Nigeria’s Osaze Odemwingie’s second-half goal earned Bristol City a draw against fellow strugglers Rotherham. Matt Derbyshire put the Millers ahead when he collected Richard Wood’s pass and lobbed keeper Richard O’Donnell. Lee Camp saved brilliantly from Robins defender Aiden Flint’s header to keep the scores level before the break. Odemwingie levelled with a powerful left-footed shot, before Camp made another good save from Odemwingie’s late header to secure his side a point.
The Liverpool squad is pictured heading to Dortmund, Germany for the first leg Europa quarterfinal game against Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp’s, is going to face his former club tomorrow. Klopp’s return to Borussia Dortmund will be a “very, very special occasion”, according to the German club’s coach Thomas Tuchel. The Liverpool boss will face the side he led for seven years – winning the Bundesliga twice – in the Europa League on Thursday. “I’m 100% sure that nobody forgets this time,” said Tuchel. “It’s a very special game of course and Jurgen will get a warm welcome but from the moment the whistle blows, he wants to win.”
Tuesday 5th April, 2016:
Barcelona 2 – 1 Atletico Madrid
Bayern Munich 1 – 0 Benfica
World Cup winner and two-time Olympic champion Abby Wambach has admitted taking cocaine and smoking marijuana. American Wambach, the world’s all-time leading international goalscorer, was arrested on Saturday for drink-driving. Court documents connected to the 35-year-old’s arrest said that “the defendant tried cocaine at age 25”. Mini USA, one of Wambach’s sponsors, said it was withdrawing adverts for the car featuring the former footballer, who retired in December. In a statement, it said: “This behaviour is against the values we promote as an organisation and the safety of everyone on the road is a priority here at Mini.” Wambach, who scored 184 goals in 255 games and helped USA to 2015 World Cup glory, was arraigned on Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland. She was not present, but her lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf. Court documents said Wambach has no prior arrest record. In court documents, officers wrote that she first used marijuana at age 24 and her last use was at 25. A Portland police spokesman said it is standard procedure for officers to ask defendants about prior drug use.
DR Congo and Norwich striker Dieumerci Mbokani has quit international football after his country’s FA threatened to sanction him for missing two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Mbokani missed the games with Angola after being caught up in the Brussels airport attacks on his way to Kinshasa. The 30-year-old is unhappy that Congolese FA president Constant Omari said he should still have travelled. “I don’t want to play for Congo. I find the treatment unfair,” said Mbokani. The attacks at the airport and a metro station on 22 March left 32 people dead. The striker, on loan at Premier League side Norwich from Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev, added on Congolese radio: “I was at Brussels airport at the time of the attacks. Immediately after, I called the vice-president Theo Binamungu and he promised to call me. “Since that day, no one called me. Not even a message of support and encouragement after what happened to me.
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