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Liverpool's Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after a demoralising defeat by reigning European champions Paris St-Germain - their 16th loss of the season, BBC reported. 

Desire Doue's deflected strike looped over the head of Giorgi Mamardashvili to give the Ligue 1 leaders the lead, before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia doubled their advantage with a moment of brilliance.

It means the Reds, who failed to register an attempt on target, have it all to do to stay in the competition in the quarter-final second leg at Anfield next Tuesday.

Atletico Madrid took a firm grip on their Champions League quarter-final on April 8, as goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth earned a 2-0 first-leg victory over 10-man Barcelona at the Camp Nou, Reuters reported. 

Barcelona dominated proceedings, but Atletico's rock-solid defence combined with swift counter-attacks paid off after Pau Cubarsi was sent off for hauling down Giuliano Simeone in the 42nd minute as the last man.

Alvarez brilliantly curled the resulting free kick from 25 metres into the top corner in first-half stoppage time to silence the sold-out Catalan stadium.

Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed 32-ball 77 runs to help Rajasthan Royals put on a massive 150/3 on the board from 11 overs against Mumbai Indians. In response the Mumbai chase never got going with Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma and Ravi Bishnoi all picking up two wickets each, The Indian Express reported. 

Mumbai have welcome back captain Hardik Pandya in the playing XI today with the all-rounder returning to training. The game has seen a mouth-watering clash between the veteran pace ace Jasprit Bumrah and the 15-year-old rookie Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, which the latter had won today.

Legendary manager Mircea Lucescu has died at the age of 80, five days after stepping down as Romania's head coach, BBC reported. 

Lucescu resigned on Thursday after falling ill before a training session.

He received treatment in hospital after reportedly, external suffering a heart attack on Friday morning.

"The Romanian Football Federation expresses its boundless regret following the death of the one who was, is and will remain an absolute legend: Mircea Lucescu," the country's federation said in a statement.