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'Mo is a bit more than Virgil' - Liverpool have Champions League final worries over Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are Champions League final injury concerns for Liverpool after picking up issues in the FA Cup final. Half an hour into the clash with Chelsea at Wembley, Salah went down clutching his groin. Ad/> The look of anguish on his face told a story, and he was replaced by Diogo Jota following a medical assessment on the pitch.

'Given up' to 'fastest here' – The extraordinary return of 'Thomas the Tank Engine' De Gendt at Giro d'Italia

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) looked like he had “given up” on winning more Grand Tour stages before his explosive renaissance at the Giro d’Italia on Stage 8, according to Dan Lloyd on The Breakaway. The Belgian returned to his breakaway throne with an outrageous win on Saturday, despite almost single-handedly keeping the leaders ahead of a chase group.

Thomas De Gendt saves Lotto Soudal’s Giro d'Italia after team replicates Jumbo-Visma in Naples on Stage 8

It was a case of very recent history repeating itself on the sunny Campania coast on Saturday with Lotto Soudal pulling off a near identical coup as Jumbo-Visma just 24 hours earlier. Seldom do you see riders finishing fourth from a four-man move cross the line with such beaming smiles on their faces – but this has now happened twice on successive days on the Giro.