McIlroy recovered from losing his overnight two-shot advantage with an opening-hole double bogey to initially take control at Augusta National, only to blow a four-shot lead over his closing six holes. The world No 2 bogeyed the last to close a one-over 73 and slip back to 11 under alongside Rose, who overturned a seven-stroke deficit and posted a stunning final-round 66 to force a play-off. The Masters recap: McIlroy's win as it happened 🔍When are the majors? Key dates ahead in 2025 🏌️‍♂️Latest news, reports, highlights from Augusta NationalGet Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 The players returned to the 18th for the play-off, where McIlroy made amends for his 72nd-hole blunder by firing a stunning approach to within three feet of the pin and making the birdie putt required for a life-changing win. McIlroy's fifth major title is his first since the 2014 PGA Championship and makes him just the sixth golfer in history to complete the career Grand Slam, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. How McIlroy made history in Masters thriller McIlroy saw his two-shot lead disappear during a dramatic opening hole, where he had to pitch out of a fairway bunker and three-putted from 20 feet to open with a double-bogey six, as Bryson DeChambeau got up and down from just short of the green to save par. DeChambeau edged ahead when he made a two-putt birdie at the par-five second, where McIlroy made par after having to lay up from a fairway bunker, only for the Northern Irishman to respond brilliantly with back-to-back birdies over his next two holes. McIlroy holed from seven feet at the third and converted from 10 feet at the par-three fourth, which gave him a three-shot cushion when DeChambeau three-putted both holes, although failed to extend his lead at the seventh despite a stunning recovery over trees. Back-to-back birdies around the turn moved McIlroy four ahead despite bogeying the par-four 11th, only for him to pull in the chasing back by hitting a wedge into the water and racking up a double-bogey at the par-five 13th. McIlroy also bogeyed the next to suddenly move Rose ahead, who charged up the leaderboard by posting three consecutive birdies at the 11th and cancelling out a blemish at the 14th with back-to-back gains over the next two holes. Another bogey at the 14th from McIlroy briefly gave Rose the solo advantage, with the Englishman responding to dropping a shot at the 17th by making an eight-feet birdie - his 10th of the day and set the clubhouse target. McIlroy produced an incredible shot at the 15th to set up a two-putt birdie and added another at the 17th to take a one-shot lead to the 72nd hole, where he found the greenside bunker from the middle of the fairway and missed a five-foot putt for victory. Any possibility of another major near-miss was eradicated with a moment of brilliance on the first play-off hole, where McIlroy's approach left himself a close-range birdie for victory and saw him collapse to the floor in tears of joy. 2018 champion Patrick Reed claimed third spot ahead of defending champion Scottie Scheffler, while DeChambeau ended tied-fifth with Sungjae Im. Ludvig Åberg - who briefly shared the lead - took seventh after dropping four shots in his last two holes. McIlroy proud of roller-coaster win Rory McIlroy: "It feels incredible. This is my 17th time here, and I started to wonder if it would ever be my time. I think the last 10 years coming here with the burden of the Grand Slam on my shoulders and trying to achieve. "I'm sort of wondering what we're all going to talk about going into next year's Masters. But I'm just absolutely honoured and thrilled and just so proud to be able to call myself a Masters champion. "I would say it was 14 years in the making, from going out with a four-shot lead in 2011, feeling like I could have done it got there. There was a lot of pent-up emotion that just came out on that 18th green. A moment like that makes all the years and all the close calls worth it." What's next? The PGA Tour heads to Hilton Head for the RBC Heritage, the latest Signature Event, with early coverage on Thursday from 12.15pm on Sky Sports Golf ahead of full coverage from 7pm. The women's major season begins with the Chevron Championship from April 24-27, where Nelly Korda is defending champion, while the next men's major is the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club form May 15-18. Get Sky Sports or stream with NOW.

"We set the target at the beginning of the season for us to arrive in the final stages fighting for something important," head coach Marco Silva tells Sky Sports. "It is not extra pressure or more pressure for us. It is a privilege to have this type of thing. It is what I want. "It is the pressure that I put on myself, my staff, my players and now if we have the chance to fight [for it], we have to embrace it." Transfer Centre LIVE! | Fulham news & transfers⚪Fulham fixtures & scores | FREE Fulham PL highlights▶️Got Sky? Watch Fulham games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want! 🔔 Fulham are on a high again after becoming only the second side this season to topple Liverpool and the first to do it on home turf. The victory came at the end of their toughest moment of the season, an FA Cup quarter-final defeat at home to Crystal Palace and then a loss at Arsenal. "What makes the difference between the normal sides and the good sides is the way you are able to bounce back and the way you are able to show the character and the personality as a team," says Silva, whose team need two more wins to surpass the Premier League record Roy Hodgson's team set in 2009. The result was a statement in how Silva has aimed to change the club's mentality when playing against the top sides. They have beaten Nottingham Forest and Newcastle twice this season, plus Chelsea. "I remember the first season in the Premier League, against teams that were below us, most of the time we were able to get the points. Against teams that were above us, we were not able to," says Silva. "It was something that I was questioning almost every single week. "It was something that we changed completely in terms of our mindset. Slight things in the approach, but mindset much more. Our bravery and our ambition for those games and to not change anything. To respect our identity and our philosophy as well." Between 2018 and 2022, Fulham were either promoted or relegated each season but since returning to the Premier League under Silva, they have finished 10th and 13th without the threat of relegation. They have done it after losing their two best players in the last two summers, striker Aleksandar Mitrovic and midfielder Joao Palhinha. "Other teams when they sell their main strikers, they go and they spend everything in their position. We are not able to do it. We solve it in a different way." Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Muniz have both hit double figures in all competitions. Antonee Robinson's 10 assists is the most of any defender in the Premier League. Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey have both improved to become key players. In a season where the three promoted clubs, Southampton, Leicester and Ipswich, are all likely to go straight back down, it is a significant achievement that Fulham have established themselves in the top flight. It is why Silva has been linked with jobs at Manchester United and Tottenham. Fulham will be desperate to keep him with a year left on his contract. Does he deserve more credit? "That is not for me to talk about. My focus is really on my job, what I can control," he says. "What I can control is the way my team is going to play. It's the philosophy that I want in the team. The identity that I always try for my players to have, to make them better players individually and collectively. To make the club better every single week, every single month, every single season. That is the main thing for me. "We have been doing fantastic things on the pitch." Fulham have exceeded expectations under Silva and now he has the chance to cement his legacy. Watch Bournemouth vs Fulham from 6.30pm on Monday Night Football, live on Sky Sports; kick-off 8pm

McLaren's Piastri led from lights to flag to finish 15 seconds clear of Mercedes' Russell, despite having had a seven-second lead erased midway through a frenetic race by a Safety Car period. Norris, whose advantage over his team-mate Piastri at the top of the world championship was reduced to three points, passed Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the closing stages to claim a podium after a hugely eventful evening from sixth on the grid. Full Bahrain GP race results | YOU rate the driversF1 2025 schedule | F1 championship standingsGot Sky? Watch F1 races LIVE on your phone! 📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 Russell faced a post-race investigation for a DRS infringement as several technical elements on his car appeared to fail during the closing laps, but avoided a penalty as the stewards found him not to have gained any sporting advantage. Leclerc paid the price for a poor start from second on the grid as he was left to settle for fourth, but his Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a more positive afternoon as he gained four positions to claim fifth. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen ended a highly frustrating afternoon, which included two rare slow Red Bull pit stops, on a positive note as he passed Alpine's Pierre Gasly for sixth on the final lap to ensure his deficit to Norris was only extended to eight points. Verstappen's team-mate Yuki Tsunoda scored his first points for the team in ninth, finishing between Haas duo Esteban Ocon (P8) and Oliver Bearman (P10), who delivered a remarkable result for the team by gaining 16 places between them. A first win for the Bahrain-owned McLaren at their 'second home race', along with Norris' third place, extended their lead over Mercedes at the top of the constructors' standings to 58 points. Piastri cruises to end McLaren wait for Bahrain win Sunday's race was in keeping with the way much of the weekend had gone, with Australian Piastri appearing to effortlessly extract performance out of his McLaren while Norris struggled. The reigning constructors' champions had gone into qualifying with just about the entire paddock expecting them to cruise to a one-two, but Norris bungled his final flying lap to fall to sixth on the grid as Piastri calmly delivered pole. In the race, Piastri once more did exactly what was expected of him, holding off Russell's attempt to pass around the outside at the first corner before gradually opening up an advantage out front. The gap had grown to seven seconds after the first round of pit stops, when a Safety Car was sent out on lap 32 to allow debris to be cleared from the track, which triggered the leaders to make their second stops earlier than planned. That suited McLaren, who at this point were the only team among the front-runners with another available fresh set of the most performant medium tyre, while Russell was forced to see out the final 25 laps on a fading soft tyre. Piastri calmly controlled the restart and was in a league of his own on the final stint, comfortably pulling clear to become the first driver to secure two wins this season and reaffirming his credentials as a world championship contender. Piastri said: "It's been an incredible weekend starting with qualifying yesterday and finishing the job today in style is nice. "It's very important given our owners. It's never been a track that's been kind to us, so it's nice to have our first win here." Norris rues 'messy race' as recovery falls short After his qualifying error, the clear target for Norris was to come through to secure a McLaren one-two behind Piastri, and he made the perfect start, or at least appeared to have done so. Norris jumped three positions in the opening corners but delight quickly turned to disappointment as he was found to have started from an incorrect position and given a five-second time penalty to be served at his first pit stop. He couldn't pass Russell on the first stint and the penalty removed the possibility of undercutting the Mercedes. Norris then lacked pace on the second stint and was passed by Leclerc, before also temporarily losing fourth to Hamilton in a battle at the Safety Car restart. While Norris swiftly regained the position, the tussle, which saw him have to give the place back to Hamilton after overtaking the Ferrari off track, cost him valuable seconds which could have aided him later in the race. A big lock-up at the first corner delayed him in getting past Leclerc, which he eventually did with five laps remaining to restore McLaren hopes of a one-two. He quickly closed to Russell's rear wing, but was over-eager at the first corner on the final lap and blew the chance that could have followed in the second DRS zone a few corners later. Norris said: "A tough race. I made too many mistakes with the overtakes, out of position [at the start]. "A messy race from me. Disappointed to not bring home a one-two for McLaren because that would have been lovely at home." Formula 1 completes its first triple-header of 2025 in Jeddah with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix next weekend, live on Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - No contract, cancel anytime

Verstappen salvaged sixth place when it looked like he would score less than a handful of points, overcoming pitstop issues and handling problems throughout the race. The Dutchman is still only eight points behind championship leader Lando Norris and five adrift of race-winner Oscar Piastri. Lewis Hamilton: I think I've figured out Ferrari carF1 2025 schedule | F1 championship standingsGot Sky? Watch F1 races LIVE on your phone! 📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 However, his manager Raymond Vermeulen was seen shouting at Marko in the garage, while team principal Christian Horner, technical director Pierre Wache, chief engineer Paul Monaghan and Marko also held talks in the paddock. "Very alarming. We know that we are not competitive, and there will be parts coming in the coming races, and hopefully they bring improvement," said Marko. "We have a lot of problems. The main problem is balance and grip, and out of this, I guess the problems with the brakes came up. Then the normal procedure like a pitstop is not working, so one [problem] comes after the other." He added: "We have to get, as soon as possible, performance in the car again and also standards like a pitstop have to work. The car is not the fastest and then the pitstops are not working. That is not acceptable." Horner: Bad weekend for the team Verstappen's superb win in Suzuka gave Red Bull hope but Bahrain suggested that victory could be a one-off before F1 gets to the European races in May. The slow Red Bull pitstops in Bahrain, when the green light which tells the drivers to leave the pit box did not work, were likely caused by an electrical failure. It put Verstappen out in traffic but he also had little pace on the hard tyres and, at one point, found himself running in last. Yuki Tsunoda finished just three places behind Verstappen in ninth and had similar handling issues to the reigning world champion. "It was a bad weekend for the team. Nothing went our way from the start of the race," said Horner. "We didn't get off the line cleanly and the pitstops didn't work well for us and the tyre temperatures got very high. If you've got a well-balanced car, the whole thing just comes together that much easier. "But it's a 24-race championship. We are eight points behind in the Drivers' Championship and we know we need to make progress very quickly. "So it was important to score the most points he [Verstappen] could in a difficult car. It's how they add up at the end of the year that's important." Verstappen: Bad tyre management will mean we are weak everywhere Red Bull are already 80 points behind McLaren in the Constructors' Championship after four rounds and Horner has admitted focus will be on giving Verstappen the best chance possible in the Drivers' Championship. Verstappen says he could not have finished higher than sixth in Bahrain and does not expect Red Bull to suddenly be back at the front this weekend in Saudi Arabia, where he was dominant 12 months ago. "We are bad on tyre management at the moment. The balance is not where I wanted it to be and on a track like this it all gets highlighted, that's for sure," he told Sky Sports F1. "The tyre degradation will be a bit lower in general [in Jeddah] but if you are poor on tyres, you are poor everywhere with management. Of course, there it's probably a little bit less but it's still going to be weaker than our competitors, so you just have to take that into consideration. "At least maybe the layout will help a little bit but tyre management stays the same. If you are weak on it, you are weak on it everywhere." Formula 1 completes its first triple-header of 2025 in Jeddah with the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, live on Sky Sports F1. Stream Sky Sports with NOW - no contract, cancel anytime

Welcome to The Debrief, a Sky Sports column in which Adam Bate uses a blend of data and opinion to reflect on some of the key stories from the latest Premier League matches. This week: ⬇️ Tottenham's defence tactically exposed🟦 Gundogan finding his form at Man City🔥 Malen making his point at Aston Villa "It is not like the players are doing it on purpose," said Ange Postecoglou after his side's 4-2 defeat to Wolves. "I would probably be more frustrated if it was something that we did from a tactical or organisational perspective, but they are individual errors." Some of Tottenham's mistakes at Molineux were inexplicable. Guglielmo Vicario's uncertainty was almost comical. Cristian Romero seemed to run past the ball for Wolves' third goal. Lucas Bergvall surrendered it far too easily to Matheus Cunha for the fourth. According to Opta, it is the two second-half mistakes that are logged as errors leading to goals - the first time in exactly a year that Spurs have made that many in a Premier League game. But to dismiss this as a mere aberration would be a little kind on Postecoglou. His team looked wide open throughout, completely unable to deal with anything aerial from Wolves because the home side gobbled up any knockdowns. Every Tottenham defender seemed isolated, the gaps too big, spaces both in behind and in front. It was a mess. Postecoglou's opposite number Vitor Pereira knows him well. The pair first went head to head in the Asian Champions League, trading wins with their respective teams when Postecoglou was in Japan and Pereira was in China. The latter had a plan for him. Asking Pereira about that in the press conference afterwards, whether he himself regarded Tottenham's many mistakes as just individual errors or moments forced by his team, he gave an illuminating answer. "Football is strategic," he explained. "When we feel that the block is higher because they want to press us - and I know that they like to press the pass back - the spaces at the back, they were there. It means that in that moment, a long ball, and then be ready and prepared for the second ball. That is what we did in training, to prepare the team for this moment. "After, if you face a team that hits a long ball and wins the second ball one time and create problems, two times and create problems, three times and create problems, next time, the line will be afraid to go and concede a lot of space at the back. "It means that we started to have some spaces in between the lines. We created these spaces in between the lines and when we create these spaces in between the lines, we can play. "But before, it was difficult. It was difficult because they are a strong team." Spurs might be a strong side but the point is that this is not misfortune. The expected-goals data shows that only the bottom three give up more chances. They are the only team in the bottom six to concede fewer than the stats say they should have done. With three first-choice defenders on the bench at Wolves, there was some mitigation. Postecoglou's focus is on Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday. But these defensive vulnerabilities have been a feature of their season. The scrutiny is only going to continue. Got Sky? Watch the Premier League LIVE on your phone📱No Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want! 🔔Gundogan finding form again Pep Guardiola was asked after Manchester City's 5-2 win over Crystal Palace whether James McAtee could be one to help fill the huge void that is going to be left by Kevin De Bruyne. The City boss was eager not to put such big pressure on any one individual. But perhaps it is the second coming of another veteran City legend that could help to alleviate the loss of De Bruyne. It was a pleasure to be there to witness the great Belgian's performance but there were also hints that Ilkay Gundogan has found his form again. De Bruyne made things happen but Gundogan, playing in the left channel, was the ideal foil. He completed 68 of his 70 passes, his 97.1 per cent accuracy the best of any outfield starter on the pitch. Guardiola has liked what he has been seeing from him for a while. "The Gundo from Leicester, the Gundo from Bournemouth, the Gundo from today, is the Gundo I remember from when we won the treble and the quadruple," said Guardiola. "His pace, his defensive intelligence, how he arrives. Now, having him with us is massive." Gundogan was talking about the team when he said recently that he had seen "a certain change" - an improvement in City's attitude, showing more aggression without the ball. Guardiola agrees with that assessment and thinks it is helping Gundogan now too. "As a team, we could not help him," he explained, "because it is not about you, you or you. Everyone was down, was below, because the team was not playing good. When the team plays good, individuals rise. Without that, all the football you cannot do." Prior to Christmas, City won just one of 11 games that Gundogan started. Since Christmas, they have lost only once in his 13 starts - and that defeat was away to Real Madrid. Perhaps reports of the Germany international's demise had been greatly exaggerated. He turns 35 in October but is expected to stay next season, his contract extension having kicked in. With a couple of successful dribbles against Palace, the old ball-carrying skills on show too, maybe there is a role still to play for this particular City great. Malen's big impact off bench for Villa Speaking to Donyell Malen soon after he signed for Aston Villa, he laid out his plans. "I am just looking forward to being here, improving and playing in the Premier League," he told Sky Sports. "What I have to do is score goals and be important for the team." Malen is doing just that. His goal against Southampton on Saturday was his third in three consecutive games in the competition and remarkably similar to his first strike against Brighton. That too was a vicious effort on the angle struck low into the far corner. Incredibly, the Dutchman has the best strike rate in the Premier League this season, averaging better than a goal per 90 minutes so far. Not a huge coincidence given that he has had the most shots on target per 90 minutes too. Small sample size. Big impact. Of course, there is a big game coming up against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday evening for which Malen is not available. His disappointment about not being registered for the Champions League must have been huge but he is reacting to it in the right way. Malen's long-term future at Villa looks bright. He is the Moussa Diaby replacement they needed in the summer, an upgrade on Leon Bailey on that right wing. Unai Emery has shifted Morgan Rogers out there but must be tempted to trust Malen with more minutes. For now, he is Villa's finisher off the bench - just what was needed after losing Jhon Duran in the winter window. With more goals than starts, Malen is fast becoming a fan favourite too. He is delivering on that ambition to score goals and be important for his team.