Shamrock Rovers 0 FC Copenhagen 2 (Copenhagen win 3-0 on aggregate)

Shamrock Rovers are looking to move a step closer to a place in the Champions League group stages tonight as FC Copenhagen visit the Tallaght Stadium at 7.45pm.

SHAMROCK ROVERS came into last night’s Champions League qualifier knowing they were facing formidable opposition in Copenhagen, a team studded with full internationals and players with knockout stage experience of Europe’s biggest competition.

SHAMROCK ROVERS go into tonight’s Champions League third qualifying round clash against FC Copenhagen with a massive task. They must overcome a club that made the knockout stages of the competition last year, emerging from the group stages behind Barcelona before being eliminated in the last 16 by Chelsea.

CHELSEA captain John Terry has no doubts that his team-mates are 100% behind under-fire manager Carlo Ancelotti and wants them to ‘man up’ and prove their critics wrong by winning the Champions League this season.

JOHN CAREW believes it is a 50-50 bet that Gareth Barry remains with Aston Villa.

Nicaragua’s Congress has voted to approve a bill banning all abortions, including those that could save a mother’s life.

Charlton have signed Costa Rica winger Christian Bolanos on a one-year loan from Deportivo Saprissa.

UNDER-PRESSURE Poland coach Pawel Janas saw his side come good in this final Group A game but whether it will keep him in a job remains to be seen.

ECUADOR coach Luis Suarez hailed yesterday’s qualification to the second phase of the World Cup as a “historic day”.

LIVERPOOL have given permission for striker Neil Mellor to speak to Hearts about a move north of the border.

Liverpool have released Costa Rican midfielder Cristian Bolanos from his trial spell with the club.

Liverpool 3 Deportivo Saprissa 0

Rafael Benitez made three changes to Liverpool's starting line-up for the Club World Championship semi-final with Deportivo Saprissa in a chilly Yokohama.

TROPICAL Storm Beta was last night heading toward an archipelago off the coast of Nicaragua, forcing the evacuations of hundreds of tourists and residents in its path.

The first official results of yesterday’s presidential election in Nicaragua showed the governing Liberal party’s candidate Enrique Bolanos headed for a victory over Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seeking to regain power in elections tomorrow, having recast himself as liberty-loving moderate who seeks normal ties with the United States.