Newcastle continued their march towards the UEFA Cup quarter-finals as Olympiacos collapsed in Greece, but Middlesborough's cup dreams hang on a thread tonight after a 3-2 defeat to Sporting Lisbon.

AZ Alkmaar continued their tremendous form this season by recording a superb 3-1 win over Ukrainian league leaders Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of their UEFA Cup Round-of-16 clash.