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Arsenal Book Their Place In Champions League Quarter Finals

Arsenal have steam-rolled into the Champions League quarter-finals after blasting five unanswered goals past a dismal Porto side to register a 6-2 aggregate win.

The Gunners were tasked with overcoming a 2-1 first-leg defeat in Portugal - but their opponents never looked likely to prevent their progress to the last eight.

Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick for Arsene Wenger's side

Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue got the others as the home side produced an astonishing display of attacking football, while their opponents were equally astounding in their poor defending.

Bayern Munich are also into the next round after second-half goals from Mark Van Bommel and Arjen Robben saw them advance on away goals against Fiorentina - even though their hosts won the second-leg, 3-2.

The Italian side charged into a 2-0 lead, but a two-goal salvo in the space of five minutes saw Bayern progress after it finished four-all on aggregate.

Sunderland Overcome Bolton In Barclay's Premier League

In the Barclays Premier League, Darren Bent bagged a hat-trick as Sunderland beat Bolton by four goals to nil at the Stadium of Light.

Frazier Campbell had given the home side the perfect start when he opened the scoring inside the opening minute and Bent's second-half hat-trick sealed a much-needed victory for Steve Bruce's side.

Meanwhile Birmingham defeated Portsmouth 2-1 after Cameron Jerome scored a brace for the Blues, to help avenge their FA Cup exit to Pompey just last weekend.

In the Coca Cola Championship, West Brom have moved back up to second-place after a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday. And Irish international Daryl Murphy scored twice for Ipswich as they beat Cardiff, 2-0.

In the SPL, Rangers have restored their thirteen point lead over Celtic at the top of the table with a 2-0 victory away to Kilmarnock.

Wayne Rooney To Be Fit For AC Milan Clash

Manchester United have confirmed that England defender Wes Brown faces a lay-off of up to six weeks after breaking a bone in his foot.

The club have also confirmed that Wayne Rooney will be fit for tomorrow's Champions League tie against AC Milan after recovering from his knee injury.

Steady As She Goes For Kidney Ahead Of Saturday Showdown

Declan Kidney has named an unchanged starting fifteen from the side that took-on England at Twickenham, which means that Rob Kearney has to settle for a place on the bench.

Geordan Murphy has held onto the full-back's jersey after his impressive performance in London, so Kearney replaces Andrew Trimble among the substitutes - which is the only change to the match-22.

As expected, Jonathan Sexton has held-off competition from Ronan O'Gara, while John Hayes continues in the front-row.

Brian O'Driscoll will follow Hayes into the record books as he'll win his 100th Ireland cap on Saturday.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has been forced to make three changes to his starting side, while Lions' scrum-half Mike Phillips has also been ruled-out of a place on the bench.

Assistant coach Neil Jenkins was adamant that Ryan Jones would be fit when he was asked yesterday, but the Welsh captain has been ruled out with a calf injury

He has been replaced at number 8 by Gareth Delve, who only linked-up with the squad yesterday.

The other changes also come in the pack as Luke Charteris takes over from an injured Deiniol Jones in the second row and Matthew Rees returns at hooker - although he is not expected to last the full 80 minutes.

Scrum half cover is provided by Dwayne Peel after Philips picked-up a knock while on duty for the Ospreys last weekend.

Limerick County Board Deny Pressurising Hurlers

The Limerick County Board have hit-out at claims that they are trying to pressurise players into return to Justin McCarthy's senior hurling squad.

County Board chairman Liam Lenihan has denied claims made by members of last year's panel that county board officers and members of the management team had tried to intimidate or bully younger players into ending their self-imposed exile.