ITALY- - Barcelona hit top gear to trounce Napoli 4-2 away from home on Thursday and sail into the last 16 of the Europa League 5-3 on aggregate.
Jordi Alba gave Barcelona the lead in the eighth minute of the knockout stage playoff second leg with a rare strike on his weaker right foot and Frenkie de Jong put the Catalans further ahead with a curling shot after being teed up by a sumptuous backheel from Ferran Torres.
LISBON- - Prolific striker Sebastien Haller was again among the goals as Ajax Amsterdam forced a 2-2 draw away at Benfica on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
CAGLIARI, Italy- - Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen's late header earned Serie A title chasers Napoli a 1-1 draw at Cagliari on Monday.
With both leaders AC Milan and second-placed Inter Milan dropping points over the weekend, the door was left open for Napoli to return to the summit with victory in Sardinia, but the visitors struggled to really get going.
LONDON-- Goals in each half from Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic earned defending champions Chelsea a solid 2-0 first-leg victory over Lille in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, but the London side will be concerned about injuries to key players.
BEIJNING--The Netherlands ended in sixth place in the Winter Olympics medal table, one place lower than in the 2014 and 2018 Games.
In total, Dutch sportsmen and women picked up 17 medals – eight gold, five silver and four bronze. That is well down on the best ever Dutch performance in Sochi, when the team brought home 24 medals. In Pyeongchang, the Dutch won 20, including eight gold medals.
