Kyle Busch put himself in great position to win his first Coca-Cola 600 while Kevin Harvick failed inspection and will start in 39th.

Andre Iguodala will not play for the Warriors Thursday, but Klay Thompson will.

Each driver will have the name of a fallen service member on their car, representing generations of military service. The tributes are part of Sunday’s Salute to the Troops at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

A small town in Virginia is hoping to temporarily change its name to “Capitalsville” after the team made it to the Stanley Cup Final.

Chris Paul’s breakout performance in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals couldn’t have come at a better moment.

A post-tea collapse, triggered by Mohammad Abbas and Hasan Ali, two pacemen of Pakistan who look tailor-made for English conditions, punctured any early-summer optimism in the home camp in the space of seven overs.

The stands were full as the final session began since this was no time for gossiping with old friends out the back. The Royals were dominating everyone’s attention again – the Rajasthan Royals, that is. The score was a less than satisfactory 165 for five but in the 20 minutes before tea Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler, fresh from the Indian Premier League, had hinted at a glorious Tamasha after tea. Buttler had cruised to 13 in no time while Stokes, in exemplary Test fashion, had reached 36. It was compulsory to be back in the bucket seats in time for the resumption.

• Women’s Champions League final: Wolfsburg 1-4 Lyon
• Extra-time comeback secures fifth title for French side

Goals from Amandine Henry, Eugénie Le Sommer, Ada Hegerberg and Camille Abily handed Lyon their third consecutive Champions League title after they had fallen behind in an action-packed period of extra-time.

After a dull 90 minutes the game sprang to life. A deflected strike from the Wolfsburg forward Pernille Harder was followed by Henry’s top-corner strike from a wonderful Hegerberg chip. In between Harder’s goal and the leveller, Wolfsburg had gone down to 10 as Alexandra Popp picked up a second yellow for a rash challenge on Delphine Cascarino. The fresh legs of Shanice van de Sanden then sealed the tie for the French side as she three times sprinted away on the right, first providing the assist for Le Sommer, then for an unmarked Hegerberg – her record-breaking 15th Champions League goal in a single campaign – and finally for Abily, who was making her final appearance for Lyon at the age of 33.

“It’s a good question,” said Simon Yates, his words unusually hesitant and imbued with apparent self-doubt. “I don’t know. I hope not. We’ll see.”

As rallying cries go, it was hardly Henry V before Agincourt. Especially given the fact that his interrogator was asking whether the first cracks in his effort to win the Giro d’Italia were beginning to show.

Mauricio Pochettino has signed a new five-year contract at Tottenham Hotspur worth up to £8.5m each year. The manager had refused in recent weeks to guarantee he would lead the club into their new stadium in September and he sparked alarm on the final day of the season when he appeared to suggest that his future was linked to how Daniel Levy approached the summer transfer window.

Pochettino called upon the chairman to “be brave and take risks” and it was clear that the Argentinian, who has led Spurs to three successive top-three finishes and Champions League qualifications, was positioning, at the very least, to win certain concessions. Pochettino has worked effectively on relatively meagre budgets during his four seasons at the club and is determined to strengthen the squad in order to challenge for major trophies.

Perhaps the most personable driver in the Formula One paddock, even in adversity, Daniel Ricciardo usually has the ability to ease the pain of setbacks with an endearing, self-deprecating humour. Little wonder then that the Red Bull driver’s thunderous disappointment and anger at the pit-stop error that cost him a win at Monaco in 2016 was so arresting and of such import that two years on, back in Monte Carlo, he is still seeking redemption. This weekend he may just find it.

In 2016, Mercedes had been dominant in the turbo-hybrid era for three years and Red Bull were no closer, except at Monaco where the slow corners and emphasis on downforce was a notable exception.