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English clubs dominate

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 12/03/2009

The Premier League will once again have four representatives in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after tournament betting favourites Manchester United and Arsenal joined fellow English sides Liverpool and Chelsea in the draw for the last eight.

Holders United were 2-0 second-leg winners over Internazionale following headed goals from Nemanja Vidic and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The last 16 tie had been goalless heading into the second leg at Old Trafford, but Sir Alex Ferguson got one over his old adversary Jose Mourinho to keep United's quintuple dream alive.

Meanwhile, Arsenal did it the hard way after AS Roma levelled their tie on aggregate after taking a 1-0 lead at the Stadio Olimpico.

Extra-time failed to produce a winner so the encounter went to penalties where the Gunners prevailed 7-6 on spot-kicks.

Eduardo Da Silva missed Arsenal's first, but errors from Mirko Vucinic and then Max Tonetto proved costly for the Italian side.

Elsewhere, Barcelona were comfortable 5-2 winners over Lyon at the Camp Nou to wrap up a 6-2 aggregate victory over the French champions.

FC Porto completed the line-up for the last eight as a goalless draw with Atletico Madrid saw the Portuguese champions progress on the away goals rule following a 2-2 stalemate in Spain two weeks ago.

In the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers boosted their survival hopes with a priceless 2-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Jason Roberts' winner five minutes from full-time at Craven Cottage saw Rovers storm out of the relegation zone and up to 15th place in the Premier League table.

Clint Dempsey had fired the Cottagers into an early lead, but El Hadji Diouf's equaliser was the platform for the come from behind victory.

Master Minded cruised to victory in the Champion Chase for the second consecutive year on day two of the Cheltenham Festival.

Cooldine was the winner of the RSA Chase and the Champion Bumper Flat Race went the way of Dunguib on a day dominated by Irish horses and jockeys.

Anne Keothavong's debut at the Indian Wells event on the women's tennis circuit ended in a disappointment after a first-round exit.

The British number one was beaten 2-6 6-3 6-1 defeat by Olga Govortsova despite being ranked seven places higher than her Belarusian opponent.

In the women's World Cup, England continued their impressive start after cruising to an eight-wicket victory over Pakistan.

England have now won all three of their group stage matches in Australia, with spinner Laura Marsh the latest star of the show as she took 5-15 as Pakistan were bowled out for just 78.

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