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Sport in brief: April 7, 2025

CYCLING: Slovenia’s World champion Tadej Pogacar attacked on the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont to win Sunday’s Tour of Flanders one-day race by just over a minute from second-placed Mads Pedersen, with Mathieu van der Poel in third. 

Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky sprinted clear of Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Liane Lippert and Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney to become the first woman to win three Flanders titles.

MEN’S CURLING: After wins over defending champions Sweden 8-7 in the quarter finals and hosts Canada 7-4 in the last four, Olympic silver medallists Scotland edged out Switzerland 5-4 in this morning’s World Championships final in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 

Scotland were behind twice in the final before sealing victory with the last stone of the match. Canada took the bronze medal with China in fourth. 

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Leicester followed up their 80-71 victory over Super League leaders London by slumping to a 93-88 defeat at bottom of the table Caledonia on Sunday evening. 

Rickey McGill top-scored with 19 as second-placed Sheffield moved eight points behind London with two games in hand after cruising to an 88-67 win over Bristol, who also lost 91-80 at Manchester. 

Second-bottom Surrey won 88-81 in Newcastle and 104-95 at Cheshire Phoenix.

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Arsenal face defending champions and 15-time winners Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final at Ashburton Grove tomorrow evening while Inter Milan visit Bayern Munich. 

1982’s European Cup winners Aston Villa, the lowest ranked team left in the competition, travel to face recently crowned French champions Paris St Germain tomorrow night when Barcelona meet last year’s beaten finalists Borussia Dortmund.

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