Tadej Pogacar denied Stefan Kung a maiden Tour de France stage win with a barnstorming victory in the Stage 5 time trial as Mathieu van der Poel dug deep to hold onto the yellow jersey in Laval. Dutchman Van der Poel now leads the Slovenian defending champion by eight seconds after posting the fifth-best time in the 27.2km race against the clock.
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Everton have controversially appointed former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez as their new head coach. The Spaniard has signed a three year deal at Goodison Park and replaces Carlo Ancelotti who left the club to take over Real Madrid.
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Artem Dovbyk scored a late winner in extra-time as Ukraine saw off ten man Sweden to line up a quarter-final tie against England at Euro 2020. Oleksandr Zinchenko had give Ukraine the lead before Emil Forsberg brought Sweden level just before half-time. The dismissal of Marcus Danielson in extra-time proved costly for the Scandinavians.
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Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane sent Wembley into hysterics and England past Germany into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 where they will face either Sweden or Ukraine. Joachim Löw’s 15 year tenure as Germany manager comes to an end following this evening’s loss.
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Emotions ran high on the Tour de France as Mark Cavendish rolled back the years by sprinting to Stage 4 glory at Fougeres to take over the green jersey from teammate Julian Alaphilippe. It was the Manxman’s first win on the Tour for five years and saw him take his tally to 31 – just three shy of Eddy Merckx’s all-time record.
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