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  • Arsenal thrash Rennes 3-0 to reach Eurpoa quater-finals

    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inspired an Arsenal comeback as they overturned a two-goal deficit from the first leg and reached the Europa League quarter-finals with a 4-3 aggregate win over Rennes, BBC reports.

    The striker put Arsenal ahead within four minutes, firing in Aaron Ramsey’s cut-back, before setting up Ainsley Maitland-Niles before half-time at Emirates Stadium.

    He then poked in Sead Kolasinac’s low cross after the break to make it 3-0.

    Arsenal will be in the draw for the quarter-finals on Friday at 12:00 GMT.

    They join fellow English side Chelsea in the last eight after they thrashed Dynamo Kiev 8-0 on aggregate.

    It is the second successive season Arsenal have made it through to the last eight – they were knocked out in the semi-finals last year following a 2-1 aggregate defeat by Atletico Madrid.

  • 2018 World Cup: Facts you need to know about the quarter-finalists

    2018 World Cup: Facts you need to know about the quarter-finalists

    With the 2018 FIFA World Cup quarter finals getting set to kick-off on Friday, here are some facts about the teams who qualified for last 8 in Russia.

    FRENCH CONFIDENCE

    France have not been beaten by South American opponents at the World Cup since losing to host Argentina in 1978. They have won 5 and drawn 4 since then.

    URUGUAYAN EXPERIENCE

    The quarter-final against France will be Oscar Tabarez’s 20th World Cup match as Uruguay coach. That puts him level with Bora Milutinovic and Mario Zagallo in 4th place for matches coached at the World Cup.

    BELGIAN HOPES

    This will be Belgium’s 5th match against Brazil. Their only World Cup meeting was in 2002, when Brazil won 2-0 with goals from Rivaldo and Ronaldo.

    BRAZILIAN RUN

    Brazil are on a run of 3 consecutive wins and 310 minutes without conceding a goal at Russia 2018.

    BACK IN THE USSR

    The last time Russia were in the quarter-finals was as the Soviet Union in 1970. They were defeated by Uruguay.

    CROATIAN CHALLENGE

    For the 3rd time in their 5 World Cup appearances, Croatia will meet the host team. They have lost the previous 2 (to France in the 1998 semi-final and Brazil in the 2014 opening match).

    DRAWING SWEDISH STALEMATES

    The Swedes have played the English twice before in the FIFA World Cup, and both matches ended in draws (1-1 in 2002 and 2-2 in 2006). Interestingly Swede Sven Goran Eriksson was coaching England on both occasions.

    ENGLISH JINX BROKEN

    England beat Colombia on penalties in the Round of 16. It was their first successful World Cup shootout after 3 defeats (West Germany in 1990, Argentina in 1998 and Portugal in 2006).

  • Nigeria to face Angola in CHAN 2018 quarter final

    The group stage of the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) ended yesterday after final matches in Group D were dispatched.

    Two draws were recorded as Congo Republic and Angola failed to score in their match in Agadir. Congo with two earlier wins topped the group with seven points. Angola also made it through as second placed team.

    In Tangiers, the other game between Cameroon and Burkina Faso ended one – all, but both teams crash out of the tournament. Sydney Sylla gave Burkina Faso a first half lead scoring just before the interval whilst Patrick Moukoko leveled for Cameroon on 53 minutes.

    The first round of quarter-final fixtures are as follows: Hosts Morocco will face Namibia on Saturday (January 27, 2018), whiles Sudan and Zambia will engage in the other fixture.

    The other set of quarter-final games will be played on Sunday (January 28, 2018) as Nigeria play Angola and Congo Republic face Libya.

  • French Open: Nadal qualifies for quarter-finals

    French Open: Nadal qualifies for quarter-finals

    Nine-time champion Rafael Nadal surged into the French Open quarter-finals for a record-equalling 11th time on Sunday, while Caroline Wozniacki reached the last eight after ousting 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.

    Nadal continued his ruthless form at Roland Garros by dispatching Spanish 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to match Roger Federer’s mark of last-eight appearances in Paris.

    The 14-time major winner is yet to drop a set, conceding just six games in the last two rounds as he strives to become the first man to win 10 titles at a single Grand Slam.

    “I’m happy because Roberto is a very good player. It’s very important for me to be in the quarter-finals one more time,” said Nadal, who turned 31 on Saturday.

    Defending champion Novak Djokovic will also become an 11-time quarter-finalist in Paris if he defeats Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas later Sunday.

    Japan’s Kei Nishikori fought off a fierce five-set challenge from rising South Korean talent Hyeon Chung to clinch a place in the last 16.

    Eighth seed Nishikori led two sets to one but trailed by a double break at 3-0 down in the fourth set when rain halted play on Saturday.

    Chung forced the contest into a deciding set as play resumed on Sunday, but the world number 67 double faulted on match point to gift Nishikori a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 0-6, 6-4 victory.

    “I think the rain helps me a lot, because I was really down in the fourth set and mentally I wasn’t ready,” admitted Nishikori.

    “I knew I had to change something to beat him today, so I think I made some adjustments to make little better than yesterday.”

  • Chelsea on course for Double after qualifying for FA Cup quarter-final

    Chelsea on course for Double after qualifying for FA Cup quarter-final

     

    Chelsea defeated a brave Wolverhampton Wanderers side 2-0 in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday, to maintain their hopes of achieving a domestic double.

    Pedro Rodriguez and Diego Costa scored for the Blues, as they overcame early pressure from their hosts, to qualify for the quarter-finals of the competition.

    Chelsea have won the cup four times in the last 10 seasons and are currently eight points clear top of the Premier League.

    In the other games played on Saturday, Burnley were bundled out by non-League side, Lincoln and Manchester City were held to a 0-0 draw at Huddersfield.

    10-man Millwall eliminated Premier League champions Leicester City 1-0, while Middlesbrough claimed a narrow 3-2 victory over Oxford United.