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Sport in brief: March 6, 2024
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown (7) goes to the basket in front of Cleveland Cavaliers forward Isaac Okoro (35) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, March 5, 2024, in Cleveland

MEN’S FOOTBALL: Brighton are at Roma in the first leg of their Europa League last 16 tie tomorrow evening as Liverpool travel to Sparta Prague, West Ham visit Freiburg and Rangers face a trip to Benfica. Tournament favourites Bayer Leverkusen are in Azerbaijan to play Qarabag. Aston Villa, the sole British club left in the Europa Conference League, take on Ajax in Amsterdam tonight for a place in the quarter finals.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Boston Celtics let a 22- point lead slip in the final quarter to lose 115-114 at the Cleveland Cavaliers but they still lead the NBA’s Eastern Conference by 7.5 games. Atlanta improved their play-off hopes with a 116-100 win at the New York Knicks while in the West Kevin Durant scored 35 points as the Phoenix Suns enjoyed an 117-107 overtime win at last year’s NBA champions Denver.

MEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE: Super League resumes tomorrow evening with Sam Burgess’s Warrington team up against Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park. Both teams have started the season with two wins and a loss. In Australia Kai Pearce-Paul and Morgan Smithies, who were both in Wigan’s Grand Final winning team last year, will be on opposite sides when the Newcastle Knights kick off their NRL campaign against the Canberra Raiders.

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