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McLaren targeting improvement in two key areas in 2021

The Woking-based outfit made good gains last year with its MCL35, and has high hopes that a switch to Mercedes power for this season will deliver a step forward in pace. But beyond the power unit change, McLaren says a core focus for its efforts is to improve its car in two key areas. Technical director James…

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Sauber protege Pourchaire moves up to F2 with ART

Pourchaire makes the step up to the Formula 1 feeder category on the back of a successful maiden season with ART in FIA F3, where he lost out on the championship by just three points to Prema rival Oscar Piastri. The 17-year-old however beat the other two Prema drivers, Logan Sargeant and Frederik Vesti, the…

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Celtic v Rangers match to go ahead after call-off warning

media captionFans have been urged to stay home ahead of this weekend’s confirmed Old Firm clashSunday’s Old Firm derby will go ahead, the justice secretary has confirmed. The fixture at Celtic Park was at risk after Rangers fans breached lockdown to celebrate their team’s title win. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described the scenes as “disgraceful”…

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Liverpool face Real Madrid in Champions League last eight

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel guided PSG to last year’s final, while Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola won the title twice as Barcelona manager and Jurgen Klopp won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2019Liverpool will face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Manchester City have been drawn against Borussia Dortmund, while Chelsea play…

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Europa League quarter-final draw: Manchester United to play Granada, Arsenal face Slavia Prague

Arsenal’s Mohamed Elneny and Manchester United’s Paul Pogba were on target in the last 16Manchester United have been drawn against Granada in the Europa League quarter-finals, while Arsenal will face Slavia Prague. Ajax have been drawn against Roma, while Dinamo Zagreb play Villarreal. In the semi-finals, the winner of the Granada v Manchester United tie…

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Watch: Kemar Roofe is sent off after horror kung fu tackle

Kemar Roofe received a straight red card after doing his best Conor McGregor impression during Rangers‘ 2-0 defeat to Slavia Prague in the Europa League.  With Steven Gerrard’s side trailing 1-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate, Roofe replaced Scott Arfield in the 55th minute.  Just seven minutes after coming on, he tried to reach the…

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Pogba tops the bill on a big night for Solskjaer and United

‘Deschamps doesn’t pamper me’ – Pogba lauds France boss Manchester United star Paul Pogba has talked up his relationship with France boss Didier Deschamps, as… var str = document.getElementById(“vuukle_box”); if (str === null) { console.warn(“Vuukle comments post request was not completed because the divClassID for Vuukle Widgets is invalid. Please check your configuration.”); } else…

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Pogba return will give Man Utd ‘big boost’, says Solskjaer

‘Deschamps doesn’t pamper me’ – Pogba lauds France boss Manchester United star Paul Pogba has talked up his relationship with France boss Didier Deschamps, as… var str = document.getElementById(“vuukle_box”); if (str === null) { console.warn(“Vuukle comments post request was not completed because the divClassID for Vuukle Widgets is invalid. Please check your configuration.”); } else…

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