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Athletic Bilbao advanced to the Europa League semi-finals with a 2-0 home win over Rangers in their quarter-final second leg on Thursday, winning by the same score on aggregate to keep alive their dream of reaching the final at their San Mames stadium, Reuters reported.

After the sides drew 0-0 at Ibrox in the first leg, there was a fast, intense start to the return game, with Rangers looking unintimidated by the raucous atmosphere at the San Mames, where a record crowd of 52,114 was in attendance.

Bilbao had an early chance, with Nico Williams's mazy run from the wing ending with a save from keeper Liam Kelly and Oihan Sancet's rebound effort was charged down by James Tavernier, according to Reuters.

Harry Maguire scored in the dying seconds of extra time to help Manchester United snatch a place in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday with a sensational 7-6 aggregate victory over Olympique Lyonnais in their quarter-final clash, Reuters reported.

A thrilling second leg tie was taken into extra time after United threw away a two-goal lead on the night to be pegged back to 2-2 after 90 minutes, with goals from Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette putting Lyon on the verge of the semi-finals at a stunned Old Trafford.

However, United made their numerical advantage, given to them after Corentin Tolisso's late red card in normal time, count. Maguire sent Old Trafford into delirium with his 121st-minute header which sealed a 5-4 victory in the second leg, according to Reuters.

Delhi Capitals defeated Rajasthan Royals in a thriller which necessitated a Super Over after the scores were tied after the regulated 40 overs. Earlier, Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored half centuries but it wasn’t enough for Rajasthan Royals to overhaul Delhi Capitals target, The Indian Express reported.

Abishek Porel missed his half century by a run while captain Axar Patel starred with a blistering 14-ball 34 runs as Delhi Capitalsposted 188/5 against the Rajasthan Royals. KL Rahul scored 38 while Jofra Archer took 2 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.

Both teams will go into the match with the same teams as last match. DC are sitting pretty on second spot having lost just one game from five in the Indian Premier League 2025. In sharp contrast are Rajasthan Royals, who are in 8th spot in the IPL 2025 standings with just two win from six games, according to the Indian Express.

Newcastle United thumped Crystal Palace 5-0 at St James' Park to go third in the Premier League with a sixth consecutive win in all competitions as Jacob Murphy scored one goal and set up another, Reuters reported.

Newcastle have 59 points from 32 games and are five points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea in the race for Champions League qualification next season with the top five teams earning a place. Palace have 43 points and are 12th.

Harvey Barnes, Fabian Schar and Alexander Isak also scored for Newcastle, as the visitors were compounded by an own goal from defender Marc Guehi and a missed penalty by Eberechi Eze when they trailed 1-0.

Newcastle were again without manager Eddie Howe in the dugout as he continues to recover from pneumonia, but the performance would have been just the tonic as they scored some excellent goals and were ruthless in punishing Palace errors.

It was the first time Palace have failed to score in 13 Premier League fixtures, though remarkably their expected goals tally of 2.02 was better than that of Newcastle (1.39), according to Reuters.

Newcastle played with tenacity, pace and efficiency in the final third as they opened the scoring on 14 minutes through Murphy's thunderous shot from a tight angle that beat goalkeeper Dean Henderson high at his near post.