Sport was marked today by tribute, controversy and record-making brilliance. Cricket mourns the death of Sir Garfield Sobers at 89, the Barbadian genius whose batting, bowling and fielding made him the benchmark for the modern all-rounder and one of the game’s most revered figures. At Royal Birkdale, The Open produced both drama and history: Bryson DeChambeau was hit with a two-shot penalty for improving his lie, a ruling that knocked him down the leaderboard and sparked argument, while Lucas Herbert and Sam Burns lit up the course with matching 62s, tying the men’s major championship record within minutes of each other. Elsewhere in cricket, Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz was sanctioned by the ICC over an anti-doping breach involving Carboxy-THC, though the ban was reduced through rehabilitation. Even the sporting backdrop felt unsettled, with widening U.S.-Iran strikes casting a shadow over the global stage.