Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Sports Newspapers:
- Manchester United on Sunday booked their place in this season’s FA Cup final where they will face Premier League rivals Manchester City. This was possible after they defeated Coventry City 4-2 on penalty shootout after the match ended in a 3-3 draw at Wembley Stadium.
2.Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir crushed the women’s-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday, while Kenyan compatriot Alexander Mutiso Munyao pulled away from Ethiopian distance great Kenenisa Bekele to win the men’s race. The 30-year-old Jepchirchir crossed the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace in two hours 16 minutes 16 seconds to break Mary Keitany’s mark of 2:17:01 set in a women-only race at the 2017 London event.
- Shohei Ohtani surpassed Hideki Matsui to become the Japanese-born player who has hit the most home runs in Major League Baseball history after the Dodgers slugger launched to right field in the third inning on Sunday. Ohtani stood and watched as his 176th home run went deep into the stands and smiled as he crossed home plate to break the tie with Matsui and open the scoring against the visiting New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
- Real Madrid defeated Barcelona 3-2 in Sunday’s La Liga El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu, thanks to Jude Bellingham’s late goal. The Los Blancos have now extended their lead on the La Liga table to eleven points ahead of Barcelona, who are in second position.
5.Tennis star Simona Halep has pulled out of next week’s Madrid Open in order to work on her fitness as the Romanian said she needs more time get physically ready to compete at the highest level after being out of action for over 18 months.The former Wimbledon and French Open champion had her four-year doping ban cut to nine months by the top court for global sport in March and made her return as a wildcard at the Miami Open, where she fell in the first round to Paula Badosa.
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