The pole was the 26th of Charles Leclerc's career, and third of the season.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Lando Norris roared to his second successive pole position, and third in four races, in a McLaren front row sweep with team mate Oscar Piastri
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Max Verstappen claimed his sixth victory from nine races this season and the 60th of his Formula One career.
Oleksandr Usyk scored a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Several Hindu temples, households and businesses have been vandalised, and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party have been killed in the violence since Monday, when Hasina resigned and fled to India.
Roundup of the matches being held across major football leagues in Europe
Richard Lewis, the former British Davis Cup player, was named as chief executive of the All England Club at Wimbledon.
Sachin Tendulkar received a standing ovation from the capacity crowd at Centre Court
Seven-times World champion Lewis Hamilton, Formula One's most successful driver of all time, will race for Ferrari from 2025.
Red Bull's Verstappen, who had been on pole at Zandvoort every year since the circuit returned in 2021 and has yet to be beaten there, will still line up alongside the Briton on the front row.
A brilliantly-worked goal by Ryan Christie and a Justin Kluivert penalty gave Bournemouth shock 2-0 Premier League win at home to 10-man Arsenal.
Lewis in full flow was the finest sight in track and field for more than a decade.
The inventors of the much-criticised and often baffling Duckworth/Lewis system for deciding weather-hit cricket matches are all set to be honoured with Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen of England.
IMAGES from the Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma, who steered the defending champions to their first win of the season with a 52-ball 94, credited West Indian Evin Lewis for allowing him to settle down on the crease in the Indian Premier League clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Lewis had recently declined a central contract offered by the Cricket West Indies, potentially making him more available for leagues around the world, following in the footsteps of Chris Gayle and other stars from the region.
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Verstappen, who had started alongside Norris on the front row, was leading by lap three and could then build a buffer and take control.
Gulbadin Naib dramatically falling on his back, clutching his hamstring after Afghanistan Coach Jonathan Trott signalled to his players to slow things down in the rain-hit Super 8 match against Bangladesh caused both amusement and annoyance as former players questioned the genuineness of Gulbadin's discomfort.
Lewis Hamilton took pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix for the second year in a row on Saturday with Ferrari's championship leader Sebastian Vettel alongside the Mercedes driver on the front row.
Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the men's Olympic 200 metres title on Thursday when he powered clear of American duo Kenny Bednarek and a COVID-hit Noah Lyles to claim Botswana's first Olympic gold medal.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played across England, on Saturday.
Cricket, time travel, artificial intelligence, haunted homes, World War II -- it's all there on OTT this week.
IMAGES from the Premier League matches played across England on Sunday.
Lando Norris put McLaren on pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday
Lewis Hamilton, winner of a record 94 races, said after winning Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix to clinch the title that he thought more of others.
The situation raises the question: could Naib face a ban for potentially faking an injury?
Silverstone will host the British Grand Prix on Aug. 2, followed by the 70th anniversary Grand Prix the weekend after.
As the ICC reviews the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method, it has invited V Jayadevan to Hong Kong on June 27 to present his VJD formula for rain-interrupted ODI matches. Srinivas Bhogle discusses the two formulas.
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton celebrated his first win of the Formula One season in a crash-filled Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday.
Max Verstappen won the first sprint race of the Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Rain forced abandonment of the T20 World Cup clash between England and Scotland here on Tuesday with both teams sharing a point each.
Red Bull are concerned about their constructors' title defence being weakened at a time when McLaren are emerging as a threat
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