Sports Newspapers: 5 things you need to know this Saturday morning:

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Sports Newspapers:

  1. Mark Clattenburg has resigned from his refereeing consultant role at Nottingham Forest, and the club have been charged by the FA for their social media post after defeat to Everton.The former Premier League referee was only appointed to the first-of-its-kind role in February but has been involved in some controversy, including Forest accusing Stuart Attwell, the VAR for their acrimonious 2-0 defeat at Goodison Park, of being a Luton fan after a series of appeals for penalties by the away side were turned down.
  2. Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to Miami Grand Prix Sprint pole as Mercedes suffered a dismal start to the weekend with a double early exit. Verstappen struggled with his Red Bull throughout the session, including on the lap that he secured pole with, but the other contenders fell away to leave the world championship leader at the top of the timesheet.
  3. Luton Town missed the chance to move out of the Premier League’s relegation places as they were held to a draw against Everton at Kenilworth Road on Friday night. Goals from Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Elijah Adebayo ensured both teams played a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road.
  4. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to take pole position for the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix. The Dutchman was 0.108 seconds quicker than Leclerc, with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez third ahead of Daniel Ricciardo’s RB in a surprise fourth place.
  5. Manchester City’s Phil Foden was Friday named Footballer of the Year by the English Football Writers’ Association, with the club’s Khadija Shaw scooping the women’s award. Foden is the third City player in the past four years to win football’s oldest individual award, following Ruben Dias in 2021 and Erling Haaland last year.

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