West Ham through to Europa quarters

(AP):

West Ham United, with Reggae Boyz striker Michail Antonio, eliminated six-time champion Sevilla from the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.

West Ham won 2-0 to advance 2-1 on aggregate, reaching the quarterfinals of a European competition for the first time since 1981 after Ukraine forward Andriy Yarmolenko scored the decisive goal in extra time.

Elsewhere, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the winning goal for Barcelona to secure a 2-1 victory over Galatasaray and send the struggling European giants through to the quarters.

Aubameyang netted from close range four minutes into the second half as Barcelona came from a goal down to maintain their chances of ending the season with a trophy.

The Spanish giant, which is playing Europe's second-tier competition after failing to advance to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages for the first time since 2004, was held to a 0-0 draw at home by the Turkish club in the first leg last week.

Rangers reached the quarterfinals on a 4-2 aggregate score despite losing 2-1 to Red Star at Belgrade. Atalanta also advanced 4-2 on aggregate after winning 1-0 at Bayer Leverkusen while Portuguese club Braga progressed after holding Monaco 1-1.

Sevilla's cross-city rival Betis was also eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt in extra time.

Lyon beat Porto 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw at home.

In the inaugural Europa Conference League, Leicester advanced 3-2 on aggregate despite a 2-1 away loss to Rennes.

Jose Mourinho's Roma needed an injury-time equaliser by England forward Tammy Abraham to salvage a 1-1 home draw against Vitesse and secure a spot in the quarterfinals.

Of the four Dutch teams in the last 16, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord cruised into the quarterfinals while AZ Alkmaar and Vitesse were knocked out.

Marseille, PAOK, Bodo/Glimt and Slavia Prague also advanced.