Cricket
Bangladesh M Tour of India, 2nd Test, 1st-3rd T20Is
Very comfortable wins for India, including a near-300 total in the final T20I.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup
New Zealand won quite convincingly.
Ireland M v/s South Africa M at UAE, 1st-3rd ODIs
South Africa won the first two matches with a big margin, and Ireland returned the favour in the final match.
England M Tour of Pakistan, 1st-3rd Tests
England won the first test by an innings, declaring their first innings at 823. They then went on to lose the next two matches by 152 runs and 9 wickets.
West Indies M Tour of Sri Lanka, 1st-3rd T20Is, 1st-3rd ODIs
2-1 for Sri Lanka in both series, none of the matches being closely contested again.
New Zealand M Tour of India, 1st-2nd Tests
New Zealand won the first two tests, virtually knocking us out of the World Test Championship finals unless we beat Australia.
South Africa M Tour of Bangladesh, 1st-2nd Tests
Bangladesh took yet another beating.
New Zealand W Tour of India, 1st-3rd ODIs
India wins 2-1, each match feeling one-sided yet again. What is going on?!
England M Tour of WI, 1st ODIs
West Indies might be resurgent here, taking a 8-wicket win to start the series.
Formula 1
US Grand Prix
Verstappen won the sprint race quite comfortably. Norris took pole for the main race, and Verstappen was behind him. Norris attempted to cover the inside line at the race start into the wide Turn 1 as much as he could, but Verstappen sent a divebomb down the inside anyway. Both drivers went off-track at the exit, handing Leclerc the lead. While Verstappen did force Norris off the track and himself gained an advantage by leaving the track, the stewards believed this was par for the course during lap 1. Verstappen, though overtaken by Sainz soon, then built a gap to Norris during the first stint, but Norris caught up during the second stint. Verstappen defended beautifully lap after lap, but Norris finally got a good exit onto the long back straight with 5 laps to go. He got ahead, but Verstappen braked late and both cars went off-track at the exit again. Norris decided to use even more of the off-track area to keep the position, got slapped with a 5 second penalty (mitigating factor: he was forced off track), and was unable to build the gap by the end of the race. Had Norris not overtaken off-track, Verstappen could have been penalised for forcing a driver off the track. However, he was ahead at the apex (by braking way too late, see Brazil 2022) so that muddies the waters.
Hamilton qualified 17th, made up 5 places at the race start, then spun out on his own at the same corner where Russell crashed in qualifying. Russell had to start from the pitlane, and ended the race in 6th.
Mexican GP
Sainz took pole, but Verstappen overtook him on the long run down to Turn 1. Sainz overtook Verstappen later at Turn 1 by positioning his car in a way that hid his intentions, then braking in a straight line to the apex - a trick that Verstappen himself is a master of. Norris then caught Verstappen, stayed alongside him at the apex of Turn 4, and got forced off the track. Verstappen then sent a ridiculous divebomb into Turn 8, forcing both cars off the track, and handing Leclerc second place. Verstappen got two separate 10-second penalties, effectively demoting from 4th to 6th, while Norris managed to overtake Leclerc towards the end. Leclerc's tyres were giving up and he impressively saved a near-certain crash. Hamilton and Russell had a long battle with Hamilton ultimately taking the spoils. Norris was just 4 seconds behind Sainz at the end, so Verstappen's dirty driving effectively made him lose only 10 points to Norris instead of 13.