BIRMINGHAM, England-- China's Lin Dan staved off any threat of a second shock upset at the All-England Championships on Thursday as the five-times champion advanced to the men's quarter-finals with a defeat of Japan's Sho Sasaki.
LONDON-- Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the winner as Paris St Germain beat Chelsea 2-1 to knock them out of the Champions League for the second successive season at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
MADRID-- Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo was the scourge of AS Roma again as he led the hosts to a 2-0 win and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday, scoring and then setting up James Rodriguez to seal a 4-0 aggregate victory.
MUMBAI-- Oman celebrated their first appearance at an International Cricket Council event by stunning more fancied Ireland by two wickets in a World Twenty20 match in Dharamsala on Wednesday.
LONDON-- It is hard to imagine former boss Jose Mourinho ever calling Chelsea underdogs, but that's how successor Guus Hiddink has described them before their Champions League Last 16 second leg clash against Paris St Germain on Wednesday.
