MEN’S FOOTBALL: Brighton have a mountain to climb in the Europa League tomorrow evening when they will attempt to overturn last week’s 4-0 first leg defeat at Roma to reach the quarter-finals. The boot is on the other foot for Liverpool who lead Sparta Prague 5-1, while West Ham are 1-0 down to Freiburg and Rangers are on the verge of an upset against Benfica at Ibrox with the score standing at 2-2.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League action returns tomorrow night with reigning champions Wigan taking the league’s only 100 per cent record to Salford, who claimed a surprise 24-20 win at St Helens last weekend. The Saints are at Leeds Friday night. In Australia the second round of the NRL kicks off with last year’s runners-up Brisbane Broncos taking on the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Both teams lost their opening fixtures.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Holly Winterburn top-scored with 17 points as London Lions became the first British team ever to reach a EuroCup final after beating Venice 71-59 at the Copper Box Arena on Tuesday night for a 140-127 aggregate win. Winterburn also completed five assists, four rebounds and a steal in her match-winning performance. The Lions will meet either Besiktas or Girona in April’s two-legged final.