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Barcelona beat Napoli to reach Champions League quarter-finals
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Barcelona beat Napoli to reach Champions League quarter-finals

Barcelona survived a nervy second half to beat Napoli 3-1 on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarter-finals 4-2 on aggregate. Xavi Hernandez’s side came flying out of the blocks with goals from Fermin Lopez and Joao Cancelo but after Amir Rrahmani pulled one back, the Catalans started to sweat. Italian champions Napoli, who salvaged...

Man Utd and Liverpool to meet in FA Cup quarter-finals, Chelsea survive
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Man Utd and Liverpool to meet in FA Cup quarter-finals, Chelsea survive

Manchester United will host Liverpool in an FA Cup quarter-final blockbuster after the bitter rivals took contrasting routes to their fifth round victories on Wednesday. United eased the pressure on beleaguered boss Erik ten Hag as they scraped through with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest thanks to Casemiro’s late goal. Fresh from their League...

CAF Champions League quarterfinals take shape as six teams secure qualification
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CAF Champions League quarterfinals take shape as six teams secure qualification

Six teams have secured their place in this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League Quarter-finals, after some nail-biting round of Match Day 5 fixtures that took place on Friday and Saturday. Defending champions and Egyptian giants, Al Ahly remain on course to their title defense after a 1-0 victory over Ghana’s Medeama saw them through to...

Dala scores twice as 10-man Angola reach Afcon quarter-finals
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Dala scores twice as 10-man Angola reach Afcon quarter-finals

Gelson Dala raised his Africa Cup of Nations goal tally to four with a brace for 10-man Angola in a 3-0 last-16 triumph over Namibia in Bouake on Saturday. Surprise package Angola will face Nigeria or Cameroon, who meet later in Abidjan, in a quarter-final next Friday. After Dala scored twice in the first half,...

Djokovic, Sabalenka eye Australian Open quarter-finals
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Djokovic, Sabalenka eye Australian Open quarter-finals

World number one Novak Djokovic faces French journeyman Adrian Mannarino for a place in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday, as Aryna Sabalenka resumes her title defence against Amanda Anisimova. Top seed Djokovic recaptured his top form to surge into the last 16 after dropping sets in his opening two matches, and warned he will...

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2023 Afrobasket: D’Tigress advance to quarter-finals after crushing Egypt

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women national basketball team, on Sunday in Kigali, Rwanda advanced into the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2023 AfroBasket Championship after defeating their Egyptian foes 83-65. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian team were in their usual devastating form in the Group D game, after having won their opening...