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Gunners warm up with win

Author: Rose Young

Date: 27/04/2009

Arsenal strolled to a 2-0 win over relegation-threatened Middlesbrough as they warmed up for Wednesday's Champions League semi-final against online betting experts favourites Manchester United in impressive fashion.

Two goals from skipper Cesc Fabregas maintained the Gunners' push for third place in the Premier League, while 19th-placed Boro edged closer to relegation to the Championship.

Elsewhere, Blackburn Rovers all but secured their top-flight status for another season following a 2-0 derby victory over Wigan Athletic.

Goals by Benni McCarthy and a first for the club from skipper Ryan Nelsen moved Rovers six points clear of the drop zone with four games remaining in the season.

At the other end of the Football League pyramid, Burton Albion finally secured promotion from the Conference to League Two despite losing their final match of the season 2-1 at Torquay United.

North of the border, Falkirk booked a Homecoming Scottish Cup Final date against Rangers after overcoming Dunfermline 2-0 in Sunday's last-four encounter at Hampden Park.

In cricket's Friends Provident Trophy, Leicestershire beat Hampshire and Worcestershire were winners over Ireland in Group A.

Middlesex thrashed Scotland by 162 runs in Group B where Somerset were also comfortable victors against Kent.

In Group C there were wins for Yorkshire against Sussex and Gloucestershire at home to Surrey, while Derbyshire edged out Glamorgan in Group D and Lancashire won at Northamptonshire.

Kings XI Punjab won by 27 runs against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League, while Bangalore Royal Challengers lost out by six wickets to Delhi Daredevils.

In rugby league's Super League, Warrington's revival continued as they eased to a comfortable 40-18 victory against away-day specialists Huddersfield.

Elsewhere, Ben Galea and Jake Webster each scored a brace of tries as Hull KR easily beat stuttering Catalans Dragons 44-10.

Celtic Crusaders went close to grabbing their first win of the campaign before eventually losing 34-22 to Castleford Tigers while Wigan Warriors gained a shock 40-26 win at Wakefield.

Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee won the European Tour's Ballantine's Championship in South Korea after beating Kang Sung-Hoon and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a play-off.

Across the pond, veteran American Jerry Kelly took the honours for the first time in seven years on the PGA Tour after winning the Zurich Classic in New Orleans.

England's Ian Poulter fell away on the final day and finished six shots adrift.

Meanwhile, world tennis number one Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open title for a fifth successive time after defeating David Ferrer 6-2 7-5 in Sunday's final.

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