Football
Arsenal won their last
Champions League match with a 4-1 win away to Basel, where Lucas Perez bagged a
hat-trick. With Paris Saint-Germain only drawing 2-2 at home to Ludogorets, the
Gunners’ victory allowed them to leapfrog PSG into top spot in Group A.
Leicester already knew they
had topped Group G and duly made 10 changes to their starting line-up for their
trip to Porto. Leicester will nonetheless be hugely disappointed with their 5-0
defeat.
Manchester City already knew
they would finish second ahead of their final group match, and also opted to
rest some key players. Celtic, who already knew they would finish bottom of
Group C, came away with a 1-1 draw after their goal was scored by Patrick
Roberts, who is on loan from City.
Tottenham’s hopes of
Champions League qualification ended in the last round of matches, but they
made sure of third place in Group E, and a place in the Europa League knockout
stage, with a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow.
The draw for the knockout
stages of the European club competitions takes place on Monday.
In the FA Cup third round
draw, the most eye-catching ties are West Ham’s home draw with Manchester City,
and Liverpool being drawn to host Newport or Plymouth. Manchester United will
play Reading – managed by former United defender Jaap Stam – at home, Chelsea
host Peterborough or Notts County and Arsenal travel to Preston.
Lincoln became the fourth
non-league side to guarantee a place in the third round when they beat League
One Oldham 3-2.
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Manchester City, Chelsea,
Watford and West Brom have all been charged with failing to control their
players after incidents in the matches at the Etihad Stadium and the Hawthorns
at the weekend.
Everton’s Yannick Bolasie and
Sunderland’s Duncan Watmore are both facing lengthy lay-offs with serious knee
injuries – neither is expected to play again this season and Bolasie may be
absent for as long as 12 months.
West Ham have agreed a deal
to sign Turkish midfielder Murat Saglam on a free from Wolfsburg in the summer.
He has been offered a five-year contract.
Cricket
Keaton Jennings had a dream
debut as he made a century on the first day of his Test career. The Durham
opening batsman made 112, initially adding 99 for the first wicket with
Alastair Cook (46), and then adding a further 94 for the third wicket with
Moeen Ali (50). Late on the first day, England were 230-4. Stuart Broad lost
his battle to be fit, with Jake Ball granted an opportunity as the fourth
seamer.
Form 2017, umpires are
expected to be granted the power to ‘send off’ a player for serious
disciplinary breaches.
Golf
Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn has
been named as Europe’s captain for the 2018 Ryder Cup, which will be staged in
Paris for the first time.
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