Tottenham 2  Qarabag 1 Europa League Group J

Qarabag 0 Celtic 0 (Celtic win 1-0 on aggregate): Ronny Deila praised the battling qualities of his Celtic side after they won through to the Champions League play off with a 1-0 aggregate win over Qarabag in Baku.

Celtic 1 Qarabag 0: Celtic’s Champions League prospect became a whole lot brighter after Dedryck Boyata’s late header gave them a narrow 1-0 win over Qarabag at Parkhead.

WORLD CUP GROUP G:

Portugal boss Paulo Bento was a happy man after seeing Cristiano Ronaldo safely negotiate his way through his return from injury ahead of the World Cup finals.

Sweden 2 Portugal 3 (Portugal win 4-2 on aggregate)

Chelsea 2 Benfica 1

Chelsea captain John Terry will miss a second successive European final tonight.

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1 (Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate)

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew conceded his side faced a tough ask to qualify for the last four of the Europa League after a 3-1 defeat in their quarter-final first leg in Benfica.

A Brazilian family have found their pet tortoise 30 years after she went missing.

Benfica 2 Celtic 1

Celtic 0 Benefica 0

The organisers of the second annual Che do Beatha festival in Kilkee have found — in Declan Ganley — an unlikely ally in playing down the controversy around the festival’s inspiration, Che Guevara.

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and jailed for 50 years for a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta’s war on left-wing dissenters 30 years ago.

Portugal 0 Spain 0 (After extra-time. Spain win 4-2 on penalties)

Cristiano Ronaldo has clearly been borrowing some of Wayne Rooney’s hair product, judging both by his smooth new hairstyle and his ultra slick performance against the Czech Republic in which he stamped his mark on this tournament.

Czech Republic 0 Portugal 1

Real Madrid coasted past APOEL Nicosia 5-2 last night to set-up a Champions League semi-final clash with Bayern Munich.

Substitute Kaka sparkled and Karim Benzema scored twice as Real Madrid finally broke down Cypriot underdogs APOEL in Nicosia.

Alexandre Lacazette’s deflected goal gave Lyon a much-needed win in the first leg of their Champions League clash with APOEL Nicosia last night.

PAKISTAN’S Supreme Court ramped up pressure on the nation’s government yesterday, beginning contempt proceedings against the prime minister for failing to carry out its order to reopen a corruption case against the president.

COVIDIEN Plc, a maker of surgical products and drugs, plans to spin-off its pharmaceuticals division into a separate company that could be based in Ireland.

Besiktas 3 Stoke 1

Portugal 4 Spain 0

TALK about a game of two halves.

Werder Bremen 2 Tottenham 2

Finn Harps will be looking for an upset when they take on their north-west rivals Sligo Rovers at Finn Park, kick-off 8.00pm.

Drogheda United and Sligo Rovers meet in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at Hunky Dorys Park (kick-off 7.45pm).

SPAIN’S crusade to add the World Cup trophy to their Euro 2008 title continued last night with a closely-fought last-16 win over Iberian neighbours Portugal.

Spain 1 Portugal 0

IT HAS taken 30 matches and 11 long days but at last one of the Big Five has been spotted in South Africa; the prowling and preening Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal 7 North Korea 0

Portugal 3 Mozambique 0

Sligo Rovers will be without Mauro Almeida for the Connacht derby clash with Galway United in Terryland Park tonight (kick-off 7.45pm).

Sporting Fingal travel to the the Showgrounds to take on Sligo Rovers in tonight's Airtricity League Premier Division clash, kick-off 7.45pm.

Sligo Rovers v Derry City

DARREN MANSARAM, Liam Burns and Chris Turner returned to haunt their former club as Dundalk beat Sligo Rovers 3-1 in the League of Ireland Premier Division at The Showgrounds on Saturday night.

A goal from substitute Martin Vingaard on his debut left Manchester City cursing their luck in the UEFA Cup.

Sligo Rovers 2 Bray Wanderers 0

BARCELONA were a class apart as they hammered Basel 5-0 in Switzerland last night to go clear at the top of Champions League Group C.

Barcelona maintained their 100% record in Champions League Group C with a 5-0 rout of hapless Basle tonight.

Galway United 1 Sligo Rovers 1