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UCL Round 16 :Marcos Llorente Extra time double send Atletico Madrid through to the Quarter-finals Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the UEFA Champions league by a Resilient Atletico Madrid team led by Diego Simone in a dramatic last-16 second leg that went into extra time at Anfield . Liverpool went in front in the 42nd minutes through midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum to forced the game into an extra 30 minutes. Substitute, Marcos Llorente Extra time double and another from Alvaro Morata was enough to send Atletico Madrid through to the champions league quarter finals with a 3-2 win after 30 minutes extra time at Anfield. The defeat ends Jurgen Klopp's record of never losing a two-legged European tie as Liverpool manager .

NPFL:Rangers moves to 8th position after hard fought win over Katsina united in Enugu Rangers International secured a hard fought 1-0 victory over  Katsina united in the rescheduled matchday 18 clash played this evening at the Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, Enugu . Chinoso Eziekwe 46th minutes strike was the difference as Rangers moved to 8th place in the log with 31 points after 22 NPFL games . Rangers will be playing at home this weekend against Rivers united at Nnamdi Azikiwe stadium, Enugu on Sunday .

UCL Round 16 : marcel Sabitzer hit a brace as RB Leipzig knocked out Tottenham Hotspur to reach their first ever UCL quarterfinals German Bundesliga outfit, RB Leipzig made it through to the UEFA Champions League quarter finals after thrashing Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the Round 16 second leg. Austrian International, Marcal Sabitzer gave the home side the lead in the 16th minutes after receiving a through pass from Timo Werner inside the box to make it 1-0 . Sabitzer secord his second goal of the game with a close header given Hugo Lloris know chance to save the ball as they took a 2-0 lead through to the half time break . Substitute ,Forsberg made it 3-0 for RB Leipzig after coming in for captain, Marcel Sabitzer in the 87th minutes as they reach their first ever UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals for the first time . Valencia 3-4 Atalanta Atalanta eased into the champions league quarter finals as Joslip IIicic hit four goals as the Italian side defeated V...

Serie A suspended Due To Coronavirus outbreak in Italy The Italian Serie A has been suspended until at least 3 April because of Coronavirus outbreak in Italy. This follows an announcement by Italy's Olympic committee calling for sports at all levels to be suspended because of the Coronavirus outbreak which has ravaged the country . The suspension only covers matches in Serie A -Italy's topflight -but does not cover Italian clubs or national teams participating in international competitions. This means Italian teams still in European club competition like the UEFA Champions league and Europa League can continue to host matches during this period . Italy has been the European country worst hit by Coronavirus so far,with over 7,000 confirmed cases and more than 450 deaths .

LMC Confirms Death of Nasarawa united player,calls for Autopsy The league management Company (LMC) has confirmed the report of the death of Chineme Martins ,a Defender with Nasarawa united ,who slumped during the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matchday 23 against Katsina united in Lafia. The player was attended to by medics of the two clubs when he slumped and was later rushed to Daihatu- Araf specialist Hospital in Lafia where he was later pronounced dead. LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko in a statement said " the League regret the passing of the young man in his prime . " we commiserate with Nasarawa united and the immediate family of the late player",Shehu Dikko said . The LMC expects that there would be a standard autopsy to establish the cause of the player's death. "It is hoped that the findings of the autopsy would  inform subsequent measures,if any that has not been addressed by the existing standard procedure",the LMC state...

UFC: Israel Adesanya retains title after victory over Cuba's Romero Nigeria-Born UFC fighter,Israel Adesanya,has successfully defended  his UFC middleweight title after he secured a unanimous decision win over yoel Romero early Sunday morning.      The judges scored the five-round fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas  48-47, 48-47,49-46 in Adesanya favour.  Israel Adesanya retains his UFC middleweight title with the win as he await the recovery of Paulo Costa from Injury who he will fight as a top contender for undefeated Paulo Costa.

2020 FIFA U17 Women's World cup Qualifiers: Flamingos hammered Guinea 6-1 in  Conakry Nigeria's U17 women's team took a decisive step towards qualification for the 2020 FIFA U17 women's world cup with a 6-1 thrashing of Guinea in the first leg of the second round of qualifying in Conakry on Saturday. Yemisi Samuel hit an impressive hat-trick with Rofiat Imuran also notching up a brac after Chinyere  kalu's early opener . The return leg will be played at Agege stadium ,Lagos on march 14.