Jean Todt, a former Ferrari team boss and the current president of the governing FIA, knows Michael Schumacher better than most. In the week which marks the 25th anniversary of the German’s first Formula One race, Todt looks back on his friend’s career.

New Zealand opened their Rugby Championship campaign with a thumping win over Australia last week but the world champions are bracing for a tough encounter against a wounded Wallabies side determined to salvage their pride on Saturday.

Frenchman Lilian Calmejane claimed his first ever professional stage win by breaking clear on a steep category two climb at the end the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espana yesterday.

US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte lost all four of his major sponsors on Monday, including Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren Corp, following his apology for an “exaggerated” story about being robbed at gunpoint at the Rio Games.

Cricket-obsessed Pakistanis were yesterday celebrating their national team’s “incredible journey” to the top of the Test rankings after a turbulent seven years in which they were forced to play home matches on neutral venues.

One week and two nerve?jangling successes into Antonio Conte’s career as a Premier League manager the Italian will recognise better now the value of one of those he inherited.

New England manager Sam Allardyce will consider ending former captain John Terry’s four-year international exile, he revealed on Monday.

England limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has said his team could take the unusual option of playing three spinners in today’s opening one-day international against Pakistan at Southampton.

India’s experiment with the pink ball in the Duleep Trophy domestic championship met with major embarrassment after floodlight failure interrupted play for over an hour in the day-night match yesterday.

Serena Williams and Angelique Kerbe, battling it out for the world number one ranking, are the first two women to qualify for the season-ending WTA Tour Finals in Singapore, the WTA said on Monday.

Watch enough men’s tennis and eventually you will be able to identify a top player simply from their grunts.

With the Ryder Cup just over a month away, the teams are shaping up, with this week’s Barclays tournament at Bethpage determining the last three automatic spots on a United States team desperate to end Europe’s recent domination.