| City sink Chelsea to reach FA Cup final | | Manchester City withstood a valiant fightback from Chelsea to win a gripping FA Cup semi-final 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday and knock the holders out of the competition. | | United dismiss Stoke to inch closer to title | | Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League to 15 points from Manchester City with a routine 2-0 win over Stoke City, who are just three points above the relegation zone. | | Mancini sweats over Silva fitness | | Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said on Friday that he will give midfielder David Silva every chance to prove his fitness for their FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea. | | Bayern to face Barca; Real play Dortmund | | Barcelona, chasing their third title in five years, will face treble-chasing Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals while Borussia Dortmund were drawn against Real Madrid for the second time in this season’s competition. | | Premier League approves goal-line technology | | The Premier League on Thursday announced a historic decision to sanction the use of goal-line technology in the English top flight from the 2013-14 season onwards, in a global first for a domestic competition. | | Half-fit Messi lifts Barca | | Andres Iniesta admitted this week that Barcelona suffer from ‘Messi-dependence’ and his view was painfully highlighted as the favourites laboured in the Champions League quarter-final clash against Paris St Germain on Wednesday. | | Terim’s fighting spirit takes Galatasaray close | | ISTANBUL — Galatasaray flirted briefly with the notion they could achieve the impossible and overturn a 4-0 deficit against Real Madrid on Tuesday, their comeback a tribute to the attacking spirit of the Turkish champions under coach Fatih Terim. | | Malaga hint at conspiracy | | BARCELONA — Malaga suggested more than luck may have been against them in Tuesday’s last-gasp defeat at Borussia Dortmund that cruelly denied the Champions League debutants a place in the semi-finals. | | Wisden Almanack warns of ‘Ashes overkill’ | | LONDON — The 150th edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack published on Wednesday warned that the Ashes will be ‘stretched to their limit’ as a result of numerous upcoming series between England and Australia. | |
