Christian Horner: ‘Not all teams act that way. You don’t see the same brutality as when I left’

The 52-year-old talks to Donald McRae about the pain of being sacked after two decades turning Red Bull into an F1 powerhouse, questioning his purpose in life and dealing with panic attacks

Saracens sack player who sparked Stokes captaincy crisis after latest incident

Totoa Auvaa, the Saracens academy player who triggered the Ben Stokes captaincy crisis by throwing a punch at his England teammate Gus Atkinson, has left the club after another incident over the weekend

Matt Richardson dropped from GB cycling team amid claims of misconduct

Matt Richardson has been withdrawn from the Great Britain team for next week’s track world championships in Shanghai amid allegations of misconduct

South Africa v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day four – as it happened

Australia are six wickets away from victory after another dream day – with bat and ball – for Matt Renshaw

Renshaw’s heroics leave South Africa reeling as Australia close on first Test victory

Matt Renshaw followed up his epic first-innings 190 with an impressive 82, plus Temba Bavuma’s wicket, to put Australia on course for a statement win against South Africa in Durban

Grounded: Rayo Vallecano’s paper planes bring club’s crisis into the open

Long-awaited return to Vallecas lasted just 13 minutes, as supporters made their displeasure with their chair, Raúl Martín Presa, impossible to ignore

Hincapié and Zubimendi out after warm-down injuries but Arsenal get Saliba boost

Piero Hincapié and Martín Zubimendi sustained ankle injuries owing to ‘two very unfortunate actions’ in Arsenal’s warm-down after beating Leeds but, in better news, William Saliba has resumed training on his own

Manchester City, Liverpool and the multibillion-pound mirage

In today’s Football Daily: The most fascinating aspect of Liverpool v Manchester City

Six questions facing England as they target next year’s Women’s World Cup

Starting positions at centre-back and No 10 are up for grabs, while Sarina Wiegman’s future continues to be in the air

Football regulator to recommend cost controls in landmark report with 94% of clubs making loss

The Independent Football Regulator is to recommend clubs introduce greater cost controls in Tuesday’s long-awaited State of the Game report

Winning is not enough for Manchester City to move on from this crisis

It’s not just that the club’s recent charges themselves are unprecedented – it’s the language used to describe them too

A handful of fans but $350K in bets: low-stakes cricket match exposes new threat to Australian sport

Millions of dollars are being wagered via largely unregulated overseas sports prediction platforms, prompting legal experts and law enforcement to meet this week in Melbourne

England split cricket coaching setups and hand out record 39 central contracts

Rob Key issues bumper number of central contracts and pledges to ‘map out’ next two years for England men’s teams

Daniel Maldini finds his feet at Cagliari after years in family’s Serie A shadow

Son of Paolo and grandson of Cesare struggled to establish himself at Milan but Fabio Pisacane is beginning to unlock his potential in Sardinia

Blessin in disguise? Gladbach must scale mountain after derby defeat by Köln

Saïd El Mala’s winner illustrated the task faced by new Die Fohlen manager in reviving an injury-hit team