Sebastian Vettel swept to an imperious victory at the Canadian Grand Prix in a class of his own. The German left the field in his wake at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and crucially his world championship rival Lewis Hamilton could not mount any challenge to the Ferrari. A fifth-place finish was a huge blow to the British driver in the title fight.

Hamilton had gone into the meeting in Montreal with a 14-point advantage but leaves one point behind Vettel, a vast swing he would not have anticipated from one of his favourite circuits. Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas was second, in front of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.

The tears were new but otherwise things were as they always seem to be in Paris. Rafael Nadal duly collected his 11th French Open title here on Sunday with a brutal, brilliant, resilient and ruthless performance, just as he had done 10 times before. But as Nadal’s uncle, Toni Nadal, said shortly afterwards, “this is not normal”.

Less than an hour after the match was completed, demolition workers began to smash up Court Philippe Chatrier, part of the continuing redevelopment that will lead to a roof being in place over the stadium court in two years’ time. This, though, is Nadal’s court, the place he has dominated like no other. His emotions were on show as he shed a few tears when the national anthem of Spain was played in his honour for the 11th time, an obvious sign of what this tournament means to him. Nadal’s 11th title takes his grand slam tally to 17 and even at 32, despite the miles in his legs, who is going to stop him making it 12 in a year’s time?

South Africa believe England were the architects of their own spectacular demise in the first Test on Saturday because Eddie Jones’s squad failed to acclimatise properly. Instead of preparing at altitude before the Johannesburg contest Jones had chosen to base his players at sea level and saw his initially dominant team collapse to a 42-39 defeat.

Despite the second Test in Bloemfontein on Saturday also taking place on the Highveld, England will again train this week beside the Indian Ocean in Durban and the Springbok scrum-half Faf de Klerk, the man of the match, says he and his team-mates always felt England would struggle at Ellis Park.

Deep inside San Juan’s Estadio del Bicentenario the Wales head coach could not help but raise a smile. Warren Gatland had just been asked about his plethora of back-row options leading up to the World Cup next year, barely minutes after watching James Davies produce a man-of-the-match display in his team’s 23-10 victory against Argentina on Saturday night.

While England’s search for an out-and-out openside flanker for Japan in 2019 continues – their 42-29 defeat to South Africa hasn’t helped Eddie Jones – Wales’s back-row stocks are jam-packed.

Corey Kluber led the Indians past the Tigers with yet another dominant performance.

Wade said in a recent interview he thinks James’ decision will be based on more than just basketball.

The gaffer of the Indian football team reveled in the four-nation tournament victory but has his eyes firmly set for the continental spectacle..

The Indian team head coach has outlined his plans for the preparation regarding the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in UAE…

Less than two months after being sacked by Sunderland, the former Wales boss has agreed a deal with the Chinese Super League club