Manchester City will take a slender Champions League semi-final advantage to the Bernabeu after winning a seven-goal first-leg classic against Real Madrid. Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus fired City into an early lead but Madrid struck back via Karim Benzema before Phil Foden and Vinicius Junior traded goals with Bernardo Silva and Benzema also finding the net.
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World champion Julian Alaphilippe is in a stable condition after crashing heavily during the Liege-Bastogne-Liege Monument classic but will need to be kept in hospital for observation, his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team said.
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Red Bull recorded their first 1-2 finish since 2016 as Max Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ahead of Sergio Perez. McLaren’s Lando Norris finished third after Championship leader Charles Leclerc suffered a late spin in his Ferrari chasing down Perez recovering to finish sixth on home soil.
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen produced a stunning late pass on Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to take victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Sprint and ensure a first-place start for Sunday’s race. His teammate Sergio Perez starts third ahead of Leclerc’s partner Carlos Sainz.
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Max Verstappen claimed pole position in Emilia Romagna GP qualifying and will start at the front for Saturday’s Sprint after outpacing Charles Leclerc in a dramatic damp shootout that played host to five red flags. An incident-packed qualifying setting the grid for the returning Sprint race ran 40 minutes past its scheduled finish due to the many stoppages and crashes.
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