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Football: Iheanacho sends Leicester to FA Cup quarter-finals with late goal

LEICESTER, ENGLAND (REUTERS) - Kelechi Iheanacho struck deep into stoppage time to send Leicester City into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Wednesday (Feb 10). Extra time loomed when Ihenacho was picked out at the far post from a corner and he headed home. Both sides had goals ruled out within the space of a minute in the second half, Andi Zeqiri for Brighton and Cengiz Under for the hosts. Leicester also suffered a blow when James Justin was carried off on a stretcher after jarring his knee. Iheanacho's late intervention, however, made sure it was Leicester who moved through and they were joined in the last eight by the Premier League's bottom club Sheffield United who beat Championship side Bristol City 1-0.

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Football: Athletic Bilbao’s Raul Garcia sends Real Madrid out of Super Cup

MALAGA, SPAIN (REUTERS) - Athletic Bilbao forward Raul Garcia scored twice in a 2-1 win over Real Madrid on Thursday (Jan 14) to knock the holders out of the Spanish Super Cup and set up a final against Barcelona. Garcia pounced on indecision in the Real defence to latch on to a through ball and slot into the bottom corner in the 18th minute, and converted a penalty in the 38th after Lucas Vazquez had hauled down Inigo Martinez. Karim Benzema pulled a goal back for Real in the 73rd minute which was initially ruled offside and awarded after a VAR review. The Frenchman put the ball in the net again soon after and was again given offside but this time the VAR ruled against him. Athletic meet Barca on Sunday in the final in Seville after the Catalans overcame Real Sociedad 3-2 in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw in Wednesday's first semi.

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