John Stones has verbally agreed to join Inter Milan on a free transfer despite interest from both Arsenal and Chelsea. The England defender’s representatives are now set to finalise terms with Inter over a two-year contract. Juventus also made contacts with the England defender’s camp over the weekend.
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Mathieu van der Poel won a brilliant 21st stage of the Tour de France on Sunday after escaping with yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar on the final ascent of the Montmartre climb during the Paris final. In an extraordinarily tense final, Van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) took 12 seconds onto the Champs Elysées, leading a large group of chasers, including sprinters and their lead outs.
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Lando Norris took his and McLaren’s first grand prix victory of the year in a compelling race in Hungary. As the world champion cruised to a comfortable victory, there was a tense fight for the remaining podium positions in the closing laps between Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
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Richard Carapaz added to his Grand Tour tally on Saturday, winning a dramatic stage 20 of the Tour de France into Alpe d’Huez. The EF Education-EasyPost rider had once again been part of the day’s breakaway which was down to just three riders as they reached the bottom of the day’s final climb, the Col de Sarenne, with 27km to go. Having been distanced by Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) close to the top of the climb, the American crashed on the road into the finish Alpe d’Huez, Carapaz able to take advantage and his second stage in three days.
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McLaren’s Lando Norris took his first grand prix pole position of the season in Hungary – but Lewis Hamilton was denied the chance to make it an all-British front row by a penalty for impeding. A three-place penalty for blocking Norris’ team-mate Oscar Piastri has dropped Hamilton to fifth on the grid. Charles Leclerc will now start from P2 in the second Ferrari while championship leader Kimi Antonelli rises to third in his Mercedes.
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