Mark Cavendish wins stage 3 sprint – Giro d’Italia

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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Leclerc takes pole ahead of inaugural Miami GP

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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Watford relegated with loss at Crystal Place

Wilfried Zaha’s first-half penalty was enough for Crystal Palace to beat Watford 1-0, confirming the Hornets’ relegation from the Premier League. Despite plenty of pre-match pleasantries, it was an unhappy return for Roy Hodgson to Selhurst Park with his side’s return to the Championship confirmed.

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Simon Yates edges Van der Poel to win stage 2 time trial – Giro d’Italia

Team BikeExchange Jayco’s Simon Yates produced the time trial of his career to win stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia, and put himself in a strong position in the general classification going into stage 3. Mathieu van der Poel narrowly missed out on the stage win, coming in second to retain the maglia rosa.

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Todd Boehly consortium signs agreement to buy Chelsea

Chelsea have confirmed Todd Boehly’s consortium has agreed terms to buy the Stamford Bridge club from Roman Abramovich in a £4.25billion deal. Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Boehly has won the race to buy the Blues amid the most public major sports franchise takeover in history.

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