Red Bull racing team owner dies
Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, the cofounder of energy drink company Red Bull and founder and owner of the Red Bull Formula One racing team, has died. He was 78.
Red Bull team officials at the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, announced the death of Mateschitz, who built a sports, media, real estate and gastronomy empire.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will start on pole position for the Grand Prix after season champion Max Verstappen
finished third in a qualifying session that began shortly after his Red Bull team learned that Mateschitz had died . ... Chandler Smith, Zane Smith and Ben Rhodes became the final drivers to qualify for the NASCAR Truck Series finale when Ty Majeski,
already in the title race, won at Homestead-Miami Speedway . ... Noah Gragson earned an Xfinity Series finale berth with his win at Homestead . ... William Byron won the Homestead-Miami pole in NASCAR qualifying . ... ESPN and Formula One announced a new broadcast deal through 2025.
Rory McIlroy made two eagles in a four-under 67 for a one-shot lead over Jon Rahm, Kurt Kitayama and K.H. Lee at the CJ Cup in Ridgeland, S.C . ... Ryan Fox (65) and Yannik Paul (62) share a two-stroke lead at the Mallorca Open in Spain . ... Atthaya Thitikul made five birdies on the back nine and has a one-stroke lead at the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.
Sebastian Korda will play Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the European Open in Belgium after Korda edged Dominic Thiem 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4), and AugerAliassime beat Richard Gasquet 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) . ... Matteo Berrettini will face Lorenzo Musetti in the final of the Napoli Cup in Italy.
Islam Makhachev submitted Charles Oliveira to win the lightweight championship at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In a bantamweight title bout, Aljamain Sterling scored a TKO win over TJ Dillashaw.
American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates, along with Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto, the women’s world champion, took the lead after their short programs in the Grand Prix opener at Skate America in Norwood, Mass.