Sports News from Sunday, May 25th, 2025

Lando Norris won a highly strategic Monaco Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday to slash McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri's Formula One lead to three points.

Aryna Sabalenka sent out an early warning to her French Open rivals as the world number one produced a dominant display to outclass Kamilla Rakhimova in the opening round while Elina Svitolina also made an impressive start on Sunday.

Xabi Alonso has been appointed as Real Madrid's new manager on a three-year contract, the LaLiga club announced on Sunday.

Sunderland staged a remarkable comeback to beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship playoff final with substitute Tom Watson sending them back to the Premier League by scoring the winner deep in stoppage time at Wembley on Saturday.

Lando Norris put Formula One champions McLaren on pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix in track-record time on Saturday, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc alongside on the front row for his home race.