Goalkeeper Jan Oblak made a series of outstanding saves to help Atletico Madrid hold Real Madrid to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday.
In a repeat of last season's final, cup holder Madrid enjoyed most of the possession and virtually all of the chances - only to leave without a goal and with everything still to do in next week's second leg at home in the Santiago Bernabeu.
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A controversial penalty handed Juventus a narrow 1-0 win over Monaco in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Tuesday, leaving everything to play for in next week's return match in the principality.
Arturo Vidal scored his first goal of this season's competition in the 57th minute of an entertaining match after Ricardo Carvalho was judged to have fouled Alvaro Morata in the box.
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SpaceX launched a shipment of groceries to the International Space Station on Tuesday, including the first espresso maker bound for orbit. But the private company's third attempt to land the leftover booster on an ocean platform failed.
The first-stage booster rocket apparently landed too hard on the barge and tipped over.
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Europe's economic outlook is finally beginning to brighten a little. But don't expect European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to sound all that excited when he takes the stage Wednesday for his next news conference.
Draghi will sound a little cautious in order to discourage any thought that the bank might make an early exit from its 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) monetary stimulus program slated to run through September 2016.
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One team won nothing last season. The other is closing in on winning everything this season.
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain both have points to prove in the Champions League quarterfinals. But on Wednesday at Parc des Princes, PSG will be without Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goals, Marco Verratti's midfield zest and David Luiz's forays from the back against the most potent attacking trio in European football: Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
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New Orleans and Oklahoma City both won critical games on Monday to stay alive in the battle for the Western Conference's final playoff spot, while Brooklyn hurt its postseason chances with a loss to Chicago in the East.
Anthony Davis had 24 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks to move the Pelicans one step closer to a playoff berth with a 100-88 victory over Minnesota.
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Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said Monday he believes star center Kevin Garnett will return for a 21st NBA season next year.
Garnett is not expected to play in the Wolves' finale against Oklahoma City on Wednesday due to lingering knee pain. Saunders said that if he did play, he believes it would be an indication that Garnett would be retiring.
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Michael Phelps will compete in his first swim meet this week since returning from a six-month suspension following a second drunken driving arrest.
The 18-time Olympic champion is entered in five events in the Arena Pro Swim Series meet in Arizona that begins Wednesday.
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With chimneys rising from the former cotton mills which nestle between tightly-packed houses, Burnley provides a quintessentially English vista for fans at the town's football stadium.
From the days Burnley was the world's cotton-weaving capital through the hardships endured as the thriving textile industry collapsed, Turf Moor has been a constant presence for 132 years. While many of England's pioneering 19th-century clubs have abandoned their original homes, Burnley has remained at the heart of its community.
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Raheem Sterling and Joe Allen scored in each half to give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Newcastle in the Premier League on Monday that puts the club four points from the last Champions League place.
Sterling opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he downed a long cross on the left edge of the area and dribbled past two defenders before slotting a neat finish inside the far post.
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