UEFA Champions League quarter-final pairings known, Messi still out. Daily Digest for 15 March

A lot of events took place today, not only in the world of football, but also in the world of sport in general. Dailysports will introduce you to everything you might have missed on Friday, 15 March, in the traditional digest.

The pairs of the 1/4 finals of the European Cups are known. Today in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the 1/4 finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League took place. Among the most interesting pairs we should note the confrontation between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the UCL, the meeting between Milan and Roma in the UEL, as well as Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe in the UECL.

Inter Miami enter the season without Lionel Messi. The main star of the Herons was injured in the match of the 1/8 finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Nashville and because of this, as a precautionary measure, the Argentine is not involved in Inter's matches. Earlier, Messi missed the MLS game against Montreal, and then without the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner the team will have to play against D.C. United.

An unexpected guest saved the quarter-final match of a ranking tennis tournament. Yes, yes, that's right. The game between Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev at this stage of the ATP 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on the night of 15 March was interrupted in the third game of the first set due to a bee attack. However, Lance Davis, who specialises in these matters, was in the vicinity at the time of the match and was able to neutralise the bee menace.

Eric ten Hag has no intention of letting Marcus Rashford go to PSG. Manchester United head coach Eric ten Hag said that the club did not extend his star striker's contract in order to resell him. The Dutchman believes Rashford should be part of the Mancunians.

The last men's sprint of the biathlon season was won by Bø. The last stage of the Biathlon World Cup started in Kenmore, Canada, which opened with a men's sprint. Johannes Bø won the race with a one-minute lead. His brother Tarey finished third, losing less than two seconds to second-placed Tommaso Giacomel.

Jürgen Klopp's departure will not affect Liverpool's desire to sign Joshua Kimmich. The 29-year-old midfielder's career has long been followed at Anfield, so the club bosses' desire to get the German will not depend on who will be Liverpool's head coach in the coming season.