Sports PR

Lyon will be hoping that their excellent home form in Europe will be enough to book them a place in the final of the Champions League when they welcome Bayern Munich in the second leg of their semi final clash tonight.

Fulham and Roy Hodgson will be plotting the elimination of another German club from this year’s Europa league when they meet Hamburg in the semifinals tonight. The Cottagers upset reigning German champions Wolfsburg in the quarterfinals.

After getting the better of Portuguese giants Benfica, Liverpool are up against the club’s Iberian neighbors Atletico Madrid as the Europa League moves into its semifinal phase

Inter Milan will be looking to put some early pressure on their title rivals by moving four points clear at the top of the table when they take on Fiorentina on Saturday. Watch every second of live Serie A action Online tonight at 18:45 GMT.

Leinster coach Michael Cheika is bracing his side for their "biggest battle of the season" when they tackle Clermont in the Heineken Cup.

Ryan Giggs wants the Old Trafford crowd to play their part when Manchester United FC host FC Bayern München, saying: "There is no better feeling as a player with the crowd behind you."

Alou Diarra tells FC Girondins de Bordeaux to show they have the mental strength to annul a 3-1 deficit versus Olympique Lyonnais – yet takes no comfort from notable Lyon absentees.

Lyon will be confident that they can gain some revenge on arch rivals Bordeaux when the two teams meet in the second leg of their Champions League quarter final clash tonight.

Bayern Munich go into the second leg of their Champions League quarter final clash against Manchester United in pole position to pull off an upset and qualify to the semi finals.

Barcelona will be hopeful that their loss of concentration late in the game will not prove to be expensive when they welcome Arsenal in the second leg of their Champions League quarter final clash tonight.