GAA Round up: Dublin take huge step towards promotion with victory over Meath
It was a busy day of action in the National Football League, with key wins for Dublin and Galway.
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It's all to play for at Saudi Arabian GP as Sergio Perez is new favourite to seal victory
Sergio Perez claimed pole position for Sunday's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to salvage pride for Red Bull after Max Verstappen was forced out of qualifying with a driveshaft failure in Q2.
Granerud wins again on home soil with Vikersund victory
Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud won his fourth World Cup event on home snow in the Raw Air tournament with victory in Vikersund. Granerud breezed through to the second round with a 10-point lead over Austria's Stefan Kraft but a poor second jump saw his lead cut as he clung on for the win.
Julia Simon clinches overall biathlon victory in Oslo
France's Julia Simon claimed her first-ever crystal globe with a fifth-place finish in the women's sprint in Oslo. The 26-year-old became the first French female biathlete to win an overall World Cup since Sandrine Bailly in 2005. Ad Simon's total of 1048 points left her untouchable ahead of the 12.5km mass start to come and secured the historic victory.
Norway take double sprint free victory at Falun
Norway's Kristine Stavaas Skistad held off home favourite Jonna Sundling to claim her second cross-country sprint victory of the week in Falun. The 24-year-old was victorious on home soil on Tuesday and fended off Sweden's world champion Sundling for her second win on Saturday.
Ester Ledecka roars back to parallel slalom victory in Germany
Olympic champion Ester Ledecka roared to her first snowboard parallel slalom gold of the season in Berchtesgaden. The 27-year-old cemented her comeback from a collarbone injury with a brilliant victory over home favourite Theresia Ramona Hofmeister in the final race of the season.
Mathieu van der Poel emulates his grandfather with stunning Milano-San Remo victory from Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert
Sixty-two years after his grandfather Raymond Poulidor won Milano-San Remo, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) put in a pulverising performance to win the first Monument of the season on the via Roma in style. The Dutchman attacked from a leading quartet near the top of the Poggio to open up a small but decisive gap over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Italy’s Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
Van der Poel solos to emotional Milan-Sanremo victory
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won the Milan-Sanremo on Saturday to claim the first Monument of the season, 62 years after his grandfather won the race.