Here is Sportzwiki’s daily news round-up, featuring top sports news from around the world, on 8th March 2018. Here’s all the news from sporting events like cricket, football, WWE, Tennis and other sports took over the attention of all the sports enthusiasts.
Nidahas Trophy, 2018
India vs Bangladesh
India will face Bangladesh in the second match of the Nidahas Trophy at the R Premadasa stadium. Bangladesh will play their first match in the tri-series, while India have already played one match which they lost to Sri Lanka by five wickets. However, Bangladesh will be without the services of their primary all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who has been ruled out of the series due to a finger injury.
Champions League, Results
Tottenham vs Juventus
Tottenham lost a golden opportunity to qualify for the quarter-final stage of the Champions League despite having a two away goal advantage. Tottenham started the match as favourites and scored the first goal of the match in the 39th minute. But the Italian side refused to give up as the two Argentines in the side Gonzalo Higuain, and Paulo Dybala scored two goals in three minutes to win the match for Juventus.
Manchester City vs Basel
English Premier League leaders Manchester City lost the second leg against Basel but qualified for the quarter-finals on aggregate as they won the match 5-2. Gabriel Jesus scored in the 8th minute on his first start on return. Basel then struck back and equalised in the 17th minute. Despite having just 22% possession in the match, Basel scored the winner in the 71st minute.
UEFA Europa League, Fixtures
Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow, 11:30 PM IST
Borussia Dortmund vs Red Bull Leipzig, 11:30 PM IST
AC Milan vs Arsenal, 11:30 PM IST
CSKA Moscow vs Lyon, 11:30 PM IST
Indian Wells
Maria Sharapova’s return to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in three years ended in a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Naomi Osaka of Japan in the first round of Indian Wells Masters.