LISBON-- Clinical Benfica thrashed shell-shocked Club Brugge 5-1 with two goals from striker Goncalo Ramos to knock the Belgian side out of the Champions League and reach the quarter finals 7-1 on aggregate at the Estadio da Luz on Tuesday.
FLORIDA--Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner was in stable condition at a local hospital after getting struck in the face by a pitch from Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning on Monday in Fort Myers, Fla.
MADRID-- A tenacious Barcelona frustrated Real Madrid to secure a 1-0 win over their bitter rivals in an ill-tempered Copa del Rey semi-final first leg on Thursday.
TEXAS--Kevin Durant scored two of his game-high 37 points on a go-ahead pull-up jumper with 12.1 seconds remaining, and the Phoenix Suns secured their third straight win in a 130-126 defeat of the host Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.
LIVERPOOL, England-- Virgil van Dijk and forward Mohamed Salah scored second-half goals as Liverpool battled to a 2-0 Premier League home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Wednesday to boost their hopes of European football next season.
