Max Verstappen said race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase wanted his blessing to move to McLaren before making the decision.
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- PBKS bowling attack has ‘different guns, can just pull the trigger at different stages’
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Rana five-wicket haul restricts NZ to 198
Kelly, the NZ opener, hit a fighting half-century
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Domenicali: F1 critics have ‘short memories’
Critics of Formula 1’s new style of racing and its controversial new cars have “short memories”, according to championship CEO Stefano Domenicali.
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Former Afghanistan quick Shapoor Zadran battles for his life in Delhi hospital
Shapoor Zadran is suffering from Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare, life-threatening disease, in which the immune system starts failing
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Who’s really fastest in 2026? F1’s new rules are confusing the pecking order — and the drivers
Formula 1’s new era was always going to bring questions, but its first week of serious running has raised more than most. With one more preseason test in Bahrain still to come, ESPN makes sense of a fascinating three days in Sakhir.
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PBKS bowling attack has ‘different guns, can just pull the trigger at different stages’
The combination of Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett and Vijaykumar Vyshak gives PBKS variety in their bowling attack at IPL 2026
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Unchanged New Zealand bat first; Soumya Sarkar replaces Afif Hossain for Bangladesh
Mustafizur Rahman continues to miss out, and Shoriful Islam has been persisted with on a pitch that is likely to assist fast bowlers
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‘We take little things out of each other’s books’ – Connolly on batting with Arya
Cooper Connolly, in his first season at the IPL, is Punjab Kings’ highest run-getter at the moment, and has made big contributions in two of their five wins so far
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Prince Yadav enters top three on Purple Cap table after Sunday’s action in IPL 2026
Here’s a look at what the Orange and Purple Cap tables look like after the KKR vs RR and PBKS vs LSG games on Sunday in IPL 2026
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Ferrari impress as Leclerc leads F1 testing times
Charles Leclerc ensured Ferrari ended preseason testing in style with a scintillating set of late laps in Bahrain that will increase hype around the Italian team’s 2026 chances.