BARCELONA: Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth’s goals earned Atletico Madrid a commanding 2-0 lead over 10-man Barcelona, while, holders Paris St-Germain recorded an easy 2-0 home win over Liverpool as Champions League quarter-final first leg clashes concluded on Wednesday-

The La Liga leaders were on top in the all-Spanish tie at Camp Nou before Pau Cubarsi was sent off for bringing down Atletico’s Giuliano Simeone, who was through on goal. Alvarez whipped home the free-kick and Sorloth doubled their advantage with 20 minutes remaining to give Atletico a strong chance of reaching the semi-finals....
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Watkins propels Villa towards Europa League semis – BOLOGNA: Ollie Watkins scored twice as Aston Villa beat Bologna 3-1 in their Europa League quarter-final, first leg on Thursday, while Nottingham Forest held FC Porto 1-1 thanks to a comical own goal from Martim Fernandes-

Freiburg also have one foot in the last four after beating Celta Vigo 3-0. Villa boss Unai Emery is aiming to win the competition for a fifth time and the favourites rode their luck to emerge victorious in Italy. “It could’ve been different,” said Watkins. “We got lucky.” Bologna made a bright start to their...
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Pakistan: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Friday to have traced and arrested a “key financial handler” of the Libya-based main suspect running the network involved in illegally sending Pakistanis abroad, who later went missing in the recent boat capsize incident off Italy, recovering around Rs10 million from him.

Besides, at least five different cases have also been lodged in three different police stations of FIA Gujranwala Zone, against the human traffickers involved in sending the missing Pakistanis abroad. A senior FIA official told Dawn that the main suspect has been identified as an agent, Luqman, alias Hakeem, who belongs to Phalia tehsil of...
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US Vice President JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for ‘make-or-break’ talks with Iran – He was received by Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir after disembarking at the Nur Khan Air Base.

The Iranian delegation arrived in Islamabad early on Saturday morning after a last-minute hurdle over Israeli strikes in Lebanon eased. Tehran had conditioned its participation on a halt to attacks in Lebanon, a point Pakistan said was included in the US-Iran ceasefire. The US delegation, led by Vance, includes US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared...
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President Donald Trump said that the US military is reloading with “the best ammunition” to restart attacks on Iran if negotiations in Pakistan fail-

“We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made, even better than what we did previously, and we blew them apart,” the US president said. Trump’s comments to the New York Post were made just before Vice President JD Vance, who will lead the US...
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