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Germany 0-2 England: Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane strike in the second half to send the Three Lions to the Euro 2020 Quarterfinals

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  Match report as England end long wait for a major win over Germany at Wembley and book their place in the last eight of the European Championships, where they will meet Sweden or Ukraine Image: Harry Kane celebrates after scoring England's second goal After 55 years of hurt, England finally beat Germany again, with Raheem Sterling - their Euro 2020 hero - and Harry Kane sending them into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over their great rivals. Sterling scored both England goals in the group phase and began and finished their slick second-half move to light up a previously tense, stodgy game and send the majority of the 45,000 fans inside Wembley wild with delight. Thomas Muller had a wonderful chance to level it up but when he shot wide, Kane put England in full control, shrugging off a difficult campaign so far, and a first half in which he was starved of the ball, to head in Jack Grealish's cross. Germany had gone seven games unbeaten at Wembley, not losing a competitive ...

Formula1: Verstappen dominates Hamilton, Driver's rating.

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  Styrian GP driver ratings: Max Verstappen and Lando Norris star, George Russell suffers heartbreak Rating all 20 drivers from the first race in Austria as Max Verstappen continues his F1 2021 momentum ahead of Lewis Hamilton, while Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz and George Russell all shine Max Verstappen: 10 Qualified 1st, Finished 1st Quite possibly the most dominant weekend of Max Verstappen's F1 career and quite possibly the weekend where the Dutchman became the true favourite for the 2021 championship. Verstappen looked faster than any other driver from Friday practice right through to his slightly controversial tyre burnout across the finishing line - and the Dutchman was afforded that winning celebration after converting his 0.2s qualifying advantage into a comfortable race. Lewis Hamilton may say Red Bull have the quicker car at the moment but that only seems to be the case in Verstappen's hands, and that 18-point advantage now seems rather ominous for his rivals Lewis Ha...