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The 2023 MotoGP championship battle between Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin will be decided in Sunday’s grand prix final in Valencia. After winning the sprint on Saturday, Martin now trails Bagnaia by just 14 points, with the latter needing to finish at least fifth to ensure his second crown. Saturday saw the first tyre pressure penalties issued in a sprint, with Morbidelli and Luca Marini getting three-second penalties for committing a second offence this season of running underneath the minimum front pressure. Both Martin and Bagnaia have received an official warning for this already this season, meaning a transgression in the grand prix would result in a three-second penalty. This has given rise to fears that the title could be decided by something totally out of the riders’ control. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro says this outcome would be a worse image for MotoGP than him slapping Morbidelli during practice in Qatar. “Yesterday [Friday], the ...

Max Verstappen "was aware" of the risk of receiving a potential Formula 1 penalty in the Spanish Grand Prix during his fastest lap push, according to Christian Horner. The Red Bull driver was on course for a Grand Chelem in Barcelona, just needing the fastest lap bonus point - which he ultimately secured with a 1:16:330 on Lap 61 of 66 - to secure the rare feat of winning from pole and leading every lap. Verstappen's dominance was so great in Spain that the only session of the weekend he did not lead was Q1 - but was on the verge of a penalty in the race after receiving a black and white flag for track limits. He was warned about this by his race engineer, but continued with the push for the extra point regardless, and Horner says Verstappen judged the risk. Viewed by others: Lewis Hamilton Hamilton confirms Merc...

Forward Bukayo Saka has apologised to Arsenal fans for his penalty miss in the 2-2 draw with West Ham United on Sunday. The Gunners once again spurned a 2-0 lead this weekend - having done so at Anfield last Sunday in a 2-2 draw - having taken what looked like a commanding lead in the opening 10 minutes of the Game through Martin Odegaard and Gabriel Jesus. Goals from Said Benrahma and Jarrod Bowen pegged Arsenal back at London Stadium, putting a huge dent in the club's title hopes in the process. As well as ruing the concession of two goals, Arsenal will also be ruing Saka's second half penalty miss. The star forward has been in stunning form all season, scoring 12 and bagging 10 assists in the league, but curled a spot kick wide of the post after Michail Antonio handled the ball in his own penalty area on Sunday afternoon. Read the latest Arsenal news here feed Saka has since taken to his personal Instagram account in order to apologies to Gunners' fans for said miss,...

Aleksandar Mitrovic endured an unhappy return to St. James' Park as Fulham lost 1-0 to their hosts Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon. Collectively, Fulham's leading scorer will mourn his side's first defeat since November after a run of five straight victories. However, his intrinsic involvement in the reverse, squandering a chance to open the scoring from a second-half penalty , will be the most haunting aspect of Sunday's defeat. 20 minutes before Alexander Isak nodded in the game's only goal in the 89th minute, Mitrovic had already put the ball in the net against his former employers only to have his celebration quickly cut short. Here's why the Serbian's spot-kick was disallowed on an afternoon to forget. Newcastle 1-0 Fulham: Player ratings as Alexander Isak snatches 3 points with late winner Why Mitrovic's penalty for Fulham didn't stand against Newcastle Andreas Pereira had already seen one spurious penalty appeal waved away before Bobby De...