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The best of the week

Football
Rice topples Real Madrid with black swans and silver bullets

Football
How top-five tussle for Champions League spots is shaping up

Rugby union
Premiership clubs’ European debacle illustrates growing French strength

Golf
Augusta National finds place in heart of city after ravages of hurricane

Basketball
The national title was a test the great Bueckers didn’t need to pass

Horse racing
Rockett’s National success brings tears and smiles for father-son duo

Comment and analysis

De Bruyne’s perfectly timed departure marks tipping point in Guardiola era

Jonathan Liew

The City midfielder made his teammates look like geniuses and once more he is making just the right move at just the right moment

Glazed Alcaraz perfect for online world but still jarringly human

Barney Ronay

Race for Europe gifts the Premier League run-in a quiet chaos

Jonathan Wilson

Watch and listen

Football
'Ice-cold': player scores cheeky free-kick in the third tier of Swedish football

There was a clever set piece in Sweden when Jönköpings Södra's Linus Lyck caught the goalkeeper and defensive wall unawares with a nonchalant curler

Football Weekly
Rice stars on a famous night for Arsenal – Football Weekly

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Coming up this weekend

The weekend's live action begins on Friday with all-day coverage of day two of the Masters at Augusta.

Then on Saturday we'll be around the cricket grounds from 11am (all times BST) for updates on the day-two action in the County Championship. Then it's off to Kingsmeadow for the women's FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool at 12.15pm before Manchester City take on Crystal Palace in the early Premier League kick-off at 12.30pm. Nottingham Forest v Everton is among the featured games in our football clockwatch at 3pm and day three of the Masters continues at 3pm. Ireland take on England at Musgrave Park in the women's Six Nations at 4.45pm before Formula One qualifiers begin in Bahrain at 5pm. We round off the day with more Premier League action as Arsenal host Brentford at 5.30pm.

It's day three of the County Championship cricket on Sunday from 11am, before the long-awaited men's and women's Boat Races between Oxford and Cambridge begin at 1.21pm and 2.21pm respectively. Liverpool look to take a step closer to the Premier League title when they host West Ham at 2pm before more Masters coverage continues from 3pm. It is another Manchester derby as City take on United in the other women's FA Cup semi-final at 3pm before it is lights out in Bahrain for the fourth F1 race of the season at 4pm. The weekend will end with more top-flight action as Manchester United head to Newcastle at 4.30pm.

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