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| PSG, Juve end long wait for quarter-final places Posted: 06 Mar 2013 03:09 PM PST
PSG made it through to the quarters for the first time in 18 seasons but were pushed all the way by Valencia, who lost the first leg 2-1 at home but levelled the last-16 tie on aggregate with a stunning long-range shot from Brazilian Jonas after 55 minutes. However, PSG equalised after 66 minutes when Argentine Ezequiel Lavezzi scored when the ball rebounded back from goalkeeper Vicente Guaita who saved his first shot after good running from Kevin Gameiro. One disappointment for the crowd at the Parc des Princes was the non-appearance of former England captain David Beckham, who was named among the substitutes by coach Carlo Ancelotti but not used. Twice winners Juventus, 3-0 ahead from the first leg in Glasgow, beat 1967 champions Celtic 2-0 on a rainy night in Turin as goals from Alessandro Matri and Fabio Quagliarella gave them a 5-0 aggregate success and a place in the last eight for the first time since 2006. They also stretched their unbeaten run in all European games to 18 matches. Celtic had little hope of overturning the deficit, but their fans never stopped cheering and supporting their side to create a great atmosphere at the Juventus Stadium. Real Madrid reached the last eight on Tuesday when they beat Manchester United 3-2 on aggregate and Borussia Dortmund completed a 5-2 aggregate win over Shakhtar Donetsk. The four remaining quarter-final places will be decided next week when Barcelona play AC Milan and Schalke 04 face Galatasaray on Tuesday. Malaga meet Porto and Bayern Munich take on Arsenal yesterday. — Reuters |
| Apologetic McIlroy promises walk off will not happen again Posted: 06 Mar 2013 07:02 AM PST  Golf world number one Rory McIlroy. — Reuters file picMIAMI, March 6 — World number one Rory McIlroy acknowledged on Wednesday he was wrong to walk off mid-round at last week's Honda Classic and said his toothache was not bad enough to justify quitting the tournament. Facing the media for the first time since his controversial withdrawal at PGA National, McIlroy said it soon dawned on him that he had made the wrong decision. "Obviously I've had a lot of time to think about it. I realised pretty quickly that it wasn't the right thing to do," he told a news conference ahead of Thursday's first round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship. "No matter how bad I was playing, I should have stayed out there. I should have tried to shoot the best score possible even though it probably wasn't going to be good enough to make the cut," he said, referring to his ill-fated second round where he played the first eight holes at seven over-par before quitting. McIlroy initially told reporters on Friday as he was heading to his car that he was not in a "good place mentally" and then later a statement cited pain from his wisdom tooth. Asked which version was the truer reflection of the reason for his withdrawal, McIlroy said both were factors but that his tooth pain was not enough of a reason. "Both. I wasn't in a good place with my golf game. I was, you know, mentally - you know, my head was all over the place. "But at the same time, I have been struggling with my lower right wisdom tooth for over a year. "So, yeah, look, my tooth was bothering me, but it wasn't bothering me enough to probably, you know, quit, but, that's just the way it is," said the Northern Irishman, who is paired with Tiger Woods and England's Luke Donald on Thursday and Friday at Doral's Blue Monster course. — Reuters |
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