Peru Stadium Incident Leaves 1 Dead, 47 Injured

A chaotic incident during a fan gathering at Alianza Lima’s Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in Peru resulted in one fatality and 47 injuries, officials say. The Health Minister confirmed the death and detailed that 17 victims were admitted to Hospital 2 de Mayo, 15 to Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza and two were taken to other medical centers.

Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the incident, which occurred amid a concentration of supporters. Authorities have called for a thorough review of stadium safety protocols and are working to provide medical assistance to all injured parties.

Arsenal host a high-flying Southampton tonight, aiming to secure a Wembley return and maintain their historic treble pursuit.

The Gunners reached the quarter-finals after professional wins over Portsmouth, Wigan and Mansfield. Arteta, however, oversaw a difficult international break, with several players withdrawing due to fitness issues.

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Despite that disruption, a clinical performance tonight would see the North London side reach the semi-finals for the 31st time. They have progressed from 14 of their last 16 FA Cup quarter-finals — a pedigree they will look to draw on once again.

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Arteta heads into the tie managing a significant attacking injury crisis. Noni Madueke is unavailable after suffering a knee injury during England duty, paving the way for 16-year-old Max Dowman to start on the right wing once more.

The teenager already made history as the club’s youngest FA Cup starter in the previous round, and another impressive display tonight would further cement his growing reputation.

Meanwhile, Martin Ødegaard and Jurriën Timber have both returned to training and should feature in the matchday squad — a timely boost for the hosts. Eberechi Eze and Piero Hincapié, however, remain firmly ruled out.

Kepa Arrizabalaga is expected to start in goal despite his recent Carabao Cup final error. In defence, Riccardo Calafiori and William Saliba are likely to feature, while Christian Nørgaard and Myles Lewis-Skelly provide fresh legs in midfield as Arteta rests several international stars.

Further forward, Gabriel Martinelli leads the competition with five goal involvements from the third round onwards and will be central to Arsenal’s hopes of forcing their way through tonight.

Arsenal predicted lineup

Arsenal Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kepa; Mosquera, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Nørgaard, Lewis-Skelly; Dowman, Havertz, Martinelli; Jesus

When will the match kick off?

The FA Cup quarter-final tie at St Mary’s Stadium will kick off this Saturday, 4 April, at 20:00 BST.

How to watch Southampton vs Arsenal?

UK viewers can watch the match live on BBC One and TNT Sports 1. Digital streaming is available via BBC iPlayer and the discovery+ app.

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There was a lot to like about tonight’s relatively smooth and easy 10-3 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The Mets’ offense, which had been floundering, finally had a big day. Marcus Semien hit his first home run as a Met and Francisco Alvarez went deep twice. Semien and Bo Bichette both had a three-hit game. Nolan McLean was brilliant—perfect through his first five. Much like McLean’s performance, it was almost a perfect night…except for one very significant wrinkle. Juan Soto left the game in the bottom of the first inning after experiencing calf tightness running the bases in the top of the inning. So instead of being able to breathe easy and freely enjoy a nice rebound win after last night’s disastrous game, some anxiety and foreboding hangs like a specter over this victory.

Nonetheless, this was otherwise a relatively stress-free game. The Mets got on the board right away in the first against Tyler Mahle. Francisco Lindor led off the game with a single and Juan Soto followed with a single of his own. Bo Bichette then laced the Mets’ third consecutive base hit to drive in Lindor for the game’s first run. Luis Robert then walked to load the bases with nobody out and with one run already in, it looked like the Mets were poised for a huge first inning, much like they achieved on Opening Day. However, Brett Baty grounded into a 1-2-3 double play to take some of the air out of the rally. The Mets did manage to scratch out another run on a well-struck Marcus Semien single over the shortstop to double their lead to 2-0, but it should have been a bigger inning—both because of Baty’s double play and because Robert didn’t run on contact on Semien’s hit, despite the two-out situation, so he was unable to score from second on the play. Still, the Mets found themselves two runs to the good early and Nolan McLean took the mound with some run support already behind him.

It turned out that two runs was plenty of run support for McLean on this night, as he had all of his pitches working and was throwing some absolutely filthy stuff at Giants hitters all evening. In fact, McLean did not allow a single baserunner until the sixth inning when he issued back-to-back walks to start the inning. It was clear McLean was tiring at that point, partially because—to the credit of the Giants lineup—there were eight full counts against McLean in the first 17 batters he faced. Those walks came back to bite McLean, but he was still fantastic tonight. If you did not watch this game live because you are not a night owl sicko like I am, you should do yourself a favor and watch the clip of the pitch McLean threw to strike out Heliot Ramos to end the fifth inning. You can thank me later.

Meanwhile, the Mets added three more runs in the top of the fourth—all via the long ball. Mark Vientos singled to lead off the inning and Marcus Semien blasted a two-run homer to dead center—an impressive feat at Oracle Park—for his first Mets home run. Then with one out, Francisco Alvarez followed with a pretty prodigious blast of his own to extend the Mets’ lead to 5-0.

Unfortunately for McLean, both of those walks he issued in the sixth would come around to score. After recording the first out of the inning on a Jerar Encarnacion fly out to right, Willy Adames launched a ground rule double to end the no-hitter and the shutout. That chased McLean from the game and after 93 pitches, he made way for Brooks Raley, who did his job, striking out Rafael Devers and retiring Luis Arraez on a ground ball to first. However, Francisco Alvarez failed to handle one of Raley’s pitches and the Giants’ second run scored on the passed ball. But Alvarez would immediately make up for the run he cost his team, going deep again to lead off the seventh. The Mets piled on that inning against JT Brubaker in his second inning of work. After Alvarez’s second homer, Francisco Lindor—becoming quite the on-base machine in the early going—walked. Tyrone Taylor then struck out for the first out, but Bo Bichette doubled, advancing Lindor to third. Luis Robert drove him in with a single, which knocked Brubaker out of the game. Matt Gage came in for the Giants and struck out Brett Baty for the second out, but then Mark Vientos singled to plate the Mets’ eighth run.

Huascar Brazobán worked around a two-out hit by Heliot Ramos (the Giants’ second hit of the evening) to pitch a scoreless bottom of the seventh. Unlike his other recent appearances, this game proved to be an appropriate situation for Richard Lovelady, who gave up a run in the eighth on a Jerar Encarnacion double and a Luis Arraez RBI single. But luckily this time Lovelady had plenty of margin for error and the Mets added yet more insurance off Erik Miller in the top of the ninth. Luis Robert got things started with a walk and Brett Baty, who was one of the few Mets having a rough night at the plate, doubled him in. Marcus Semien notched his third hit of the night, advancing Baty to third and Baty scored on a Carson Benge grounder to second to put the Mets’ run total into double digits. Luis García polished off the lopsided victory with a scoreless ninth inning, working around a one-out single by Heliot Ramos.

Thus, the Mets snap their three-game losing streak in resounding fashion, but on a night when the bats finally broke out, concern remains for the lineup’s most potent threat; we should find out more about the severity of Juan Soto’s calf injury in the coming days.

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What’s WPA?

Big Mets winner: Marcus Semien, +20.2% WPA
Big Mets loser: Brett Baty, -15.1% WPA
Mets pitchers: +17.3% WPA
Mets hitters: +32.7% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Bo Bichette’s RBI single in the first, +12.3% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Willy Adames’ ground rule double to break up Nolan McLean’s no-hitter in the sixth, -7.7% WPA

In a pre‑game press conference, Guardiola praised Foden as a 25‑year‑old talent who has already won six Premier League titles and who will inevitably recover from the current slump. He highlighted that an extended dip in form is normal for a player at that stage of his career and that Foden’s experience and skill will see him return to his best level.

The comments come after Tuchel’s remarks that Foden is not guaranteed a place in England’s World Cup squad, sparking debate among pundits. Guardiola dismissed the criticism, stressing Foden’s importance to Manchester City and his proven ability to deliver when it matters most.

Texas women's basketball picked the worst time to have its worst offensive performance of the season.

The Longhorns recorded season-low output in a 51-44 loss to UCLA on Friday. The 44 points Texas scored were not only its fewest all season, they didn't finish any game with less than 60 points this season and they've scored fewer than 50 just one other time over the past 65 games.

Tough break for a team that Vic Schaefer has called one of his most offensively talented. But Texas could not overcome an ice-cold performance from leading scorer Madison Booker, who was named an All-American for the third time in her career this season.

But teammate Rori Harmon came to Booker's defense.

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“You guys have to realize she’s human," the 5-foot-6 senior guard said, "and we wanted her to shoot her shot. No matter the stats... all eyes go to Madison Booker."

The 6-foot-1 forward averaged 19.3 points on 52.3 field-goal shooting but scored a season-low six points Friday. She added seven rebounds but her 3-for-23 shooting accounted almost half of Texas' misses in a 20-for-65 (30.8%) shooting performance. After making her first jumpshot, she missed 20 of her next 22 attempts. Layups went wayward, jumpers hit back iron - the future WNBA draft pick couldn't buy a bucket while often being guarded by 6-foot-7 UCLA center Lauren Betts.

Texas center Kyla Oldacre led the Longhorns with 11 points and seven rebounds, both team highs, and Betts led the Bruins with 16 points and 11 rebounds. UCLA led for three-and-a-half periods, but Texas used a fourth-quarter 10-2 run to close the deficit to three points. Then Madison Booker's 23rd field-goal attempt of the night was blocked with under 30 seconds left.

The Bruins made four free throws down the stretch to maintain the lead and send the program to its first-ever national title game. The seven-point defeat ends the Longhorns' season with a 35-4 record and extends the program's championship drought to 40 seasons.

Love for Texas Longhorns seniors

Despite the loss, Texas won ran off multiple winning streaks of 10 games or more and won its first-ever SEC Tournament. Jordan Lee talked about the impact senior such as Harmon, Teya Sidberry, Ashton Judd, Kyla Oldacre and Sarah Graves made on the team.

"Teya and Ashton choosing to come here and spend their last years with us, it just means so much," the sophomore guard said. "Sarah's been one of my closest friends since I've gotten here and we've just developed such a special bond with some our interests off the court.

"Rori has demonstrated a lot of great things. She's been the head of this Vic snake the last five years and just has done such a great job with the challenges that he's put in front of her. Kyla is just so amazing. Everybody calls her the mom of the group just because how special she is. She truly is extremely selfless and you see that in the way she plays on the court."

Lee, one of the team's top shooters, finished with seven points and three turnovers over 24 minutes.

'We may never replace her'

After the game head coach Vic Schaefer took a chance to shoutout Rori Harmon. She finishes her career with 1,616 points, 977 assists, 659 rebounds and 388 steals. She's the only player in the sport's history to his 1,600 points, 900 assists, 650 boards and 350 steals.

"Not one agency has ever voted her All-American," Schaefer said. "There's not another player in history of our game — you hear me? — not another player in the history of our game that have had those stats, those four statistic. One-hundred thirty-seven games. Get rid of whatever awards you got if she ain't good enough to get one of them.

For her part, Harmon was named an honorable mention for AP All-American four times. But that wasn't good enough for her coach.

"You want to talk about somebody that's hard to replace?" Schaefer said. "We may never replace her."

UCLA (36-1) advances to play South Carolina (36-3) on Sunday.