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Three ties look to be dead meaning there is just one place in the semi-finals up for grabs. Two of the Portuguese sides look to be through as do Villareal after comfortable first leg home wins.

Women and sports have long been seen as mutually exclusive. I could blame beer commercials or sports reporters or even men themselves, but the truth is even some of my female friends do not know the difference between a freethrow and a punt. Yet not all of the fairer sex has her head in the clouds, surrounded by stilettos and shopping.

A strange announcement came from Anfield earlier today that American basketball star LeBron James has become a minority stakeholder in Liverpool.

The Dublin final is just six weeks away, and there are now only eight teams left in the competition making it hard to pick a winner.  

In any season there is a defining moment; on Saturday, Southampton had theirs as they came from two goals down to beak MK Dons.

Serse Cosmi has been sacked after just 36 days following a 4-0 Sicilian Derby defeat to Catania, and has been replaced by ex-boss Delio Rossi.

It’s the one game I’ll pay anything to get a ticket for – to beat Roma is incredible but to witness it live in the stadium is the best experience a Lazio fan can have