Julian Alvarez was ruled to have hit the ball twice before scoring in Atletico’s penalty shootout defeat to Real Madrid, but only after VAR intervened to make the controversial judgement

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The Magpies have beaten four Premier League sides on the road to Wembley.

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The Magpies have not won a major domestic trophy since 1955.

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Manchester United, Tottenham and Rangers all play on Thursday night.

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The penalty was disallowed for a rarely seen ‘double touch’ as Real Madrid reached the quarter-finals

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Villa completed a 6-1 aggregate win over Club Brugge in the last-16.

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The Atletico Madrid striker was ruled to have ‘doubled touched’ the ball during the penalty shoot-out defeat to rivals Real Madrid

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The Gunners are through to the quarter-finals for the second year in a row but Arteta wants his side to take the ‘next step’

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Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge (6-1 on aggregate): Marco Asensio scored twice as Unai Emery’s side reached the quarter-finals, where they will face PSG

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Asensio is on loan at Aston Villa from Paris Saint-Germain and the clubs will meet in the quarter-finals

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Racing tipster Sam Turner looks at the 2025 Stayers’ Hurdle odds and provides his betting tips

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The US president spoke highly of former UFC champion McGregor during his St Patrick’s Day engagements

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The 18-year-old goes for more Premier League glory in Nottingham on Thursday night

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Everything you need to know about about QuinnBet’s Cheltenham offers for the 2025 festival

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Racing correspondent Sam Turner runs us through his selections for the guaranteed £750,000 Cheltenham placepot on Thursday

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Rocky Flintoff, the 16-year-old son of Northern Superchargers head coach Andrew, also missed out.

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England go into ‘Super Saturday’ a point behind leaders France.

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More than half of women experienced sexual comments while a third reported unwanted physical contact during festival week, as Alex Ross reports

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A paucity of centre and second row options have left a strange looking 23 to take on Wales on the final weekend of the Six Nations

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With their co-owner among the team’s biggest critics, Ruben Amorim and his players know that winning the Europa League is a financial imperative ahead

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