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  The Miami Grand Prix is live on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website George Russell was fastest in Friday practice at the Miami Grand Prix in Mercedes' most competitive showing by far this season. Russell was 0.106 seconds quicker than Ferrari's title leader Charles Leclerc, whose rival Max Verstappen suffered reliability problems for Red Bull. Verstappen failed to set a time while team-mate Sergio Perez was third, ahead of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. Fernando Alonso was fifth fastest for Alpine, from McLaren's Lando Norris. Fake water? Miami GP preview How to follow Miami GP on the BBC Hamilton frustrated by FIA jewellery rules Carlos Sainz crashed the second Ferrari midway through the session, his third key error in as many race weekends. Sainz's accident caused a 10-minute stoppage in the session, and a second red flag when Nicholas Latifi's Williams stopped out on track meant the teams were unable to do any significant running in race trim in the fina...

  New dates for the Asian Games in Hangzhou have yet to be announced The Asian Games in China have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, says the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The event was scheduled to take place between 10 and 25 September in Hangzhou. A statement from the OCA said that "new dates of the 19th Asian Games will be agreed ... in the near future". The Asian Youth Games, which were scheduled to take place in Shantou, China in December, have been cancelled. Hangzhou is about 175km from Shanghai where restrictions are in place as authorities try to curb Covid-19 cases, which began spiking again in March. "HAGOC (Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee) has been very well prepared to deliver the Games on time despite global challenges," said the OCA. "However, the above decision was taken by all the stakeholders after carefully considering the pandemic situation and the size of the Games." China held the Winter Olympics in Febru...

  IMAGE SOURCE, Image caption, Chains like McDonald's stand out for how successfully they have adapted their products to India For decades, global fast food giants have been catering to Indians used to eating from local eateries. In recent years, they have moved towards fusion of regional flavours. The BBC's Zoya Mateen and Meryl Sebastian report. Western fast-food was a novelty when McDonald's opened its first outlet in an upscale Delhi neighbourhood in 1996. But the chain persisted, reinventing itself by tailoring its menu to local tastes. So, there was mayonnaise made without eggs, meat patties without pork and beef. There was a palette of bold Indian flavours which found expression in a unique vegetarian spread: McAloo Tikki (a tangy burger made out of potatoes and peas), Pizza McPuff (a calzone-like sandwich stuffed with pizza toppings and cheese), and spicy wraps made from cottage cheese. In no time, the burger had gone national. The company's trademark golden log...