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'Pleased' Piastri starts sixth in Miami, Max Verstappen on pole

Oscar Piastri will start the race alongside his McLaren teammate Lando Norris who qualified fifth, while fellow Aussie Daniel Ricciardo will start from the back of the grid.
F1 driver Oscar Piastri, wearing a cap, in his racing suit, speaking to someone on the pit lane

Tokyo labels Biden's Japan remarks 'unfortunate' following 'xenophobic' comment

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has reassured Japanese allies that the president's remarks were only about conveying the US as "a nation of immigrants". 
US president Joe Biden descends the steps of Air Force One.

Shug the zebra captured after gallivanting around US state for days

Authorities corral an escaped zebra almost a week after it and three others ran out of a trailer on its way from Seattle, Washington to Montana.
A zebra with black and white stripes, looking sideways with an eye that looks teary, standing inside a trailer

150th Kentucky Derby decided by three-way photo finish, with Mystik Dan winning

Mystik Dan wins the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, beating Sierra Leone and Forever Young in a photo finish at Churchill Downs. 
Three racehorses hit the finish line in a photo finish, with the horse furthest from picture winning.

Tractor Boys end 22-year hiatus with Premier League promotion

Ipswich needed a point to confirm promotion going to the final day of the season as it became the first club since Southampton in 2012 to gain back-to-back promotions from third-tier League One to the Premier League. 
A woman, on the shoulders of another, takes a selfie in a crowd of cheering fans on a football pitch

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