the prize. Lionel Scaloni's side can become the first nation to retain the World Cup since Brazil in 1962. They have taken the hard road to get here, winning all four knockout ties late: extra time against Cape Verde and Switzerland, stoppage-time comebacks against Egypt and England. Messi, now 39 and widely expected to be playing his last World Cup match, has dragged them through it, arriving at the final level at the top of the Golden Boot race on eight goals.

Spain have travelled a smoother road. Luis de la Fuente's team dismantled a favoured France 2-0 in the semi-final and reach their first final since winning the trophy in 2010, imperious and unbeaten. Their calling card is a defence that has conceded just once all tournament, marshalled in front of goalkeeper Unai Simon.

The subplot writes itself. Lamine Yamal, the 19-year-old who has become Spain's talisman, was a baby in Barcelona when Messi held him for a charity photograph in 2007. On Sunday the two Barcelona icons meet as opponents with the biggest prize in the game between them: an in-form Argentine attack against the most miserly defence in the competition, an almost cartoonish clash of force and object.

Bookmakers make Spain narrow favourites, and their control of a match can be suffocating. But few will bet against Messi writing one more chapter, and Argentina have made a habit of finding a way when the clock is against them. Read ESPN's full preview.

Lucas Herbert seized control of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, firing a record-equalling 62 to move to eight under par at the halfway stage. The Australian's second round was one for the history books: he went out in 28, the lowest nine-hole score ever recorded in a men's major championship, and briefly looked capable of shooting the first sub-61 round in a major before settling for the joint-lowest round in Open history.

He did not have the record to himself for long. Sam Burns matched the 62 barely half an hour later, capping his round by holing out from a greenside bunker on the 18th. Burns had opened with a 73, so the turnaround was dramatic, and it lifted him to five under and into weekend contention.

A crowded chase

Bryson DeChambeau sits alone in second at seven under, a shot back of Herbert. First-round leader Jackson Suber, the Open debutant who stunned the field with an opening 65, remains firmly in the picture at six under, tied with Cameron Young and Ryan Gerard. Defending champion Scottie Scheffler is lurking at five under, level with Burns and well within range heading into the weekend.

There was relief, too, for Rory McIlroy. The Masters champion had laboured to a two-over 72 on Thursday, but a bounce-back 67 on Friday carried him to one under and safely inside the cut. With a stacked leaderboard and a firm, breezy Birkdale test, the weekend promises a fight, but for now the story belongs to Herbert and a morning of record-breaking golf.

Mauro Schmid claimed the biggest win of his career on stage 13 of the Tour de France, the longest day of this year's race, edging Harold Tejada in a two-up sprint into Belfort. The 205.8-kilometre run from Dole was always likely to favour a breakaway, and Schmid gave Jayco-AlUla their first success of the 2026 Tour by timing his effort perfectly on the line.

It was a hard-earned victory. The finale was shaped by the Ballon d'Alsace, the category-one climb that first featured at the Tour more than a century ago, and only a select group survived it out front. Schmid and Tejada broke clear on the descent into Belfort, and after Tejada opened the sprint the Swiss rider fought back to take it. Jayco-AlUla had loaded the move with strength, with Michael Matthews and Luke Plapp helping to set it up.

Pidcock's day of gains

The other headline belonged to Tom Pidcock. Starting the day tenth overall, the Pinarello-Q36.5 rider slipped into the early break and rode aggressively over the Ballon d'Alsace to finish third on the stage, more than seven minutes clear of the main field. That ride vaulted him to fourth in the general classification, now 4:15 behind the leader and within touching distance of the podium.

Tadej Pogacar was content to let the move go. The race leader kept the breakaway on a manageable leash and rolled home with the other favourites well over seven minutes down, preserving the yellow jersey ahead of a weekend in the mountains. The peloton, led in by Quinn Simmons, will face far steeper tests before Paris.

Jackson Suber picked the biggest stage of his career to play the round of his life. The 26-year-old American, in his first Open Championship, fired a five-under 65 on Thursday to lead round one at Royal Birkdale, one clear of England's Dan Brown and South Korea's Sungjae Im.

Suber's card was anything but tidy, six birdies mixed with three bogeys, but the round turned on a single swing. On the par-5 17th he attacked from an awkward lie, bounding a long iron up onto the green to seven feet and rolling in an eagle that lifted him to five under. A steady par at the last gave him the first 65 of the week and the outright lead. It came with a warning attached: minutes earlier, Alex Smalley had also reached five under before hooking his tee shot out of bounds at the 18th and making a double bogey, a reminder of how quickly Birkdale can bite.

Brown and Im, out together in the calmer morning wave, matched each other with four-under 66s. Brown has form for fast Open starts, having led after the first round in 2024. A cluster sits at three under, among them Thomas Detry, Robert MacIntyre, former champion Francesco Molinari and Bryson DeChambeau, who is chasing a first weekend at a major all year.

The defending champion Scottie Scheffler raced to four under through six before the course reined him in, settling for a 68. The day's biggest name to struggle was Rory McIlroy, who could not buy a putt on the fast Birkdale greens and slid to the wrong side of par. With the draw favouring the early starters, the afternoon field had it tougher as the wind rose off the Southport coast.