Jurgen Klopp will head back to Dortmund for the Europa League quarter-finals after his Liverpool side were drawn with former club Borussia on Friday.

Three-time champions Liverpool, who previously won the competition in 1973, 1976 and 2001, will travel to Dortmund for the first leg of the quarter on April 7. Their last Europa victory in 2001 ironically came at Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.

Holders Barcelona and their feared attacking trident drew fellow Spaniards and 2014 finalists Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last eight on Friday.

Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, Barcelona's feared attacking trio, will seek revenge for their 2-1 aggregate quarter-finals exit at the hands of Diego Simeone's charges two seasons ago.

Pole vault stars Renaud Lavillenie and Jenn Suhr lit up the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Thursday as the first major event since Russia was banned got under way.

French Olympic champion Lavillenie produced a display of swaggering brilliance to romp to gold at the Oregon Convention Center.

Formula One race director Charlie Whiting on Friday defended this season's clampdown on radio communications and promised it wouldn't cut out the "juicy" exchanges between teams and drivers.

After some drivers expressed concerns about the new restrictions, Whiting said they were intended to make sure teams don't have too much influence on racing.

In the heart of an eastern Ukrainian city shaken by echoes of guns stands the world's first shrine to football legend Pele that miraculously survived nearly two years of war.

The creator of the unlikely Lugansk museum -- painted in Brazilian gold and green and adorned by a bronze statue of Pele and a giant football at its front door -- is a humble 55-year-old balding man who follows his hero's example by never lighting up a cigarette or drinking alcohol.

After letting in four goals as Juventus were eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich in midweek, Gianluigi Buffon need only shut out Torino for four minutes on Sunday to set a new record.

Currently enjoying a 19-game unbeaten run that has seen Buffon keep the ball out the net for their past 10 league outings, Juve take a three-point lead over Napoli across Turin for the derby on Sunday as they continue their quest for a record-equaling fifth consecutive Serie A title.

Claudio Ranieri insists leading Leicester to the most remarkable title triumph in Premier League history wouldn't serve as revenge on the critics who have questioned the Italian throughout his career.

No team in the Premier League era has failed to win the title from Leicester's position, with Ranieri's side sitting five points clear of second placed Tottenham ahead of Saturday's trip to Crystal Palace.

Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho's stylish goal earned Liverpool a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Thursday as Jurgen Klopp's men eliminated their arch foes from the Europa League.

Trailing 2-0 from last week's one-sided first leg, Louis van Gaal's United claimed a foothold in the last-16 tie when Anthony Martial won and scored a 32nd-minute penalty to restore hope at Old Trafford.

A Palestinian boy who survived a firebombing by Jewish extremists that killed his parents and baby brother was greeted by Real Madrid's stars, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, on Thursday.

Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabcheh has been recovering from his injuries over the past eight months.

Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater was awarded his first England call-up on Thursday for the forthcoming friendly games against Germany and the Netherlands.

The former Manchester United youth player, 26, has played a key role for Leicester in their sensational surge to the top of the Premier League table and was rewarded with a place in England manager Roy Hodgson's 24-man squad.