Francesco Bagnaia took his third successive pole position, his sixth of the season, as he booked his place on Saturday at the head of the grid for this weekend's Barcelona MotoGP.

Veteran skipper Jean Le Cam moved to the front of the pack of the Vendee Globe solo non-stop round the world yacht race on Saturday, the sixth day of racing.

The Philippines' weather service warned Saturday that Super Typhoon Man-yi was intensifying and could have a "potentially catastrophic" impact when it hits the archipelago nation.