Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina wins Russia’s first medal of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics with downhill bronze.

George Russell takes pole position as Mercedes dominate a qualifying session for the Australian Grand Prix in which Max Verstappen crashed.

Emma Raducanu makes an impressive start at Indian Wells as the British number one records a straight-set victory over Russian Anastasia Zakharova.

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley is banned for two years for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.

“It’s a Grand Slam or disappointment” for France, writes Tom English as fellow risk takers Scotland bid to keep their own title hopes alive at Murrayfield.

Wales aim to have the last laugh against Ireland in the Six Nations at the Aviva Stadium on Friday after being the subject of ridicule.

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri sets the fastest time in Friday practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Players have criticised the decision for a tennis tournament to be held in the UAE in the midst of Iranian attacks – including one still stranded there.

Aston Martin’s dire start to the season has left Fernando Alonso in a “hard mental place”, says team principal Adrian Newey.

Spurs interim manager Igor Tudor says he is more confident now of surviving relegation than before the club’s 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace.