Brentford will play in the top flight next season for the first time in 74 years after beating Swansea 2-0 in the Championship play-off final.
Goals from Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes fired the Bees into Premier League for the very first time.
Barring a disaster in the race-concluding individual time trial Egan Bernal will win the Giro d’Italia tomorrow. But the day was also about Damiano Caruso, who produced a gutsy ride to get his moment in the sun on stage 20. Bernal will take a huge lead into the final stage having dismissed doubts about his long-standing back problems.
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Egan Bernal withered a storm on the Alpe di Mera to limit his loses as Simon Yates soloed to Stage 19 glory ahead of Portugal’s Joao Almeida. Colombia’s Bernal extended his lead over his closest rival, Damiano Caruso, but allowed the Briton to creep closer to the maglia rosa ahead of the decisive final day in the mountains tomorrow.
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Massimiliano Allegri has re-joined Juventus two years after his first trophy-laden tenure concluded. News of his return comes hours after the Turin based club dismissed Andrea Pirlo after a single season in charge.
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Juventus have confirmed that they have fired their former midfielder Andrea Pirlo as the club’s manager after one season. The 42 year old guided i bianconeri to the Italian Supercup and Coppa Italia titles but finished fourth in Serie A.
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