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Toffees hit back to beat Boro

Author: Sir David Smith
Date: 09/03/2009

Everton booked their place in the FA Cup semi-finals with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over a determined Middlesbrough at Goodison Park on Sunday.

David Moyes' side were forced to come from behind to seal their victory though after David Wheater had headed online betting underdogs Boro into the lead just before the interval.

However, second-half goals by Marouane Fellaini and Louis Saha helped Everton seal a semi-final clash against Manchester United.

Meanwhile, Arsenal cruised through to the sixth round with a convincing 3-0 win over Burnley at the Emirates Stadium.

Goals from Carlos Vela, Eduardo and Emmanuel Eboue were enough to see off Owen Coyle's side, who were completely outclassed.

In Scotland, Rangers advanced comfortably into the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup with a five-goal mauling of Hamilton Academical.

In cricket, the fifth Test between England and West Indies looks set to end as a draw after the hosts eased to 349-4 by the close of the third day.

An unbroken stand of 146 for the fifth wicket between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash took West Indies past the follow-on target and increased the likelihood of England losing the series 1-0.

Meanwhile, Australia maintained their stranglehold on the second Test against South Africa after moving on to 292-3 by the close of the third day, 506 runs ahead of their hosts who were dismissed for 138 in their first innings.

In rugby league, Tony Smith's spell in charge of Warrington ended in defeat as his former side, Leeds Rhinos, beat the Wolves 20-14 to return to the top of the Super League table.

In the day's other match, Hull KR moved up to sixth with an impressive 31-18 win against Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.

In rugby union, Sale Sharks surprisingly lost 32-25 at home to Newcastle Falcons while Wasps' recent improvement continued as they beat London Irish 21-16.

In the Magners League, Scarlets moved up to fourth after beating Edinburgh 13-6, but are still ten points behind leaders Munster after 12 games of the season.

There was a major shock in the Davis Cup as France were surprisingly beaten 3-2 by the Czech Republic but Argentina had no problems seeing off the Netherlands 5-0.

Champions Spain will play Germany in the quarter-finals in July after beating Serbia 4-1. The Germans saw off the challenge of Austria 3-2.

Croatia enjoyed a 5-0 whitewash of Chile, while Israel beat Sweden 3-2 and the USA thrashed Switzerland 4-1. Russia had no trouble beating Romania 4-1.

Finally in golf, South Korea's YE Yang won the Honda Classic at Florida's PGA National by one stroke from American John Rollins.

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