Arsenal and Manchester United reached the English FA Cup semifinals on Saturday, gaining some consolation after being knocked out of the Champions League earlier in the week.
The Gunners beat Bolton 1-0 on Freddie Ljungberg's third-minute goal. Bolton played with only 10 men for the last 81 minutes after El Hadji Diouf was sent off for striking Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.
Defending champion Manchester United piled it on at Southampton, winning 4-0 on goals by Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo and two from Paul Scholes. Manchester United defeated the Saints 3-0 in a league game earlier this season.
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Bayern Munich eliminated Arsenal from the Champions League, and AC Milan got the best of Manchester United.
"I think we showed a lot of guts today because after the Munich game we very low," Ljungberg said. "It took a lot of effort to stop thinking about the Munich game and starting think about this one."
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand sounded a similar note.
"We want to win everything," he said. "This season wasn't meant to be in other competitions, but hopefully this one will be."
John Hartson and Stilian Petrov each scored twice in Celtic's 6-0 rout of Dunfermline.
The victory at Celtic's Parkhead stadium moved the defending Scottish champions one point behind league-leading Rangers. Celtic has a game in hand.
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Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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Wrexham on Monday were back in the driver’s seat for promotion from English third-tier soccer after a crunch 2-1 win over Blackpool. The road win lifted Wrexham back into League One’s top two spots for automatic promotion. After a loss by third-placed Wycombe Wanderers, Wrexham were two points above them with two rounds to go. Birmingham City have already clinched the league title. Celebrity owner Rob McElhenney was among the 2,000 Wrexham supporters in the away end to see their side break the deadlock on the hour mark. James McClean’s opening score through a crowded box was doubled three minutes later by Ollie Rathbone.
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