Philippe Coutinho transfer boost as Aston Villa announce contract decision
Aston Villa return to action when they play Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday (12.30pm).
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Manchester United transfer news LIVE Ronaldo and Fernandes latest plus Atletico Madrid team news
Manchester United will aim to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday as they take on Atletico Madrid in the second-leg of the last 16 tie.
Shock loss costs Medvedev number one rank, Nadal beats Evans at Indian Wells
:Daniil Medvedev lost his world number one ranking after being defeated by Gael Monfils 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday, while Rafa Nadal beat Britain's Daniel Evans 7-5 6-3 to stay unbeaten in 2022.
Ralf Rangnick has already been warned about Manchester United selection risk vs Atletico Madrid
If it weren't for the heroics of Anthony Elanga, much more scrutiny would have been levelled at Ralf Rangnick.
Champions League: Ralf Rangnick expects Cristiano Ronaldo to deliver, Diego Simeone praises 'happy' Joao Felix
Ralf Rangnick has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to produce another decisive display in Manchester United's Champions League showdown with Atletico Madrid just three days after his superb hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur. Rangnick's side host the Spanish champions in the second leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday after a 1-1 draw in Madrid last month. United are bidding to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for just the third time since the retirement in 2013 of Alex Ferguson, who won the trophy twice during his spell as manager of the club.
Ciro Immobile breaks Lazio's Serie A scoring record with Venezia winner
Ciro Immobile broke Lazio's all-time Serie A scoring record on Monday with the only goal in his team's 1-0 win over struggling Venezia which moved them fifth. Captain Immobile, who also had a goal ruled out for offside just after the break, smashed home a 58th-minute penalty to take his top-flight tally with Lazio to 144, one more than Italian goalscoring icon Silvio Piola. Piola is Serie A's all-time leading scorer with 274 goals over a 25-year career in which his biggest honour was the 1938 World Cup for his national team.
Shock defeat costs Daniil Medvedev number one rank, Rafael Nadal beats Daniel Evans at Indian Wells
Daniil Medvedev lost his world number one ranking after being defeated by Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday, while Rafa Nadal beat Britain's Daniel Evans 7-5, 6-3 to stay unbeaten in 2022. Monfils let out a roar as he secured the upset on the sixth match point in front of an adoring California crowd with a backhand winner to set up a meeting with Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz in the fourth round. "I'm quite happy right now - I'm in my zone," Monfils said. "I moved quite good and then I changed the speed quite a lot."
Maria Sakkari steamrolls Petra Kvitova in Indian Wells third round, Elena Rybakina beats Victoria Azarenka
Maria Sakkari fired off five aces to make light work of Czech Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-0 in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday. The world number six won all of her first-serve points in the first set and dropped just one in the second, as Kvitova struggled with her serve, producing five double-faults across the 66-minute affair in California. Two-times Wimbledon winner Kvitova ceded break point in the eighth game of the first set and never regained her composure, as Sakkari fended off two breaks to close out the frame and ran away with the match in the second set.