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Evening Sports Update

Aug 2, 2020 17:00 By radiokerrysport
Evening Sports Update
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FORMULA ONE

There was a dramatic end to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone this afternoon.

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas suffered a puncture while in second late on and moved outside the points.

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His teammate Lewis Hamilton also had a puncture but somehow held on in the final lap to take his seventh win in the race.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished second - but would have won if he hadn't gone to the pits in an attempt to earn the fastest lap points.

The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc was third.

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SOCCER

Celtic have got their Scottish Premiership campaign underway at a behind-closed-doors Parkead.

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Neil Lennon's lead one-nil after half an hour, as they start their bid for a historic tenth league title in a row.

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Bohemians are hoping to close the gap on second-placed Dundalk to just a point this evening.

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Keith Long's side are just underway against rock-bottom Cork City in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division at Turner's Cross.

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SNOOKER

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Ronnie O'Sullivan has made a lightning-fast start to his 2020 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

The five-time champion will take an 8-1 lead over Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (PRON: TEP-CHAI-AH UN-NOO) into tomorrow morning's final session.

John Higgins is through to the last-16 - he has beaten Matthew Stevens 10-5 at the Crucible.

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GOLF

Shane Lowry will tee off from six under par later at golf's W-G-C St Jude Invitational in Memphis.

The Offaly man is in a tie for 10th in Tennessee, six behind the leader Brendon Todd.

Lowry gets his final round underway from around 7.15pm this evening, with Rory McIlroy already out on the course on one over for the tournament.

Graeme McDowell sits on two under after a 70 yesterday.

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