Verstappen finishes dominant F1 season
Max Verstappen won a recordextending 15th race of the year at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to conclude one of the most dominant seasons in Formula One history.
A year after Verstappen’s tense and controversial win over Lewis Hamilton to seal his first title, there was little drama at the Yas Marina Circuit. Verstappen stayed ahead of teammate Sergio Perez at the start and was never seriously challenged after that on his way to victory. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc clinched second in the standings.
Kyrie Ir ving scored 14 points for the Brooklyn Nets’ 127-115 win over the Memphis Grizzlies in his return from an eight-game suspension after he posted a link to a documentary with antisemitic material.
Lydia Ko never won more in one day than at the CME Group Tour Championship in Naples Fla., where she claimed the richest prize in women’s golf at $2 million with a victory that allowed her to win LPGA player of the year. Ko outlasted Leona Maguire of Ireland in the final round, seizing control with a seven-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole and closing with twounder 70 for a two-shot victory . ... Rory McIlroy finished as Europe’s top-ranked golfer for the fourth time and became only the second player to capture season titles on the PGA Tour and European tour. Spain’s Jon Rahm opened with three straight birdies on his way to a five-under 67 to win the DP World Tour Championship for the third time, by two shots over Tyrrell Hatton and Alex Noren .. ... In St. Simons Island, Ga., Adam Svensson handled the cold air and the heat of contention as if he had been there before, closing with a sixunder 64 to win the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour victory.
Novak Djokovic won a recordequaling sixth ATP Finals title by beating third-seeded Casper Ruud in Turin, Italy to top a fantastic finish to the season for the Serb.
Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist, Nicole Hensley stopped 22 shots, and the United States women’s hockey team beat Canada for the third straight time, 4-2 in Seattle.