Holders Manchester City and Real Madrid shared six goals in a thriller to leave their Champions League quarter-final evenly poised after the first leg at the Bernabeu. Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead in the second minute through Bernardo Silva but a quick fire double from soon put Real into the ascendency with further goals coming in the second half.
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Arsenal have been drawn against Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, while Manchester City will play 14-time winners Real Madrid. Atletico Madrid will take on Borussia Dortmund while former Barcelona player and manager Luis Enrique will face the Catalan giants for a place in the last four.
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Madrid will join the Formula 1 calendar and host the Spanish Grand Prix from the 2026 season. The Spanish capital will stage a new race on a circuit on a planned 3.4-mile, 20-corner layout in the area around the city’s IFEMA exhibition centre, which is 10 miles from the centre of Madrid and close to its international airport.
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Jude Bellingham scored an incredible equaliser and a 92nd-minute winner to help Real Madrid come from behind to beat rivals Barcelona on his first El Clasico appearance. Ilkay Gundogan had given Barcelona an early lead but a second half revival dramatically changed the complexion of the game.
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Real Madrid have completed the signing of Jude Bellingham on a six-year deal from Borussia Dortmund, both clubs have announced. The 19-year-old moved to Germany from boyhood club Birmingham in 2020 but has long dreamt of playing for the La Liga giants.
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