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The calm after the Cheltenham storm... but roll on Aintree. As the famous Cheltenham Festival came to a close over a sun-drenched racecourse on Friday, racing fans are feeling the 'holiday blues'.

Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans could face major headaches reaching Wembley for their FA Cup semi-final after it emerged there will be no direct trains to London that weekend. Liverpool are set to face Manchester City in the semi-finals at Wembley on either April 16 or 17 - Easter Saturday or Easter Sunday.

Legendary Premier League referee Mike Dean is to retire as an on-field official at the end of the season. Dean, 53, started refereeing in 1985 and will bring to an end a 37-year-long career of officiating.

Charles Leclerc took the chequered flag in Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain. Ferrari recorded their first win since the Singapore Grand Prix in 2019.

As many as 18 Liverpool players will be jetting off for international duty in the next two weeks - ahead of one the club's biggest run-ins for many seasons. As the Reds chase the quadruple, Jurgen Klopp will have everything crossed that his stars return injury-free.

It was a disappointing weekend for Merseyside teams as St Helens, Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings all lost. All three teams have made promising starts to their respective campaigns but suffered setbacks in Round 6 of the season.

Lancashire's Saqib Mahmood caught the eye on his test debut as England drew the second test with West Indies in Barbados. After a series opening draw in Antigua, both sides were hoping to take the lead in the second test.

Everton manager Frank Lampard has questioned his players' confidence after suffering yet another defeat. The Toffees were hammered 4-0 away to Crystal Palace which saw them dumped out of the FA Cup at the quarter-final stage. Embed from Getty Images   The ex-Chelsea...

Tadej Pogačar was unable to hit the levels of Strade Bianche and Tirreno-Adriatico as his Slovenian Matej Mohorič took Saturday's Milan-San Remo race. His daring descent down the Poggio earned him a small gap he maintained for the final kilometres.

Tommy Fleetwood returned to action at the Valspar Championship in America over the weekend and finished tied 16th. The Southport-born golfer hit a final round of 71, the highest of all his four rounds, to finish at 10-under-par overall.