Manchester City have confirmed an agreement to sign Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland for €75m. City have paid the 21-year-old’s release clause and expect to pay £85.5m in total when agent fees, signing bonus and other costs are taken into account.
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Tiger Woods and defending champion Phil Mickelson will compete in next week’s PGA Championship, with both confirmed among the 156 strong playing field announced on Monday. Southern Hills Country Club could see Mickelson return from his self imposed hiatus following his controversial comments.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix after passing the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. The Dutchman leapfrogged Sainz off the line before biding his time to utilise his superior straight line speed to pass championship rival Leclerc.
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Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) sprinted to an impressive victory at Stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia, claiming his 16th Stage win of the race in his career. Cavendish held off Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) in second with Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) in third.
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Ferrari locked out the front row of the grid ahead of the inaugural Miami Grand Prix tomorrow. Charles Leclerc pipped Carlos Sainz to pole while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was forced to back out of his final lap after going wide early in the lap. His teammate Sergio Perez starts fourth ahead of Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas who was a surprise fifth.
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