Liverpool’s English midfielder Curtis Jones (L) waits for the ball before scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on 5 July, 2020.
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Latest sports news headlines, results and fixtures: Sunday 5 July
Get the latest sports news headlines as well as results an upcoming fixtures on Sunday 5 July 2020.
Liverpool’s English midfielder Curtis Jones (L) waits for the ball before scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Aston Villa at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on 5 July, 2020.
Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP
There is a wealth of sports news to sift through this Sunday and we also bring you the latest fixtures and results.
Latest sports news headlines
Motorsport
Valtteri Bottas weathered a stormy opening to the Formula One season in Spielberg Austria, leading the race from start to finish after claiming pole.
World Champion Lewis Hamilton led the majority of Formula One drivers in taking a knee in a gesture of anti-racism solidarity on the grid before the start of the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Silverstone will be able to host two Formula One Grand Prix in August as new quarantine exemptions for major sporting events in England were announced by the British government on Sunday.
Football
West Bromwich Albion moved a step closer to the Premier League after Matheus Pereira turned on the style in a 4-2 win over Hull on Sunday.
Former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez signed on as head coach of Qatari club Al-Sadd for one more year Sunday, putting to bed rumours of an imminent move back to the Spanish side.
West Ham wasted a chance to substantially improve their chances of Premier League survival as Newcastle rescued a 2-2 draw, while John Egan’s first top-flight goal gave Sheffield United a 1-1 draw at Burnley on Sunday. Liverpool were frustarted for over an hour before Sadio Mane and Curtis Jones gave thema 2-0 win over Aston Villa.
Golf
American Matthew Wolff had nine birdies in an eight-under 64 to take a three-shot lead at the PGA Tour Rocket Mortgage Classic heading into the final round on Sunday.
Cricket
Here is the full list of winners at Saturday night’s CSA awards ceremony.
Shannon Gabriel’s prospects of facing England in next week’s series opener at Southampton increased after he was formally added to the West Indies Test squad on Thursday.
Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Mendis was arrested Sunday after being allegedly involved in a fatal crash with a cyclist, who died instantly, just outside the country’s capital Colombo, police said.
Horse racing
Trainer John Gosden said he was thrilled as Enable began her bid for a historic third victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with a respectable second in the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown on Sunday.
English colt Mishriff powered clear of a tight field on the Chantilly home straight on Sunday to win the Prix du Jockey-Club, known as the French Derby, as favourite Victor Ludorum could only manage third. Later, Irish filly Fancy Blue held off a triple challenge in a tight final dash to win the Prix de Diane at the scenic track north of Paris to complete a good weekend for the O’Brien family of trainers.
Cycling
Julien Bernard of Trek Segafredo may have never won a stage on the Tour de France but the French rider came out on top in stage two of the men’s Virtual Tour de France on Sunday in a closely-contested finish.
Latest sports results
English Championship results on Sunday:
Middlesbrough 0 QPR 1
Swansea 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1
West Brom 4 Hull 2
Played Saturday
Blackburn 1 Leeds 3
Brentford 3 Wigan 0
Bristol City 0 Cardiff 1
Derby 1 Nottingham Forest 1
Fulham 1 Birmingham 0
Huddersfield 0 Preston 0
Luton 0 Reading 5
Stoke 4 Barnsley 0
Played Friday
Charlton 0 Millwall 1
English Premier League results on Sunday:
Burnley 1 (Tarkowski 43) Sheffield United 1 (Egan 80)
Newcastle 2 (Almiron 17, Shelvey 67) West Ham 2 (Antonio 4, Soucek 65)
Liverpool 2 (Mane 71, Jones 89) Aston Villa 0
Spanish La Liga results on Sunday:
Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Madrid 1 (Ramos 73-pen)\
Espanyol 0 Leganes 1 ( Silva 53).
Italian Serie A results on Sunday:
Inter Milan 1 (Lukaku 22) Bologna 2 (Juwara 74, Barrow 80)
Austrian Grand Prix results on Sunday after the first race of the 2020 season:
1. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) 1 h 30:55.739, 2. Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) at 2.700, 3. Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Renault) 5.491, 4. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 5.689, 5. Carlos Sainz (ESP/McLaren-Renault) 8.903, 6. Sergio Perez (MEX/Racing Point-Mercedes) 15.092, 7. Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Honda) 16.682, 8. Esteban Ocon (FRA/Renault) 17.456, 9. Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari) 21.146, 10. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 24.545, 11. Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) 31.650, 12. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/AlphaTauri-Honda) 4 laps, 13. Alexander Albon (THA/Red Bull-Honda) 4 laps
Latest sport fixtures
Italian Serie A
Brescia vs Hellas Verona, Cagliari vs Atalanta, Parma vs Fiorentina, Sampdoria vs SPAL, Udinese vs Genoa (all 19:30), Napoli vs Roma (21:45)
English Premier League
Southampton vs Manchester City (20:00)
Spanish La Liga
Osasuna vs Getafe (19:30), Villarreal vs Barcelona (22:00)
