Vingegaard powers to stage 9 win as Eulálio retains pink – Giro d’Italia

Jonas Vingegaard won the Giro d’Italia’s second mountain top finish on Sunday, attacking Felix Gall one kilometre from the line to take his second stage win of this year’s Giro d’Italia. Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) attacked what remained of the GC favourite’s group just over 2km from the line, taking Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) with him, but the Austrian was unable to resist the Dane’s move under the flamme rouge.The maglia rosa Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) was fifth and retains the overall lead.

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Chelsea appoint Xabi Alonso as new manager

Xabi Alonso’s appointment as Chelsea manager has been confirmed on a four-year deal. The former Real Madrid boss will take charge of the Blues from 1 July in what is his first managerial role in the Premier League. Callum McFarlane has been in interim charge since the sacking of Liam Rosenior last month and was on the touchline for Chelsea’s FA Cup final loss to Manchester City on Saturday.

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Smalley takes solo lead as pack closes in – PGA Championship

Alex Smalley birdied the final ​hole to seize a two-shot lead after the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday, while ‌struggling Scottie Scheffler said the tightly packed leaderboard at Aronimink was unlike anything he had seen before. Smalley recovered from a shaky start to card a two-under-par 68 and move to six under overall, with 43 players within five shots of the lead before Sunday’s final round.

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Narváez doubles up with stage 8 victory – Giro d’Italia

Jhonatan Narvaez held off Andreas Leknessund to claim victory on stage eight of the Giro d’Italia. Ecuadorian Narvaez was part of a three-man breakaway, along with UAE Emirates-XRG team-mate Mikkel Bjerg and Uno-X Mobility’s Leknessund on the 156km stage, and made his move with about 10.5km left. Bjerg, having helped his team-mate, dropped off and Leknessund could not keep up with Narvaez, who went on to claim his second stage win of this year’s race – crossing the line following a gruelling final few kilometres.

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Sensational Semenyo secures FA Cup crown for Manchester City

Antoine Semenyo produced a moment of individual genius to settle a bitterly disappointing FA Cup final as Manchester City beat Chelsea at Wembley. The showpiece had largely been a dismal non-event until Semenyo broke the deadlock brilliantly with 18 minutes left. Erling Haaland, had worked tirelessly with little service, but it was his cross that Semenyo met on the run with a perfect right-foot flick across Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez.

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