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BBC News
Classy Man Utd crush sorry Milan Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United beat Milan 4-0 on the night and 7-2 on aggregate to ease into the Champions League quarter-finals. Burnley 1-1 Stoke David Nugent's headed finish earns relegation-threatened Burnley their first point in five games in a scrappy encounter at Turf Moor. Real Madrid 1-1 Lyon (agg 1-2) Real Madrid crash out of the Champions League to Lyon 2-1 on aggregate after being held 1-1 at the Bernabeu. Onions ruled out of opening Test England bowler Graham Onions is ruled out of the first Test against Bangladesh with a back injury, but there are more encouraging signals about Stuart Broad. Portsmouth axe 85 jobs Administrators at Portsmouth FC start to make employees redundant, with 85 people losing their jobs. Cusiter wary of 'pacey' England Scotland captain Chris Cusiter expects to face a fast and physical England side at Murrayfield in the RBS Six Nations match on Saturday. Pakistan to ban Yousuf & Younus Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan are banned indefinitely from representing their country. Olympic athletes set medal target Great Britain have been set a target of at least 10 medals at this summer's European Athletics Championships by the national funding body. Capello eyes World Cup semi-final England manager Fabio Capello insists the Football Association's target of reaching the semi-finals at the World Cup in South Africa is achievable. Bolt scoops second Laureus award Athletics superstar Usain Bolt has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second year running. Snooker stars await Crucible fate Defending champion John Higgins and the rest of snooker's top stars will find out their first-round opponents in Thursday's draw for next month's World Championship. Chester wound up at court hearing Chester City are wound up at a High Court hearing in London on Wednesday. Rival's drugs ban boosts Chambers Dwain Chambers' hopes of 60m gold at the World Indoor Championships are boosted after American gold medal favourite Ivory Williams is given a three-month doping ban. Ruthless Windies thrash Zimbabwe West Indies move 2-1 ahead in the one-day international series with Zimbabwe after a 141-run victory in St Vincent. Senior fined for outburst at ref Leeds Rhinos centre Keith Senior is fined £1,000 by the RFL for his post-match outburst at World Club Challenge referee Richard Silverwood.
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