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Latest - Substitute Moussa Dembele has struck twice as Olympique Lyonnais stunned Manchester City 3-1 to move into the semi-finals of the Champions League where they will face Bayern Munich.

It is the first time that two French teams will compete in the semi-finals of the competition with Paris St Germain facing RB Leipzig in the other Franco-German game in the last four.

The result also means that it is the first time since 1991 that no team from England, Spain or Italy will compete in the last four of Europe's premier club competition.

For City and their manager Pep Guardiola it is the third season in a row that the team has gone out in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and they remain without a place in the last four under their Spanish coach.

"Different year, same stuff. I think the first half wasn't good enough, I think we know that, we started slow, we had not many options, but the second half we played really well... it's a shame for us to go out in this way," Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne told BT Sport.

"We need to learn. It's not good enough, and that's it," he added.

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O'Sullivan clings to day one lead at the Crucible

Ronnie O'Sullivan leads Kyren Wilson 10-7 after the first day of snooker's world championship final after letting slip an 8-2 lead at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre.

O'Sullivan was 6-2 up after the underwhelming opening session and won the next two frames before the evening unravelled.

The five-times champion proceeded to lose five out of seven frames as fellow-Englishman Wilson grew in confidence in his first final.

The final is best of 35 with the winner collecting 500,000 pounds in prize money.

The day after the two players had pulled off final-frame semi-final heroics always risked falling flat and neither player fizzed immediately in front of a restricted and socially-distanced crowd of around 300.

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Breakthrough result for NZ cyclist

New Zealand cyclist George Bennett has finished second in Il Lombardia in Italy.

Bennett crossed the line 31 seconds behind the winner, Dane Jakob Fuglsang, after being distanced on the final climb overlooking Lake Como.

"I tried with everything but I couldn't drop him…" Bennett said of Fuglsang.

"During the race I felt I had good legs and wanted to attack on the Civiglio. I just couldn't follow Fuglsang that last time. I'm disappointed but in a few I'll be happy for this result."

It's the best ever result by a New Zealander in one of cycling's monuments and comes three days after Bennett broke through to win the semi-classic Gran Piemonte.

The monuments are the five most prestigious one-day races in the sport and no New Zealander had previously finished on the podium at one of them.

Ko moves into the top five in Scotland

Lydia Ko has jumped into contention at the Ladies Scottish Open.

The former world number one has carded a blemish-free four-under 67 in her third round to now be tied for fourth place at four-under par.

Ko is three shots behind the outright leader, Spain's Azahara Munoz.

Meanwhile, fellow New Zealander Ryan Fox is tied for 37th after three rounds of the European Tour's Celtic Classic in Wales.

He's shot a three-under 68 on Saturday to move to five-under par for the tournament, 10 shots behind the leader, Scotland's Connor Syme.

NBA playoff picture set

The Portland Trail Blazers have secured the final spot in the NBA playoffs.

CJ McCollum scored 12 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to help the Trail Blazers rally from a late deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 126-122 in the Western Conference play-in game near Orlando.

Portland now move on to a best-of-seven first-round series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers beginning Wednesday (NZT) at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Damian Lillard had 31 points to pace the Trail Blazers, who took advantage of 19 more free throw opportunities to outscore the Grizzlies 35-18 at the foul line. Lillard completed a double-double with a game-high 10 assists.

Jusuf Nurkic also came up big with 22 points and a game-high 21 rebounds for Portland, while Carmelo Anthony was a fourth Trail Blazer with 20 or more points, going for 21.

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MS Dhoni announces his international retirement

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has quit international cricket, drawing curtains on an illustrious, trophy-laden career with a cryptic Instagram message.

"Thanks a lot for your love and support throughout. From 1929 hrs consider me as Retired," he wrote on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tv/CD6ZQn1lGBi/?igshid=1hznyicmt87hg with a video montage which had images from his 15-year international career.

The message ended speculation around the international future of the enigmatic 39-year-old, who quit test cricket in 2014 and has not played for India since the team's semi-final exit at the 50-overs World Cup in July last year.

"It is the end of an era," Indian cricket board (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly said in a statement.

"His leadership qualities have been something which will be hard to match, especially in the shorter format of the game.

"Every good thing comes to an end and this has been an absolutely brilliant one," added Ganguly, himself a former India captain.

BCCI secretary Jay Shah called Dhoni "one of the greats of the modern era".

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No play possible at the Rose Bowl

Bad weather has continued to dog the second test between England and Pakistan as a combination of bad light and drizzle wiped out the whole of the third day at the Rose Bowl in Southampton

Although the weather appeared to improve in the afternoon, two inspections found that the outfield was still too wet and play was finally abandoned for the day after the umpires had a third look in deteriorating light.

Only 86 of a possible 180 overs were bowled on the first two days as Pakistan, batting first, reached 223-9 with Mohammad Rizwan unbeaten on 60. With more bad weather forecast, a draw seems to be the most likely result.

Pakistan, who trail 1-0 after England's dramatic victory in the first test, need to win to give themselves any chance of taking the three-match series.

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Mercedes lock out the front-row in Spain

Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton clinched a record-extending 92nd career pole position in a Mercedes front-row lockout with team mate Valtteri Bottas at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Six-times world champion Hamilton has won for the past three years at the Circuit de Catalunya outside Barcelona and he was quickest in all three phases of qualifying on another hot afternoon.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Hamilton's closest challenger in the standings, will start in third place with Mexican Sergio Perez lining up fourth for Racing Point on his return after missing two races due to COVID-19.

Canadian Lance Stroll will start fifth with Verstappen's Thai team mate Alexander Albon sixth and the McLaren pair of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris seventh and eighth.

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Reds tackle their way to surprise win

The Queensland Reds produced a gritty defensive effort to seal a 19-3 victory over the Melbourne Rebels in their Super Rugby AU clash at Lang Park in Brisbane on Saturday.

The Reds' win tightened the standings in the domestic table, with the ACT Brumbies still on top with 18 points, just two ahead of the Reds and three in front of the New South Wales Waratahs.

The Rebels, who had won their last three games, including a 30-12 thrashing of the Brumbies last week, are fourth on 14 points.

The Reds were humiliated last week by the Waratahs, who won 45-12 after racing to a 38-0 halftime lead.

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Western United continue late rise up A-League ladder

A-League newcomers Western United FC sent a message to the rest of the playoff-bound teams with a 2-1 victory over Premier Plate winners Sydney FC that moved them within striking distance of finishing third in the regular season.

Steven Lustica scored a last-minute winner for Western United at Leichhardt Oval in Sydney to propel his team into fifth place with one game remaining.

The Mark Rudan-coached side, making their debut in the Australian top-level soccer competition, could finish third if they beat second-placed Melbourne City on Wednesday in the last match of the regular season.

The top-six teams qualify for the playoffs, with Sydney and Melbourne City already confirmed as the top-two finishers who will automatically advance to the semi-finals.

The Phoenix currently occupy third place in the table, with the Brisbane Roar in fourth and Perth Glory rounding out the top six.

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Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp has been named the Premier League's Manager of the Season after leading the Merseyside club to their first top-flight title in 30 years.

Klopp's Liverpool side won 32 of their 38 league fixtures and amassed a club-record 99 points to seal the title with seven games to spare.

Klopp, 53, beat Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers and Sheffield United coach Chris Wilder to the award.

The German won the Manager of the Month award five times last season, surpassing Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola's four from the 2017-18 campaign.

Klopp had been named League Managers' Association (LMA) manager of the year last month.

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Another disruption for MLB

Major League Baseball (MLB) postponed a Saturday and a Sunday game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates after a Reds player tested positive for COVID-19.

The two games - which were set to take place in Cincinnati - were put on hold while MLB conducts additional tests and contact tracing. The identity of the player who tested positive was not disclosed.

The postponement is the latest disruption to MLB's shortened season, which started last month after weeks of delay due to the coronavirus outbreak, as positive tests on teams including the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals forced last-minute schedule changes.

Last week the league introduced stricter health and safety protocols in order to mitigate the risks posed to players amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

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