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John McGinn settles nerves to ease Aston Villa past Lille into quarter-finals

Progress to the quarter-finals of the competition that made Unai Emery’s reputation, the Europa League ­continues to offer ­sanctuary for Aston Villa. The second leg was completed without too much drama, via the ­welcome sight of John McGinn scoring a fine goal. Villa have sorely missed him, though the ­contributions of Emi Martínez, in making

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Liam Marshall double edges Super League leaders Wigan past York Knights

Wigan 23-22 York Wigan recover from half-time deficit to stay unbeaten Wigan Warriors survived a major scare from newly promoted York Knights to maintain their position as Super League’s only unbeaten side at the start of the new season. The Warriors, undoubtedly the standard-bearers in the opening month of 2026, were considered huge favourites against

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Sarr double helps Crystal Palace edge to extra-time win against nine-man Larnaca

Crystal Palace’s first taste of European competition has already taken them to Norway, Poland, France, Ireland and Cyprus. After Ismaïla Sarr finally broke down a stubborn Larnaca defence that had only conceded once in their previous seven matches in this competition, they needed more magic from their top scorer in extra time to set up

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March Madness: Coach lashes out at elite programs as High Point shock Wisconsin

Tiny North Carolina university stuns Wisconsin No 1 Duke survive upset scare against No 16 Siena Nebraska ends NCAA drought with rout of Troy Chase Johnston made his first two-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on

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Nottingham Forest beat Midtjylland on penalties after Europa League rescue act

Well, it wasn’t supposed to be like this. For Nottingham Forest, this was anything but the meek surrender widely feared, Vítor Pereira’s side advancing to the Europa League quarter-finals after triumphing 3-0 on penalties at Midtjylland, who missed all three spot-kicks. The goalkeeper Elias Ólafsson had celebrated his captain, Mads Bech Sørensen, winning the toss

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