George Russell will return to Williams for the season finale Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton was passed fit to return to Mercedes after contracting Covid-19. Russell replaced Hamilton at last week’s Sakhir Grand Prix and could have won the race had it not been for a puncture.
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Former Italy World Cup-winner Paolo Rossi has died aged 64. The former Juventus and AC Milan forward was instrumental in Italy’s 1982 World Cup victory, scoring the opening goal of the 3-1 final victory over West Germany as well as a hat-trick against Brazil earlier in the tournament.
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A much-changed Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw by Midtjylland in their final Champions League Group D game after VAR denied Takumi Minamino a late winner. Mohamed Salah gave the Reds the lead inside 55 seconds but an Alexander Scholz penalty earned the hosts a draw.
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Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League suffering a 3-2 loss to RB Leipzig. A Bruno Fernandes penalty and a Paul Pogba header arrived too late to overturn Leipzig’s goals from Angelino, Amadou Haidara and Justin Kluivert.
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The Republic of Ireland have been drawn against Portugal and Serbia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The Boys in Green will also face journeys to Luxembourg and Azerbaijan as they look to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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