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Cup progress for top two

Author: Rose Young
Date: 08/03/2009

Manchester United and Chelsea made sure of FA Cup semi-final spots with confident victories over betting underdogs Fulham and Coventry City respectively.

United romped to a 4-0 sixth-round win at Craven Cottage, with Carlos Tevez the star of the show with two goals in the first half, while Wayne Rooney and Ji-sung Park got on the scoresheet after the break.

The Blues were pushed a little harder at the Ricoh Arena, but Guus Hiddink's men ran out worthy winners thanks to strikes from Didier Drogba and centre-half Alex.

There was a major shock in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals as St Mirren beat Celtic 1-0 thanks to a Billy Mehmet penalty - the two sides had met in the league a week ago with the Bhoys winning 7-0.

The Buddies are joined in the last four by Falkirk, while Dunfermline Athletic and Aberdeen face a replay following a 1-1 draw at East End Park.

Back in England there was one Premier League game, with Robbie Keane netting a last-minute winner as Spurs snatched a 1-1 draw at Sunderland, who had taken an early lead through Kieran Richardson.

At the top of the Championship Wolves remain three points clear of Birmingham City after both sides secured 1-0 wins, over Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton respectively.

Reading lost ground in third as they were held to a 2-2 draw at Plymouth Argyle.

In Spain Barcelona moved six points clear of deadly rivals Real Madrid at the top of La Liga, with the Catalans winning 2-0 at home to Athletic Bilbao, while Real were held to a 1-1 draw by Atletico in the Madrid derby.

Internazionale remain seven points clear at the summit of Serie A after earning a 2-0 win at Genoa thanks to goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mario Balotelli.

In cricket, centuries from Paul Collingwood and Matt Prior helped England declare on 546-6 in their first innings of the fifth and final Test in West Indies.

The hosts had reached 92-1 in reply, as they targeted the draw they need to secure a 1-0 series victory.

In Durban, South Africa are in deep trouble in the second Test against Australia, being reduced to 138-7 in their first innings in reply to the tourists' 352 all out.

In rugby union's Guinness Premiership leaders Gloucester lost 24-10 at Leicester, while Bristol's plight at the foot of the table worsened as they were beaten 45-8 at local rivals Bath.

There were also wins for Harlequins and Northampton, while in the Magners League there were victories for Ulster and Munster.

In the Davis Cup, Argentina and Croatia have sealed places in the second round of the World Group by taking unassailable 3-0 leads over the Netherlands and Chile respectively.

Holders Spain have a 2-1 advantage over Serbia going in the final two singles clashes.

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