Summary

  • Nine Premier League news conferences

  • German Grand Prix cut from 2015 calendar

  • Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid drawn together in Champions League quarter-finals

  • Australia beat Pakistan by six wickets to reach World Cup semi-finals

  1. Defence not to blame for Everton exit - Martinezpublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2015

    Ross Barkley of EvertonImage source, Reuters

    Everton boss Roberto Martinez is probably not looking forward to his press conference at 14:00 GMT after his side were dumped out of the Europa League by Dynamo Kiev on Thursday night.

    The Toffees lost the second leg 5-2 to exit 6-4 at the last-16 stage, with two poor first-half clearances gifting Dynamo key goals.

    The central defensive partnership of Phil Jagielka and Antolin Alcaraz struggled throughout but the Spaniard did not want to blame them.

    "A couple of times we made defensive mistakes, but there was also some incredible finishing," said Martinez.

  2. Premier League news confererencespublished at 08:08 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2015

    There is a busy day ahead featuring nine Premier League manager news conferences, with Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal among those to face the media.

    The full schedule is: Hull City (08:30 GMT), West Brom (09:00), Sunderland (11:00), Chelsea (12:30), Manchester City (12:45), Everton (14:00), Liverpool (14:00), Stoke City (14:30) and Manchester United (16:00).

    Needless to say, we'll be following them all.

  3. Good morningpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 March 2015

    Solar eclipseImage source, Getty Images

    As millions of people across the UK await the solar eclipse, English football had an eclipse of its own on Thursday as Everton's hammering at the hands of Dynamo Kiev in the Europa League ensures there will be no English club in the last eight of European competition for the first time since 1993.

    Fear not, we are here to cheer you up and keep you abreast of all the breaking sports news. Hello and welcome to another Sportsday.