Here’s a take a look at the important thing tales from worldwide sporting occasions by way of the day for 15 March, 2023:

Haaland powers Manchester City

Erling Haaland equalled a Champions League document with a five-goal haul to ease Manchester City into the quarterfinals at RB Leipzig’s expense with a 7-0 win on Tuesday.

Inter Milan held off Porto in a gritty 0-0 draw to achieve the final 8 for the primary time since 2011.

Haaland additionally set a brand new membership document for objectives in a season of 39 within the course of as Pep Guardiola’s males reached the final eight for the sixth consecutive season with an 8-1 mixture victory.

“My super strength is scoring goals,” stated Haaland. “A lot of it is being quick in the mind and trying to put it where the goalkeeper is not.”

The tie was delicately balanced after a 1-1 attract jap Germany three weeks in the past, however a Leipzig aspect depleted by harm by no means appeared like a match for his or her star-studded opponents.

Haaland had three earlier than half-time after changing from the spot, scoring off a rebound from a Kevin De Bruyne shot and placing Amadou Haidara’s tried clearance into the web.

Haaland hammered dwelling on the second try after Janis Blaswich parried his preliminary header to match Tommy Johnson’s document of 38 objectives for City within the 1928-29 season.

Then the Norwegian set a brand new mark with nonetheless three months of the marketing campaign to go when he snaffled up one other rebound after Blaswich saved from Manuel Akanji.

In the method, he moved degree with Lionel Messi and Luiz Adriano’s document of scoring 5 objectives in a Champions League recreation.

In Portugal, clutching a one-goal benefit from Romelu Lukaku’s final 16 first leg late winner, Inter set as much as frustrate on the Estadio do Dragao.

Porto had the higher of the sport however solely managed to check Inter goalkeeper Andre Onana on a number of events and didn’t make the final eight for the third time of their final 5 makes an attempt.

Medvedev overcomes stumble to beat Zverev

Daniil Medvedev shook off a second-set fall to beat Alexander Zverev 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5 on Tuesday, the “crazy” victory pushing him into the Indian Wells quarterfinals for the primary time.

Medvedev notched his seventeenth straight ATP victory. But for awhile it appeared the red-hot kind that noticed him carry trophies in Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai wouldn’t be sufficient within the mixed WTA and ATP Masters 1000 occasion within the California desert.

The world No 6, pissed off as ever by the gradual courts at Indian Wells, rolled his proper ankle within the sixth recreation of the second set, crying out in ache and mendacity on the court docket for a number of minutes earlier than limping to his chair.

Zverev, who suffered three torn ankle ligaments eventually 12 months’s French Open, appeared on in concern, however after the harm was examined and taped by medical workers Medvedev continued and turned the match round.

Men’s high seed Carlos Alcaraz moved into the quarterfinal after his opponent Jack Draper retired with the rating at 6-2, 2-0 in favour of the Spaniard.

In different early matches, defending champion Taylor Fritz defeated Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 6-3. Britain’s 2021 champion Cameron Norrie eased previous seventh-ranked Russian Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4, lining up a gathering with American Frances Tiafoe, who beat Chilean qualifier Alejandro Tabilo 6-4, 6-4.

Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka reached the quarterfinals for the primary time with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Barbora Krejcikova. She Coco Gauff, who squeezed previous Swedish qualifier Rebecca Peterson 6-3, 1-6, 6-4. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, a former world No 2 saved 4 match factors in a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (11) victory over third-ranked Jessica Pegula.

Results on Tuesday within the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters 1000 laborious court docket tennis event (x denoted seeded participant):

Men’s singles fourth spherical

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP x1) bt Jack Draper (GBR) 6-2, 2-0 retired

Taylor Fritz (USA x4) bt Márton Fucsovics (HUN) 6-4, 6-3

Daniil Medvedev (RUS x5) bt Alexander Zverev (GER x12) 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP x23) bt Christian Garín (CHI) 6-3, 6-4

Cameron Norrie (GBR x10) bt Andrey Rublev (RUS x6) 6-2, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (USA x14) bt Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) 6-4, 6-4

Women’s singles fourth spherical

Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA x5) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

Karolína Muchová (CZE) bt Markéta Vondroušová (CZE) 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4

Elena Rybakina (KAZ x10) bt Varvara Gracheva (RUS) 6-3, 6-0

Maria Sakkari (GRE x7) bt Karolína Plíšková (CZE x17) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Petra Kvitova (CZE x15) bt Jessica Pegula (USA x3) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (13/11)

Coco Gauff (USA x6) bt Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x2) bt Barbora Krejcíková (CZE x16) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

With textual content inputs from AFP

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