F1 Cut Carbon by 35%. The Cars Still Burn Fuel.

The number on the report was 148,805. Tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, down from 228,793 in 2018. A 35% reduction. A 12% drop year on year. Formula 1’s annual sustainability review, published this week, declares the sport “on track” to achieve its commitment to become net-zero carbon by 2030. Stefano Domenicali, the president and chief […]

The Pit Lane Was 77 Metres Wrong. One Driver Got Justice.

The error was 77 metres. The pit lane at Monaco, measured by Formula 1 and the FIA for the purpose of enforcing the speed limit, was 77 metres longer than the route drivers could actually take. The speed limit is calculated by the time it takes to travel a certain distance. If the distance is […]

Clark’s Drives Went Wild. He Saved Par. Johnson Made an Eight.

The drive on the 14th sailed so far right that it left the hole and found the trampled-down grass where the spectators had been walking. Wyndham Clark had a perfect lie. He punched his second onto the green. He made par. On the 15th, he drove into the undergrowth again, hacked out again, found the […]

Clark Leads the US Open. The Former Champions Are Right Behind.

The fog burned off. The wind dropped. The afternoon wave played Shinnecock Hills as it rarely allows itself to be played—softened, gentled, almost forgiving. Wyndham Clark took his chance. Five birdies. An eagle. One bogey. A 64 that left him at six under par, two shots clear of the field, the first-round leader of the […]

McIlroy Grinded Through the Wind. The Afternoon Got the Calm.

The fog rolled in before dawn. The start was delayed two hours. When play finally began, the wind was already gusting past 30 miles per hour across the 7,440-yard track, and Shinnecock Hills was doing what Shinnecock Hills does: punishing good shots, exposing bad ones, separating the players who can survive from those who cannot. […]

The Gloves Closed. The Ball Dropped. New Zealand Kept Batting.

The ball left Rachin Ravindra’s bat at an angle that should have ended his innings. Josh Tongue, the bowler who had been England’s most impressive performer in the early afternoon session, induced the drive. The thick edge flew low and fast to James Rew’s left. The Somerset wicketkeeper, on debut, dived. The ball hit his […]

She’ll Captain England at the World Cup. She Won’t Play the Lord’s Test.

The squad announcement landed. Charlie Dean’s name was not on it. The woman who will lead England at the T20 World Cup while Nat Sciver-Brunt nurses a calf injury, the woman who filled in impressively at the start of the summer, the woman who has played three Tests and is the white-ball vice-captain, has been […]

Stokes Could Return at Trent Bridge. That’s Where He Came Back Before.

The last time Ben Stokes came back from a nightclub incident that threatened to end his England career, he walked out to bat at Trent Bridge. It was 2018. He had been cleared of affray charges following an incident outside a Bristol nightclub. The trial had consumed him. The verdict freed him. The next Test […]

JD Vance Owns the Iran Deal. Trump Already Has an Exit.

Vice President JD Vance has spent the week defending the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, becoming the public face of an agreement that is broadly unpopular with his own party—only to be undercut by President Donald Trump, who joked he would blame Vance if the deal collapses, contradicted him on a key funding provision, and then […]

McIlroy Draws the Morning. Scheffler Draws the Wind.

The tee times dropped. The calculations began. Rory McIlroy will hit his opening shot at the US Open at 12:52 BST on Thursday, playing alongside Ryder Cup team-mates Tommy Fleetwood and Ludvig Aberg in the morning wave. Scottie Scheffler, the world number one chasing the career Grand Slam, will wait until 13:14, grouped with defending […]