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Coppa Italia semi finals: Controversial late penalty helps Ronaldo, Juve to Ist leg draw at Milan          Cristiano Ronaldo scored a controversial penalty in Juventus's 1-1 draw against 10-man  AC Milan in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi finals tie.    Ante Rebic gave AC Milan the lead in the 56th minutes through a assist from Samu Castillejo despite the sending off left back, Theo Hernandez in the 71th minutes.    the second leg returns in Turin in a fortnight time with Juventus knowing that a 0-0 ,1-0 ,2-0 scoreline will take them through to the final .

Odion Ighalo to be involved for man utd at Chelsea despite coronavirus fears     Manchester united striker,Odion Ighalo is available for selection for Monday evening clash with Chelsea,as he will have completed an enforced 14-day spell away from the training ground .    Ighalo was a deadline-day loan signing from Chinese super league club Shanghai shenhua and was initially left out of the Red Devils' warm-weather training camp in Spain over fears that border restrictions would not allow the 30-year-old back in UK,should he leave .           was reported on Wednesday that the former Nigeria International was also banned from Carrington training ground over fears of a potential coronavirus risk.    It is now understood that Ighalo,who agreed stay away from Carrington for two weeks after signing for united,will be in the squad for the Monday evening trip to Stamford bridge as the 14-day period expires this weekend .

NBA: LeBron James posts triple -double to lift Lakers past Nuggets in Overtime,Doncic dazzles in Dallas return LeBron James had 32 points,14 assists and 12 rebounds and Anthony Davis finished with 33 points and 10 rebounds as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets 120-116 in overtime on Wednesday night. It was the 12th triple-double of the season for James,tying him with the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic for the NBA Lead . Dwight Howard had 14 points and 11 rebounds,and Alex Caruso and Avery Bradley scored 10 points each for the lakers, who have won 17 straight road games against western conference opponents .Lakers are 5-1 in their past six games overall. In other results,Luka Doncic recorded 33 points,12 rebounds and 8 assists in his return from an ankle injury to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 130-111 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings . TJ Warren scored 35 points as the Indiana Pacers snapped season -high six-game losing stre