Collin Morikawa has claimed his first major title, shooting a final round 64 at Harding Park to win the PGA Championship. The 23-year-old American says he is just getting started, appearing in just his second major and walking away with the Wanamaker Trophy. Ewan Murray reports: "if we didn't already know, it is now staring us in the face: golf has a new breed of superstar, with Morikawa at the forefront. He has missed as many cuts as a professional – one – as he has claimed major titles." Rory McIlroy signed off with a 68, meaning a tie for 33rd, while Shane Lowry lost his way on his final five holes, dropping four shots and finishing four over and tied 66th on three over par overall. Earlier in the day an emotional Andy Sullivan ended a near five-year wait for his fourth European Tour title as he recorded a seven-shot victory at the English Championship in Ware.
Manchester United face FC Copenhagen in Cologne in tonight's straight knockout Europa League quarter-final, and ahead of the 8pm kick off Ole Gunner Solskjær has praised Anthony Martial for building up his physique and transforming into a "powerhouse" centre forward. Celtic dropped their first points of the new SPL season with a 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock on Sunday, back in the Airtricity League and leaders Shamrock Rovers came from behind to win 2-1 at Derry, while in transfer news Liverpool look set to make Greek left back Kostas Tsimikas their first signing of the window. In his column this morning, Ken Early explains why PSG would be sensible final move for Cristiano Ronaldo: "Neymar and Kylian Mbappé have the mobility to complement Ronaldo, and his arrival could even take some of the pressure off their relationship. Two superstars is a rivalry, but three could be the makings of a team."
Ronnie O'Sullivan swept into the last eight of the World Championships after beating Ding Junhui in a quality session which saw breaks of 50-plus in each of the evening's seven frames. Talking afterwards, O'Sullivan delivered a scathing attack on the next generation of snooker players. "I would have to lose an arm and a leg to fall out of the top 50," he told reporters. This morning Keith Duggan writes about his biggest sporting disappointment, Jimmy White and the elusive World Championship; "he was so outrageously talented that never winning the world title is a more fitting legacy than scraping over for the one or two titles that long-forgotten snooker stars have managed."
Meanwhile Max Verstappen won the Grand Prix at Silverstone in a virtuoso performance for Red Bull, pulling off a real shock, he banished the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton into second and Valtteri Bottas into third. In her TV View column, Mary Hannigan writes: "it was nostalgia central at Silverstone over the weekend where they were marking the 70th anniversary of the track staging the first ever World Championship race, the peak trip-down-memory-lane moment coming when Simon told us he had a very special guest on the phone. It was only the legend that is Murray Walker! All 96 years of him!"
