Dani Carvajal confronts Bukayo Saka at half-time
Bukayo Saka went from zero to hero in Arsenal’s amazing Champions League quarter-final win at Real Madrid. He missed a ‘Panenka’ penalty, was involved in a tunnel bust-up and then scored the his side’s opener in their 2-1 win on the night, sealing a 5-1 aggregate victory.
It had looked like the ‘Panenka’ miss could be costly as Thibaut Courtois read it easily and parried away. It meant Arsenal missed the chance to go 4-0 up on aggregate with an early goal at the Bernabéu.
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HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – Even before his historic victory at the Masters on Sunday, Rory McIlroy always had planned to skip this week’s RBC Heritage. But Justin Rose and Ludvig Aberg, the two “nearly men,” who battled with him to the bitter end – and in Rose’s case beyond to a sudden-death playoff – kept their commitment and are prepared to chase another jacket of a Tartan variety.
It has been an emotional season for the Columbus Blue Jackets, both on and off the ice, and with just a couple of days left in the regular season and one game left on their schedule, there’s still a chance they could sneak into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
However, they need some help, and that’s where a Columbus TV station comes in.
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The Jackets’ scenario for making the postseason is simple after they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday in regulation.
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Who is the MVP? The top rookie? The Defensive Player of the Year? Tim Bontemps reveals his official awards ballot.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder are in a similar position to last year. After clinching the first seed, they await the play-in tournament results to find their Round 1 opponent in the 2025 NBA playoffs.
Outside of Isaiah Hartenstein and Alex Caruso, the Thunder had most of the same roster. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren continue to headline their current championship window. That said, there are some key differences.
The Thunder didn’t need any regular-season finale luck to get the first seed. Instead, they clinched it with three weeks left in the regular season.
If you told me this morning that a pitcher would record 10 strikeouts in Wednesday’s Braves-Blue Jays game, I would have bet my life savings that it would be Spencer Strider. But in yet another “you can’t predict baseball” moment, it was soft-tossing veteran Chris Bassitt who fanned 10 batters en route to the Blue Jays tying a team record with 19 punchouts in a single game.
You don’t need to read an article about Bassitt, who deserves credit for starting the season in fine fashion after being an afterthought in many drafts.
Arsenal coasted through a 2-1 win to Real Madrid, ending with an aggregate 5-1 victory over two legs in their Champions League quarter-final.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men couldn’t to overturn a 3-0 deficit in front of their home fans and tonight belonged to Mikel Arteta’s side as they shocked Madrid, especially with their recent history of overturning losing causes to progress in the Champions League.