Karim Benzema nets seven-minute hat-trick as Real Madrid thrash Valladolid
Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick in a seven-minute salvo as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga.
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Heineken Champions Cup wrap: Exeter through to quarter-finals on try countback
Exeter reached the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals on try count after extra-time following a dramatic 33-33 draw with Montpellier at Sandy Park.
'I could retire today and be proud' - Tadej Pogacar after brilliant Tour of Flanders win
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) basked in a day he will “never forget” after winning a maiden Tour of Flanders title on Sunday with a scintillating solo attack. The two-time Tour de France champion, who somehow contrived to finish fourth in a two-horse race in 2022, made his decisive attack on the penultimate climb – the Oude Kwaremont – distancing Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) and quickly reeling in, and then passing, lone leader Mads Pedersen (Trek–Segafredo). Ad He crested the final climb – the Paterberg – with a 14-second lead over Van der Poel, leaving a 12km time trial into the finish in Oudenaard.
Toulouse sink toothless Bulls to book Champions Cup quarter-final date with Sharks
French club Stade Toulousain secured a comfortable 33-9 victory over the Bulls, who couldn’t lay a glove against the men in red in the Champions Cup last 16 at the Stade Ernest-Wallon on Sunday.
CONFIRMED | Who and where SA sides will play in QFs of Champions, Challenge Cups
There are two South African sides through to the quarter-finals for the European Champions Cup, and both will be away from home in their respective fixtures on Saturday.
Saracens 35-20 Ospreys: Valiant Welsh side bow out of Champions Cup as hosts ultimately prove too strong
Rewind to the start of the season and the feeling was that if the Ospreys were to reach the Heineken Champions Cup knockout stage, the region’s Minor Miracles Department might have to work overtime.
Canadian rugby women 6th in Hong Kong 7s debut, sit 8th in overall standings
New Zealand continued its domination of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series on Sunday with both the men and women lifting the cup at the Hong Kong Sevens.
Pogacar secures third Monument title with Flanders win
Tadej Pogacar claimed his third Monument classic after a brutal attack on the Old Quaremont hill helped him win the Tour of Flanders on Sunday (Apr 2).