MAN CITY, REAL MADRID REACH SEMIS
Pep Guardiola shared an emotional moment with goal scorer Phil Foden as Manchester City ended its run of failure in the Champions League quarterfinals Wednesday, beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 for a 4-2 aggregate win.
Jude Bellingham scored to put Dortmund on course for an upset win before City hit back through a penalty by Riyad Mahrez and Foden’s goal.
Guardiola reached the semifinals with City at the fifth attempt, matching the club’s best ever result under his predecessor Manuel Pellegrini in 2016.
“We are incredibly happy today to reach the semifinals,” Guardiola told broadcaster Sky. “The guys deserve it because what they have done in this season is incredible.”
In Wednesday’s other quarterfinal, Real Madrid secured its return to the Champions League semifinals after a two-season absence by holding Liverpool to a 0-0 draw, protecting a 3-1 advantage from the first leg.
Liverpool created chance after chance but Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane could find no way past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and a makeshift defense that stif led a front three that has endured a season of frustration.
Real Madrid will face Chelsea in the semifinals in two weeks, while Man City will take on Paris Saint-Germain.
More soccer
Lucy Rushton was hired by D.C. United as their general manager, making her the second woman in Major League Soccer history to hold that job.
College sports
Starting next season, major college football and basketball players will be permitted to transfer one time before graduating without being required to sit out a year of competition.
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to changed the long-standing rule that has often deterred players in high-profile sports from switching schools, two people with knowledge of the council’s decision told The Associated Press.
• SDSU’s Puwit Anupansuebsai and BYU’s Carson Lundelltied lost to Pepperdine’s Joe Highsmith in a playoff after finishing at 5 under for medalist honors at the Western Intercollegiate in Santa Cruz. The No. 23 Aztecs finished third at 20 over behind No. 7 Pepperdine (minus-4) and No. 37 Stanford (plus-7).
• UCSD freshman Annika Arroyo was named the Big West Athlete of the Week after scoring seven goals as the water polo team split a series against UC Davis.
• Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer, 73, agreed to a fiveyear contract extension with Rutgers.
• Joe Golding was named the new coach at UTEP after a decade at Abilene Christian.
• South Florida forward
Alexis Yetna, who averaged 9.5 points and 7.3 rebounds last season, is headed to Seton Hall as a graduate transfer.
• Arkansas signed coach
Eric Musselman to a new, five-year agreement that could keep him with the Razorbacks through the 2028 season.
• Oregon State assistant
Brian Holsinger has been hired as the next women’s basketball coach at Montana.
• Louisville guard David Johnson, who averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 19 games as a sophomore, will enter the NBA Draft.
Sports and courts
A lawyer and his 26-yearold client told Pittsburgh police that Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald and others assaulted the man at a nightclub last weekend, causing multiple injuries
Attorney Todd J. Hollis said his client, De’Vincent Spriggs, needed 16 stitches and suffered a broken orbital bone in his head, a broken nose and a sprained or broken arm at a bar on East Carson Street in the city’s South Side.
• Twenty women who had filed lawsuits alleging inappropriate behavior and sexual assault by Deshaun Watson have amended their petitions to disclose their names, while a new lawsuit against the Texans quarterback was filed Wednesday and one of the original 22 lawsuits was dropped.
Also
Trevor Zegras scored two goals and had two assists as the Gulls (18-12-0-0) held off the Ontario Reign (9-16-3-0) in Irvine, 7-4, late Tuesday. Chase De Leo added two goals and an assist for the Gulls.