In sailing's SailGP, Emirates GBR driver Ben Ainslie is celebrating Britain's first win since Bermuda in Season 2, at Saint-Tropez.

The Solent's Ben Ainslie said it had been ‘a long time coming,’ adding: "The team did a brilliant job and I feel like we made some big gains. 

"It’s been a frustrating period for us not quite getting the results, but now we’ve got momentum behind us."

The winning line-up of the Emirates GBR Sail Grand Prix Team was driver and CEO Sir Ben Ainslie, strategist Hannah Mills OBE, grinders Matt Gotrel OBE, Nick Hutton and Neil Hunter, flight controller Luke Parkinson, Wing Timmer Iain Jensen and reserve sailor Hannah Diamond.

The F50 fleet will next go to battle at the Rockwool Italy Sail Grand Prix in Taranto on September 23-24.