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Max Verstappen is staying Red Bull through the end of the decade. The four-time world champion has signed a contract extension keeping him with the Milton Keynes outfit until two thousand thirty, cementing one of the most dominant driver-team partnerships in Formula One history. The sport just got a little less unpredictable.
Shifting to football, and the Julian Alvarez situation at Atletico Madrid is getting louder by the day. Barcelona's pursuit of the Argentine striker has stirred up the Atletico fanbase, with supporters making their feelings known after Simeone's side opened La Liga with a two-nil win over Malaga. Alvarez didn't feature, and Simeone is choosing his words carefully, calling his player "very respectful." Watch this space.
And the Champions League draw is on the horizon. Thursday the twenty-seventh of August in Monaco, thirty-six teams find out their league phase opponents at seventeen hundred BST. Seven spots are still being decided through qualifiers, and each side will face eight different opponents once across the phase. The road to the final starts here.
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