Chelsea reached the Champions League knockout stages with a game to spare after Kai Havertz’s stunning second-half strike helped to see off Red Bull Salzburg. The Blues now cannot be caught by either the Austrian champions or AC Milan, meaning they have the luxury of being able to rest players in the final group game at home to Dinamo Zagreb.
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Aston Villa have appointed Unai Emery as their next head coach after holding decisive talks today. Emery will leave his position at Villarreal to take charge of the Villains who sacked Steven Gerrard last week.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen recovered from a slow pit-stop to hunt down Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to win the US Grand Prix securing the Constructors Championship in the process. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc battled from P12 to finish third ahead of Sergio Perez.
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took pole position ahead of the US Grand Prix ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Leclerc will however take a grid penalty as will Sergio Perez meaning Mercedes Lewis Hamilton will start P3 behind Sainz and Verstappen.
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Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz has died aged 78, following a lengthy illness. The Austrian businessman, who founded the energy drink company in 1984, was instrumental in the brand’s involvement in Formula 1. Mateschitz owned 49% of the energy drinks brand and was the driving force behind its move into racing, which began in the mid-1990s.
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