all the hours before they were drinking all the alcohol in manchester. one more football line ruud van nistelrooy has resigned as manager of dutch club psv eindhoven, despite leading them to both the cup and a potential second place finish in the eredivisie. the former manchester united striker has left with a game still to go in the league season. with four stages to go, britain s geraint thomas remains in control of winning his first giro d italia title. stage 17 had a finish to remember, as alberto dainese, jonathan milan and michael matthews all crossed the line together a photo finish showing dainese just edged it. thomas finished in the peloton, meaning he keeps his 18 second lead and retains the leader s pinkjersey. mumbai indians are one game away from the indian premier league final after they thrashed the lucknow super giants by 81 runs in the eliminator. the super giants collapsed to 101 in their chase, after mumbai set a target of 183.
the giantkillers have already seen off eredivisie sides gronigen and utrecht but coach chris de graaf admits the former european cup winners are a class above. if you believe, everything is possible. we have shown it. so that s the first thing, but this is from another level for us and also another level of us growing, so it will be a hard game, we know, but we have to prepare with a plan and make a chance. british boxer amir khan has been banned from all sport for two years, after it emerged he tested positive for a prohibitive substance following his fight against kell brook in february last year. uk anti doping says the former light welterweight world champion tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine. khan retired from boxing in may and accepts he broke anti doping rules but says it wasn t intentional. an independent tribunal has
Feyenoord manager Arne Slot has been advised that it 'would be very unwise' to become the new Leeds Utd boss, and majority Whites owner Andrea Radrizzani has hinted whether the new boss will be installed in time to face Man Utd.