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Friday 18 March 2016

Manchester City face Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League

Sergio Aguero and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will do battle when Man City face PSG in the Champions League quarter-finals
Manchester City will face Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
City avoided a showdown with their soon-to-be manager Pep Guardiola and his Bayern Munich side - the Germans face Benfica.
Instead City will face Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his PSG team-mates, who have already been crowned as French champions this season.

Arsenal not in for Zlatan Ibrahimovic 'at the moment' says Arsene Wenger

Arsenal are not attempting to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic "at the moment", according to Arsene Wenger.
The Sweden superstar has hinted he is ready to move to England when his Paris Saint-Germain contract is up in the summer, and newspaper reports on Friday claimed London is his preferred destination.

Tuesday 15 March 2016

Shinji Okazaki condemns Rafael Benitez to first defeat

Shinji Okazaki's overhead kick sent Leicester City five points clear at the top of the Premier League table as Rafa Benitez suffered a 1-0 defeat in his first game as Newcastle manager on Monday.
The Premier League leaders went in front through Okazaki's acrobatic finish on 25 minutes after Jamie Vardy, who appeared to be standing in an offside position when the cross came in, nodded across goal for his strike partner.

Andy Murray defeated by Federico Delbonis in three sets at Indian Wells

Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat against world No 53 Federico Delbonis in the third round at Indian Wells.
The British No 1 had a frustrating time from the outset and lost a decisive tie-set to an inspired Delbonis, who completed a 6-4 4-6 7-6 victory.

Monday 14 March 2016

Lucas Browne says David Haye talk over proposed challenge is nothing but speculation

Heavyweight world champion Lucas Browne says there is 'nothing in it' when it comes to fighting David Haye.
The recently-crowned WBA World champion has dismissed the British fighter's claims that talks are already underway for a summer showdown.
Browne (24-0-KO21) beat Ruslan Chagaev on March 5 to become Australia's first world heavyweight champion and has already set up plans to make a mandatory defence against Fres Oquendo.

Rafael Nadal to sue over drugs claims by French ex-minister

Rafael Nadal has said he plans to sue the French ex-sports minister who claimed the Spanish tennis star failed a drug test.
Roselyne Bachelot claimed on French television on Thursday that Nadal's seven months out with injury in 2012 was "probably due to a positive doping test".
"I'm going to sue her, and I'm going to sue everyone who is going to comment something similar in the future, because I am tired of that," Nadal said at the Indian Wells tournament on Sunday night.

Nadal and Fernando Verdasco somehow managed to win this rally against the Bryan brothers in the first round of Indian Wells

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Leon Smith extends contract to stay as Great Britain Davis Cup captain until 2018

Leon Smith has extended his contract as Great Britain's Davis Cup captain until the end of 2018.
After taking over from John Lloyd in April 2010, Smith led Britain to a first Davis Cup title in 79 years with a 3-1 victory over Belgium last year.

He said: "It's a huge honour and privilege to continue captaining our Davis cup team. We have achieved so much over the last six years and becoming World Champions last year will be the highlight of my career."