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Sue Redfern became the first on-field female umpire in the Vitality Blast as Gloucestershire beat Middlesex in Bristol on Sunday. The 45-year-old joined the Professional Umpires Team, the ECB's group of elite officials, in 2022 and is eligible to stand in men's and women's professional matches...

"It probably won't sink in until tomorrow but to have my dad here - he comes most weeks - is pretty special. To win in front of him is amazing." Asked about his second shot to the 18th, McKibbin added: "It's probably one of the best shots I've hit. "It was sort of tricky and it wasn't. I was...

A record-breaking showing from Tommy Makinson helped St Helens ease their way to a dominant 48-6 victory over Huddersfield Giants in the second game of Day 2 of the Betfred Super League's Magic Weekend. The Giants had taken the lead in Newcastle through Kevin Naiqama's converted try against his...

Second row Josh Griffin crossed for three tries in the second half as Hull FC ended the weekend at St James' Park with a vital win; the result moves the Black and Whites to within four points of the Betfred Super League play-off places and denied Warrington Wolves returning top Josh Griffin was...

Rory McIlroy started the final round at the Memorial Tournament tied for the lead, but a poor final round sees him finish tied seventh behind winner Viktor Hovland; the Norwegian takes home the victory after beating Denny McCarthy in a sudden death play-off Rory McIlroy came up short in the...

Lewis Hamilton is very happy with his second place on the team radio "Mega job guys, mega job. Thank you so much to everyone at the factory, continuing to push This is a real showing for all your hard work so thank you. Let's keep pushing. Mega job to George as well."

Max Verstappen on his win at the Spanish GP "It's a big pleasure to drive with a car like this. I think it showed again today. "We had quite a lot of different strategies out there. For most of the race we were on the right one but a win here, it's incredible. "I had the harder compound so I...

Lewis Hamilton speaking after finishing second in Spain... "What a result for our team. We definitely didn't expect to have the result we had today, so I just really want to take my hat off to my team and say a big, big thank you to everyone back at the factory for continuing to push and bring...

George Russell speaking after finishing third in Spain "A little bit surprised for sure. Kudos to the team for giving me a great car today. "That was a fun race for us - starting from P12 and coming to P3. Hopefully a sign of things to come for us and the team." "It definitely feels better...

Fernando Alonso speaking to Sky Sports F1 after finishing in seventh "We didn't have the pace. We were not fast enough with the soft or hard. I don't think it was a thing with the strategy or anything, just a lack of pace today. Let's see why and try to get better for Canada." On his close...

Christian Horner suggested that George Russell got away with cutting the second chicane as he went to the left side of the bollard and didn't lose any ground. The incident was noted, but not investigated as Russell was cleared of any wrongdoing. Rosberg says: "He definitely maximised the...

George Russell speaking to Sky Sports F1 about getting the rain confused with his own sweat "That was a bit of confusion. At the start of the race I knew my hair wasn't in my balaclava. So my hair was dangling out which was quite annoying. "The next thing is, I started to brake and I saw the...

Lewis Hamilton speaking to Sky Sports F1 about finishing on the podium "George did a fantastic job to come from 12th to third. I hope everybody at the factory and back at home feels proud of themselves for the amazing work they are doing. "The car felt great. We definitely have steps to...

Carlos Sainz speaking to Sky Sports F1 after finishing fifth at his home race "I put even harder work in today [than yesterday], it just doesn't show. Unfortunately this is our situation. "We know race pace and high speed corners is our weakness. Unfortunately, Barcelona has high degradation...

Charles Leclerc speaking to Sky Sports F1 after finishing 11th at the Spanish GP Asked if P11 was a decent result, Leclerc answered: "No. I don't understand what we are doing wrong but we are doing something wrong. "I went from a first hard to a second hard in the last stint, did the same...

Wolff: Let's keep our expectations real Mercedes' double podium in Spain saw them jump Aston Martin in the constructors' championship to move into second place by 18 points. Toto Wolff says Mercedes needed a "wake-up call" earlier in the season but that the W14 is now "a good car". "Let's keep...

However, they didn't have much success for the rest of the season as Hamilton went winless in an F1 campaign for the first time in his career. His last win came in December 2021 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and he hopes Mercedes can "lift the overall performance of the car" to narrow the...

Anthony Davidson analysed the incident on the SkyPad, comparing where Russell was versus Hulkenberg and the McLaren of Oscar Piastri just before he took the escape route. "It's close but I do believe he was just ahead of the McLaren before he decided to take avoiding action to go down the...

Hamilton controversially missed out on breaking Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles when he was beaten by Max Verstappen at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the last lap. Sky Sports F1's Naomi Schiff feels a new contract is inevitable for the 38-year-old. "There was a lot of...

Wolff: Negotiations will take half an hour Hamilton joined Mercedes in 2013 and has won six of his seven titles with them while becoming the most successful F1 driver in history with 103 pole positions and 103 wins, and has indicated that he is not done the the sport yet. Speaking to Sky Sports...