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Arsenal beat Chelsea to lift the FA Cup

Aug 02, 2020

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Arsenal have won the FA Cup, after a 2-1 victory over Chelsea in the final early this morning.

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang was the hero for the Gunners, netting both of the their goals after Christian Pulisic had given the Blues an early lead.

Its the 14th FA Cup triumph for the Gunners and Mikel Arteta's first trophy as coach, while the win also guarantees Arsenal a place in next season's Europa League.

As for Chelsea, they ended up losing Christian Pulisic and Cesar Azpilicueta to hamstring injuries.

Both will now miss the Blues' Champions League last-16 second leg tie away to Bayern Munich next weekend. 

Immobile is the continent's most lethal striker

Ciro Immobile is now Europe's top scorer after netting his 36th goal of the season for Lazio in their 3-1 Serie A defeat to Napoli.

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He finished the season with two goals more than his closest rival - Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski.

Immobile also equalled Gonzalo Higuain's record of 36 goals in a Serie A season.

In other selected results, Inter Milan finished as league runners-up after beating Atalanta 2-0, while champions Juventus suffered their first home defeat in 40 matches, losing 3-1 to Roma.

Lewis takes pole at Silverstone

Lewis Hamilton set a new lap record at Silverstone, en route to taking pole position for the British F1 GP. 

The reigning world champion qualified ahead of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

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Hamilton is now gunning for a record-extending seventh victory at his home GP.