10-man Rangers hold Bilbao to Europa League goalless draw
Rangers held Athletic Bilbao to a nail-biting goalless draw at home in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, despite being reduced to 10 men early on, Reuters reported.
Bilbao failed to capitalise on their numerical advantage after Rangers defender Robin Propper was sent off in the 13th minute for a foul on Inaki Williams.
The visitors, appearing in the last 16 of a major European competition for the first time since 2015-16, had a couple of clear-cut opportunities in the first half, with both Nico Williams and Oihan Sancet coming close.
However, goalkeeper Liam Kelly produced a series of fine saves to keep them at bay as the Scottish Premiership side defended strongly and even threatened when Cyriel Dessers fired wide from long range, according to Reuters.
Amorim shrugs off Onana mistakes after Manchester Utd held to draw
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim defended under-fire goalkeeper Andre Onana following the Cameroonian's costly mistakes in his side's 2-2 draw at Olympique Lyonnais in their Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday, Reuters reported.
Onana allowed Thiago Almada's free kick to squirm past him in the Groupama Stadium and was also at fault for Rayan Cherki's last-gasp equaliser that denied United victory.
Since the start of last season, no Premier League club's goalkeeper has made more errors leading to goals being conceded in all competitions than Onana.
"It can happen, if you play football, you play a lot of games, you can make mistakes," Amorim said. "If you look at the season, I make more mistakes than them during these last games and these last months.
"The other thing is we have one more game to change everything and that should be our focus, according to Reuters.
Nepali cricket team all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee sets new record
Nepal cricket team’s all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee has set a new record in the T20I.
He has set a record as a player who has never been ducked out in any match in T20I. Airee has not been ducked out while playing 66 matches of 76.
In the match played against Kuwait on Thursday, he scored 31 runs off 12 balls with three boundaries and three sixes.
His attacking game brought the match to Nepal’s favor.
He set this record after playing the second match of the Quadrangular T20I Series underway in Hong Kong.
Marlon Samuels of West Indies is on the second of the list who has not been duked out.
Lionel Messi scores twice as Inter Miami advances to Concacaf Champions Cup semis
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are off to the Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals.
Miami scored three consecutive goals on Wednesday, two of which were scored by Messi, to overcome a 2-0 deficit and win its two-game, total-goal-wins series against rival MLS club Los Angeles Football club. LAFC entered Wednesday's game with a narrow, 1-0 aggregate lead owing to their triumph last week in Southern California, according to Fox Sports.
In contrast to the UEFA Champions League, which eliminated the away goals tiebreaker a few seasons ago, Concacaf, which encompasses North and Central America as well as the Caribbean, continues to employ this contentious method to determine the winner in the event that clubs are tied after 180 minutes. Long's goal from distance meant that the series would not go to extra time even if Miami scored two goals in a row.
But Messi scored a sensational goal just before halftime to give Miami some hope, Fox Sports reported.
Noah Allen, a 20-year-old native of Florida, opened the second half with a 2-2 aggregate score. Then, Messi was sent to the penalty spot after a LAFC handball with six minutes of regular time left. Miami is headed to the final four for the first time in the club's history after the greatest of all time made a perfect 12-yard field goal.
