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Walkinshaw Andretti United to run three-round wildcard

The squad has confirmed that Kostecki will join regular drivers Chaz Mostert and Bryce Fullwood in the line-up for three events –The Bend SuperSprint, Darwin Triple Crown and Perth Supernight. Each of those rounds will feature a 26-car grid, with the 24 full-timers joined by Kostecki and Tickford wildcard starter Thomas Randle. Kostecki has a…

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Bottas crash damage could cost Mercedes F1 upgrade push

Bottas collided with Williams driver Russell while battling for ninth place in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, resulting in a big crash that caused the race to be red flagged. Bottas and Russell were quick to blame each other for causing the crash on the approach to Turn 2, but the stewards deemed it to…

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Makino named as third driver for Fuji Super GT race

Makino, who won last year’s title alongside Naoki Yamamoto, has been out of action in both SUPER GT and Super Formula since last December, when he was struck by a bout of meningitis. He was discharged from hospital in January but was forced to skip all of pre-season testing and the respective opening races of…

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Antonio Rudiger: Chelsea defender says anti-racism campaigns change ‘nothing’

Antonio Rudiger has made 40 appearances for GermanyChelsea defender Antonio Rudiger says “nothing ever really changes” after anti-discrimination campaigns in football, but he will “continue to fight” against racist abuse. Rudiger said racism goes “a lot deeper” than abuse from the stands or online. The German, 28, has suffered racist abuse several times during his…

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Lawro’s predictions: Man City v Chelsea

You can listen to live coverage of the Champions League final on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website, with coverage starting at 18:00 BST on Saturday. Kick-off is at 20:00 BST. Saturday’s Champions League final is an all-English affair in Portugal, but will it be Manchester City or Chelsea who take the…

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Can Swansea repeat top-flight promotion 10 years on?

Swansea City face Brentford in Saturday’s Championship play-off final aiming to repeat their Wembley heroics of 10 years ago and return to the Premier League. *Video available to UK users only Listen to live commentary of Swansea City v Brentford on BBC Radio Wales on Saturday, 29 May, kick-off 15:00 BST with live text updates…

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Gearbox issue led to Zarco’s Portugal MotoGP crash

The erstwhile championship leader led the early stages of Sunday’s Algarve race, before falling behind race winner Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha and Suzuki’s Alex Rins. Zarco was promoted to second when Rins crashed on lap 19, but the Frenchman would suffer the same fate a tour later. He admits he initially thought he had…

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