Sergio Perez has signed a two-year contract extension with Red Bull. The Mexican driver, who won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, has now committed to the team until the end of the 2024 season. Perez, 32, is currently third in the drivers’ world championship standings.
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Todd Boehly has vowed to build on Chelsea’s “remarkable history of success” after completing his £4.25billion purchase of the Stamford Bridge club. The 48-year-old US tycoon’s consortium finally took the Stamford Bridge helm on Monday, having finalised the record sports franchise purchase from Roman Abramovich.
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Nottingham Forest sealed their return to the Premier League after 23 years away thanks to a 1-0 win against Huddersfield at Wembley. Levi Colwill’s own goal after 43 minutes was the difference between the sides in the Championship play-off final meaning Forest will play in the top flight for the first time since 1999.
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won a dramatic rain delayed Monaco Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz with the sister Red Bull of Max Verstappen third. Pole sitter and native Monegasque Charles Leclerc suffered more heartbreak on home soil as a strategy call from Ferrari saw him go from pole to fourth.
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Jai Hindley became the first Australian to win the Giro d’Italia – proving his near-miss against 2020’s depleted field was no fluke. Bora-Hansgrohe carved apart the GC battle on the penultimate stage on Saturday, cracking pre-race favourite Richard Carapaz in the Dolomites as Hindley opened up a 1’25” lead heading into Sunday. This time there would be no final-day heartbreak for Hindley.
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