Leicester City are just two victories away from winning the FA Cup for the first time after beating Manchester United 3-1 to set-up a Wembley semi-final against Southampton. A Kelechi Iheanacho and a strike from Youri Tielemans sent the Foxes past United.
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France claimed a dramatic last-gasp 32-30 victory to deny Wales the Guinness Six Nations Grand Slam after a controversial Paris epic. They could also destroy Wales’ title hopes by beating Scotland with a bonus point next Friday. France had lock Paul Willemse sent off 11 minutes from time for making contact with the eye area of Wales prop Wyn Jones, while the visitors played the last eight minutes with 13 men.
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A vastly improved Ireland finished their Guinness Six Nations campaign on a high with a comprehensive win over England in Dublin. Facing the prospect of a fifth successive loss to Eddie Jones’ side, Ireland took the game to the visitors and thoroughly outplayed the defending champions.
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Scotland made it third time lucky at Murrayfield as they cruised to their first home win of the Six Nations with a record-breaking thrashing of Italy. Gregor Townsend’s side ran in eight tries against an Azzurri outfit who will be glad to see the end of a miserable campaign.
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Tottenham were sent crashing out of the Europa League by Dinamo Zagreb, losing 3-0 after Mislav Orsic’s stunning hat-trick wiped out Spurs’ 2-0 lead from the first leg. Harry Kane’s double last Thursday had put Tottenham in pole position to qualify for the quarter-finals, but they were made to pay for another horrible performance in Croatia.
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