Paris Saint-Germain staved off a gallant fightback by Aston Villa to reach the Champions League semifinals despite a 3-2 loss to the English club on Tuesday.

Holding a 3-1 lead from last week’s quarterfinal first leg, PSG built a four-goal cushion thanks to goals by full backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes inside 27 minutes at Villa Park.

Villa, cheered on by Prince William, roared back thanks to a deflected shot before halftime by Youri Tielemans and then goals in a two-minute span from John McGinn and Ezri Konsa by the 57th.

Only a string of fine saves from PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma denied Villa a fourth goal that would have taken the match to extra time.

PSG advanced 5-4 on aggregate to knock out a second Premier League team, after Liverpool in the round of 16. Next up could be another in Arsenal, which leads Real Madrid 3-0 from the first leg.

• Serhou Guirassy scored a hat trick and still ended up on the losing side as Borussia Dortmund’s 3-1 win over Barcelona wasn’t enough to prevent a 5-3 aggregate loss in the Champions League quarterfinals.

After being swept aside 4-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinal, Dortmund had nothing to lose and attacked Barcelona from the start, leaving the visitors off-balance.

Baseball

Dodger Stadium to host baseball for 2028 Olympics >> The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will feature baseball at Dodger Stadium in its return to the program with surfing and cricket held outside the city as part of an updated venue plan released by the organizing committee.

Surfing will be at Trestles Beach, a renowned collection of surfing spots between northern San Diego County and southern San Clemente in Orange County, about an hour’s drive south of downtown Los Angeles. Cricket will return to the Olympics for the first time in a century in a temporary structure at the Fairgrounds in Pomona, about 35 miles from LA.

Colleges

NCAA lawsuit settlement goes to judge for a decision >> The $2.8 billion legal settlement designed to reshape college sports is now before a federal judge for a final decision.

Attorneys who hashed out the House settlement filed a brief that did not include changes urged by U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken regarding team roster limits, saying such a late change to that rule would create havoc.

The plan on the table, the attorneys said, “is a vast improvement over the status quo” and they offered only a few tweaks to the sprawling deal announced last year that will clear the way for schools to begin sharing millions in revenue with their athletes and pay hundreds of millions more to former and current athletes who said they were illegally prevented from earning money.

NFL

Smith set to retire with Cowboys >> Tyron Smith is set to retire with the Dallas Cowboys after the perennial Pro Bowl left tackle spent his final season with the New York Jets, a person with knowledge of Smith’s plans said.

The Cowboys set a Wednesday announcement from Smith without providing any details. A person who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the 34-year-old intended to sign a ceremonial one-day contract in order to retire with the franchise that drafted him in the first round 14 years ago.

Smith’s retirement comes a little more than a month after right guard Zack Martin made the same announcement following an 11-season career spent entirely with the Cowboys. Martin and Smith were teammates for 10 years.

Dolphins pursuing trade options for All-Pro cornerback Ramsey >> The Miami Dolphins are pursuing trade options for All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, general manager Chris Grier confirmed.

Ramsey did not ask for a trade, and he didn’t ask for more money, Grier clarified, but after weeks of conversations with Ramsey’s representation, both sides agreed it would be best to potentially move on.

Hockey

Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to their deaths >> The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain as lawyers debated whether the men’s own drinking contributed to their deaths when they were hit by an allegedly drunken and enraged driver as they cycled at night.

After nearly two hours of argument, a judge agreed the issue was moot under New Jersey criminal law — upholding all of the charges against the driver, including manslaughter and vehicular homicide.

“There’s no credence in the argument there was contributory negligence on the part of the cyclists,” said Superior Court Judge Michael Silvanio.

Knight gets assist record as US shuts out Switzerland >> Hilary Knight set an assist record as the United States wrapped up the group stage at the women’s ice hockey world championship by beating Switzerland 5-0.

The U.S. topped Group A with a perfect record of four wins from four and will face Germany, the third-place team in Group B, in the quarterfinals on Thursday.