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Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel (R) and Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc steer their cars during the warm up lap the Formula One Styrian Grand Prix race on July 12, 2020 in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by Joe Klamar / various sources / AFP)

Latest sports news headlines, results, and fixtures: Sunday 12 July

The latest sports news headlines, results, and fixtures on Sunday 12 July 2020.

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Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel (R) and Ferrari’s Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc steer their cars during the warm up lap the Formula One Styrian Grand Prix race on July 12, 2020 in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by Joe Klamar / various sources / AFP)

The latest sports news headlines include Austrian redemption for Lewis Hamilton and Safa giving the PSL a telling off.

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MMA

UFC 251 was the first event conducted at the so-called Fight Island in Abu Dhabi and saw three titles being put on the line.

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Football

The PSL is without a sponsor for its Premiership since parting ways with Absa.

Sibusiso Khumalo has spent most of his Sundowns spell on loan, and is hoping to secure a Kaizer Chiefs move.

The South African Football Association (Safa) have poured cold water on the Premier Soccer League’s audacious plans to restart their season next weekend.

Pablo Hernandez fired Leeds to within touching distance of the Premier League as his late strike gave the English Championship leaders a 1-0 win at Swansea on Sunday.

Wolves bounced back from back-to-back defeats to move into the Premier League’s top six on Sunday by inflicting another miserable away day on Everton in a 3-0 win at Molineux.

Aston Villa pledged to investigate and issue a lifetime ban against a supporter after Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha revealed a shocking series of racially-aggravated messages before Sunday’s Premier League clash between the two sides.

Major League Soccer’s restart tournament suffered further disruption on Sunday after a positive COVID-19 case forced the postponement of the game between D.C. United and Toronto FC.

Cricket

South African pace legend Vincent Barnes has come out in support of Lungi Ngidi, dismissing criticism levelled at the player who declared his support for the Black Lives Matter movement in a recent zoom interview.

Jermaine Blackwood held firm for the West Indies to leave England needing a dramatic final session if they were to win the first Test at Southampton on Sunday. West Indies were 143-4 at tea on the last day, needing just 57 more runs to reach a victory target of 200 in a match that marks international cricket’s return from lockdown.

Motorsport

After a week of debate as to whether Formula One drivers should take a united stance on racism and all kneel before races, several seemed to miss a protest ahead of Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s nightmare start to the 2020 Formula One season continued on Sunday when Charles Leclerc collided with Sebastian Vettel on the opening lap of the Styrian Grand Prix. Leclerc attempted to push past his team-mate on the inside of Turn Three, but rode the kerbs and instead launched his vehicle into the rear of Vettel’s machine.

Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 at the second Formula One Grand Prix of the season in Spielberg Austria.

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Formula One boss, Ross Brawn, on Sunday warned the travelling circus to avoid any complacency despite reporting zero positive results after more than 8,000 tests for coronavirus.

Olympics

UK Sport has denied putting athletes welfare at risk after a report claimed British Olympians had been given an experimental substance ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. The Mail on Sunday reported public money was used to provide a select band of 91 athletes with an energy drink called DeltaG, claiming they had been used as guinea pigs with no guarantee the substance would not cause side effects or breach anti-doping regulations.

Rugby

Argentina centre Jeronimo de la Fuente has signed a three-year deal with Perpignan after being released by the Jaguares due to financial issues, the French second-tier club said on Sunday.

Former England full-back Nick Abendanon has signed a two-year deal with second-tier Vannes three months after saying he was retiring, the French club said late on Saturday.

The Wellington Hurricanes held off a hard-finishing Otago Highlanders for a 17-11 Super Rugby Aotearoa victory in Wellington on Sunday hailed as “massive” by captain TJ Perenara.

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English Premier League results on Sunday

Aston Villa 2 (Trezeguet 45+4, 59) Crystal Palace 0

Wolves 3 (Jimenez 45+2-pen, Dendoncker 46, Jota 74) Everton 0

Played Saturday

Norwich 0 West Ham 4 (Antonio 11, 45+1, 54, 74)

Watford 2 (Deeney 52-pen, 82-pen) Newcastle 1 (Gayle 23)

Liverpool 1 (Robertson 34) Burnley 1 (Rodriguez 69)

Sheffield United 3 (McGoldrick 18, 77, McBurnie 33) Chelsea 0

Brighton 0 Manchester City 5 (Sterling 21, 53, 81, Jesus 44, Bernardo Silva 56)

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English Championship results on Sunday

Stoke 2 Birmingham 0

Swansea 0 Leeds 1

Played Saturday

Barnsley 0 Wigan 0

Blackburn 1 West Brom 1

Charlton 0 Reading 1

Derby 1 Brentford 3

Hull 0 Millwall 1

Middlesbrough 1 Bristol City 3

Preston 1 Nottingham Forest 1

QPR 0 Sheffield Wednesday 3

Spanish La Liga result on Sunday

Espanyol 0 Eibar 2 (Exposito 25-pen, 36)

Played Saturday

Osasuna 2 (Gallego 23, Arnaiz 90+1) Celta Vigo 1 (Lorenzo 10)

Valladolid 0 Barcelona 1 (Vidal 15)

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Atletico Madrid 1 (Costa 74) Real Betis 0

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Styrian F1 Grand Prix results on Sunday, the second race of the 2020 Formula One season:

1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 1hr 22mins 50.683sec, 2. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) at 13.719sec, 3. Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull-Honda) 33.698, 4. Alexander Albon (THA/Red Bull-Honda) 44.400, 5. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Renault) 1:01.470, 6. Sergio Pérez (MEX/Racing Point-Mercedes) 1:02.387, 7. Lance Stroll (CAN/Racing Point-Mercedes) 1:02.453, 8. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Renault) 1:02.591, 9. Carlos Sainz (ESP/McLaren-Renault) 1 lap, 10. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/AlphaTauri-Honda) 1 lap, 11. Kimi Räikkönen (FIN/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1 lap, 12. Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari) 1 lap, 13. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Haas-Ferrari) 1 lap, 14. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 1 lap, 15. Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Honda) 1 lap, 16. George Russell (GBR/Williams-Mercedes) 2 laps, 17. Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 2 laps

Fastest lap: Carlos Sainz (ESP/McLaren-Renault) 1min 05.619sec on the 68th lap (average speed: 236.894 kmh)

Retired: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari): accident 2nd lap, Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari): accident 5th lap, Esteban Ocon (FRA/Renault): mechanical problem 26th lap

Drivers World championship

  1. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 43pts
  2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 37
  3.  Lando Norris (GBR) 26
  4. Charles Leclerc (MON) 18
  5. Sergio Pérez (MEX) 16
  6. Max Verstappen (NED) 15
  7. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) 13
  8. Alexander Albon (THA) 12
  9. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 6
  10. Lance Stroll (CAN) 6
  11. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 4
  12. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 4
  13. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA) 2
  14. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 1
  15. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 1

Constructors championship standings

  1. Mercedes 80
  2. McLaren-Renault 39
  3. Red Bull-Honda 27
  4. Racing Point-Mercedes 22
  5. Ferrari 19
  6. Renault 8
  7. AlphaTauri-Honda 7
  8. Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 2

UFC 251 LIVE: USMAN VS MASVIDAL

FIGHT CARD

Main Card

Kamaru Usman (c) defeats Jorge Masvidal – unanimous decision – Welterweight Title.

Alex Volkanovski (c) defeats Max Holloway – split decision – Featherweight Title.

Petr Yan defeats Jose Aldo – TKO – 5th round – Bantamweight Title.

Rose Namajunas defeats Jessica Andrade – split decision- women’s strawweight.

Amanda Ribas defeats Paige VanZant – armbar submission – Round 1.

Preliminary Card

Jiri Prochazka defeats Volkan Oezdemir – via KO – light heavyweight.

Muslim Salikhov def. Elizeu dos Santos — via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29) — welterweight.

Makwan Amirkhani defeated Danny Henry via submission — Round 1.

Leonardo Santos defeated Roman Bogatov via unanimous decision (29-26 x3).

Early Prelims

Raulian Paiva defeated Zhalgas Zhumagulov via unanimous decision (29-28 x3).

Karol Rosa defeated Vanessa Melo via unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 30-27).

Davey Grant defeated Martin Day via KO at 2:38 of Round 3.

Marcin Tybura defeated Maxim Grishin via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28).

Leading final round scores in the European Tour’s Austrian Open at the Diamond CC, Vienna on Sunday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

275 – Marc Warren 66 69 70 70

276 – Marcel Schneider (GER) 69 69 69 69

277 – Wil Besseling (NED) 68 69 74 66

278 – Craig Howie 66 69 74 69, Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez (ESP) 70 67 69 72, Darius Van Driel (NED) 71 65 70 72, Connor Syme 67 70 69 72

280 – Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 68 65 77 70, Philip Eriksson (SWE) 67 73 70 70, Christopher Mivis (BEL) 68 70 72 70, Oscar Lengden (SWE) 69 68 73 70, Allen John (GER) 69 70 70 71, John Catlin (USA) 71 69 71 69, Thomas Detry (BEL) 68 71 73 68

281 – Nicolai Von Dellingshausen (GER) 68 67 70 76, Joel Stalter (FRA) 68 69 70 74, Renato Paratore (ITA) 68 67 75 71

Leading third-round scores on Saturday in the US PGA Tour Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio (USA unless noted, par-72):

200 – Justin Thomas 68-66-66

202 – Viktor Hovland (NOR) 69-67-66

203 – Collin Morikawa 65-66-72

205 – Sam Burns 69-66-70, Kevin Streelman 70-64-71

206 – Ian Poulter (ENG) 68-69-69, Rory Sabbatini (SVK) 69-68-69

207 – Gary Woodland 73-68-66, Rickie Fowler 72-69-66, Chase Seiffert 68-69-70, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 67-68-72, MJ Daffue (RSA) 73-69-65

208 – Matt Jones (AUS) 69-72-67, Troy Merritt 69-72-67, Sepp Straka (AUT) 69-70-69, Xander Schauffele 69-73-66, Sam Ryder 70-72-66

209 – Stewart Cink 72-69-68

Latest sports fixtures

English Premier League

Bournemouth vs Leicester (20:00 SAST), Tottenham vs Arsenal (17:30 SAST) 

La Liga

Levante vs Athletic Bilbao (17:00), Leganes vs Valencia (19:30), Sevilla vs Mallorca (22:00)

Golf

Austrian Open final round

Workday Charity Open final round