CZECH REPUBLIC sealed first place in Ireland’s Group D with a comfortable victory in Cyprus.

As expected Steve Staunton made one change for a match the Republic of Ireland realistically needed to win in order to maintain their hopes of qualifying for the Euro 2008 finals.

Arsenal 3 Sparta Prague 0 (Arsenal win 5-0 on aggregate)

ARSENAL moved a step closer to the lucrative group stages of the Champions League with a 2-0 away victory over Sparta Prague last night.

SAN MARINO fell to another humbling defeat, conceding their 20th goal in two Euro 2008 qualifiers as the Czech Republic ran out 7-0 winners in Liberec.