Sports News Highlights March 14: Bumrah To Miss Start Of IPL 2025; Leclerc Records Fastest Timing At AUS Grand Prix FP2

Good morning and welcome to our daily sports coverage from across the globe. We have lots of sporting action lined-up today, so stay tuned.

• Lyon 4-0 (7-1 agg) FCSB

• Manchester United 4-1 (5-2 agg.) Real Sociedad

• Rangers 0-2 (3-3 agg.) Fenerbahce — into extra time (3-2 on penalty shootout)

• Tottenham 3-1 (3-2 agg.) AZ

• Athletic Club 3-1 (4-3 agg.) Roma

• Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 (6-2 agg.) Ajax

• Olympiacos 2-1 (2-4 agg.) Bodo/Glimt

• Lazio 1-1 (3-2 agg.) Viktoria Plzen

• Bodo/Glimt vs Lazio

• Lyon vs Manchester United

• Rangers vs Athletic Club

• Tottenham vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Inter Miami lead 1-0 in the second leg and on comes Lionel Messi for Luis Suarez with the Cherons heading to the next round.

Cavalier 0-1 Inter Miami

Lionel Messi comes on and scores within minutes as Inter Miami seal the game. The Cherons beat Cavalier 2-0 in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 tie.

Cavalier 0-2 Inter Miami

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a three-game skid with a 126-106 victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.

The Bucks withstood a 45-point, 11-rebound performance from Luka Doncic, who had 29 points by halftime. His 45 points matched a season high and were his most since joining the Lakers.

Aryna Sabalenka is through the Indian Wells Open semis after her 6-2, 6-3 victory over Liudmila Samsonova. Elsewhere, Belinda Bencic was ousted by no 5 seed Madison Keys in the other quarter-final.

Carlos Alcaraz moved through to the semifinals of Indian Wells in straight sets on Thursday night with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) quarterfinal victory over Francisco Cerundolo.

The Spanish star becomes just the third man ever to reach the semifinals or better at Indian Wells four or more years in a row, after Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

The FP2 is underway at the Australian Grand Prix with drivers testing out their new cars ahead of the qualifying. FYI - Lando Norris topped FP1 with 1:17 seconds.

Defending champion Iga Swiatek beat Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday, avenging her Olympics semi-final loss to the Paris Games gold medallist to reach the last four at Indian Wells.

As per report in ESPNCricinfo, star bowler Jasprit Bumrah will miss the start of the IPL 2025 season for Mumbai Indians as he continues to recover from the back injury that has kept him out of action since January.

Despite being a holiday today, watch out for some serious action tonight including Indian shuttlers - Lakshya Sen and women's pairing of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand at the All England Open 2025.