Dame Laura Davies has called upon Charley Hull to "step up and lead" Team Europe at the Solheim Cup in September.

European skipper Anna Nordqvist named her four captain's picks on Monday to complete the home side's 12-player lineup that will try to win back the trophy from the USA from September 11-13 in the Netherlands.

Tuesday's action comes from Ffos Las and Lingfield, with seven races from each live on Sky Sports Racing.

3.00 Ffos Las - Perfect Nation and Avionics feature

Promising two-year-olds Perfect Nation and Avionics headline a seven-runner field in the EBF Novice Stakes.

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August 4, 2026

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

FIFA executive Arsene Wenger backs decision to drop FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan.

FIFA executive Arsene Wenger has distanced himself from President Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors and says it was “absolutely necessary” to drop the proposal.

If Andy Burnham wanted to demonstrate he was the anti-Keir Starmer, the first fortnight could not have gone better. Instead of painting a gloomy picture of tough times and an economic black hole that would only improve with sacrifices such as cutting winter fuel allowance, Burnham’s first week was a blitz of small wins including cutting bus fares.

Peace has been announced in the Gulf more often than it has been kept. A ceasefire arrived within weeks of the first Iranian strikes on Gulf territory and did not survive the spring. A memorandum followed in the summer and was dead inside a month. Each pause was announced with more confidence than the last and ended the same way: drones over power stations and desalination plants, another chokepoint closed, the bombing resumed days after it was suspended. Envoys still shuttle in and out of Tehran. The governments in Riyadh, Doha and Abu Dhabi do not regard that as an end to the war, and after five months they are right not to.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day hides an appearance by yet another Marvel Comics superhero — someone who has quietly made cameos in previous Spider-Man and Avengers movies. Did you spot them?

The 5.46pm train from London Euston to Crewe is the low point of Nikhil Patel’s week. “I’ve never gotten a seat. I always stand up even when I get here early,” says the 22-year-old, struggling to keep his balance while the gangway underneath sways from side to side.

Funerals have been held for some of the 14 people killed in a landslide that hit a mountain monastery hosting an overnight prayer session in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region.

Rescue efforts for others feared trapped in the debris after a hillside above the Orthodox Church monastery collapsed in the early hours of Monday morning have now been halted.