Injury ends Ronaldinho's season

Ronaldinho has had an injury-plagued campaign for Barcelona.
The former World Player of the Year has been dogged by injury and fitness problems this season, starting only 13 of his team's 30 league games so far.
The injury means the 28-year-old would miss a potential Champions League semi-final against Manchester United. The teams are on course to meet in the last four after both won their quarter-final first-leg ties. Ronaldinho last played for Barcelona in the 2-1 loss at home to Villarreal on 9 March, after which he began to complain of muscle pain in his right leg.
A scan revealed no damage to muscle or tendon, but he was on a training programme to deal with the complaint when the injury occurred. Barcelona club doctor Ricard Pruna said: "The injury has no link with the other one. This one happened in an incident with Edmilson in training on Thursday." With eight games of the Spanish season remaining, Barcelona are third in the table, a point behind second-placed Villarreal and seven adrift of leaders Real Madrid.
The injury to Ronaldinho adds to problems caused by the absence of midfielder Deco, who has missed the last six matches with a calf problem. But inspirational Argentine midfielder Lionel Messi hopes to be back in action in about two weeks time, ahead of the Champions League semi-final first-leg matches on 23 April.

Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool

Arsenal's Premier League title hopes took another huge blow as they were held at home by Liverpool. The Gunners made a lethargic start and fell behind to Peter Crouch's powerful finish into the bottom corner. Nicklas Bendtner levelled when he met a Cesc Fabregas free-kick and powered his header past Pepe Reina. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger urged his side forward looking for a winner but Andrei Voronin wasted two good chances to give Liverpool victory late on.
Interview: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez
The draw is enough for the Gunners to move second in the table and go above Chelsea on goal difference. But with Manchester United still five points clear, and with a game in hand, Arsenal's title ambitions look all but over. Wenger desperately needed a win here if his side were to retain any realistic hopes of overhauling United at the top but Liverpool were never likely to roll over.
As expected, both sides made several changes from the teams that drew 1-1 here on Wednesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final. Only three of the Liverpool side that started that match began here - goalkeeper Reina, Jamie Carragher and Martin Skrtel - as Reds boss Rafa Benitez confirmed his focus was on the second leg of that tie at Anfield on Tuesday.Arsenal's side seemed stronger on paper but they were poor in the early stages and it was the visitors who had the better chances. Crouch, playing up front on his own, tested Gunners goalkeeper Manuel Almunia from 30 yards with a dipping shot. Crouch was involved again when Liverpool next came forward, slipping the ball on to John Arne Riise, who lost his marker Justin Hoyte but blasted his shot over the bar when clean through. That failed to rouse Arsenal from their slumbers, however, and they were fortunate to escape again when Yossi Benayoun dragged his shot wide from inside the box. The Gunners only began to come forward as half-time approached and Bendtner should have done better when the ball fell for him after Carragher tackled Theo Walcott, the Dane shooting weakly at Reina. Emmanuel Eboue was also wasteful when he ran clear and his poor first touch was followed by a cross that was cleared by Steve Finnan. But just as Arsenal were enjoying their best spell of the match, they found themselves behind.

Nicklas Bendtner celebrates scoring Arsenal's equaliser
Crouch met Reina's goal-kick, picked up the ball from Benayoun and drove forward to the edge of the area before drilling a low shot into the bottom corner. That left the Gunners 45 minutes to turn things round and they made a decent start. Kolo Toure headed wide from a Fabregas corner, before the Spaniard conjured up the equaliser from another set-piece.
Fabregas curled in a free-kick and, with Reina stationary on his line, Bendtner rose to power home from close range. But the expected Arsenal onslaught in the final half hour did not materialise and it was Liverpool who had the best chances to take all three points.
Crouch set up Voronin but he screwed his shot well wide and the Ukraine striker made an even bigger hash of his next chance, rounding Almunia but falling over as he tried to shoot from a tight angle. Arsenal had plenty of possession but few clear openings and their best opportunity was wasted when Alex Hleb failed to control the ball when well placed in front of goal

West Brom 0-1 Portsmouth

Kanu returned to haunt his old side.

A second-half goal from Kanu was enough to send Portsmouth through to their first FA Cup final in 69 years. Ex-West Brom striker Kanu side-footed an easy chance to see off the Baggies after Dean Kiely had denied Milan Baros and Zoltan Gera had failed to clear. Baros, who looked to have handled in the build-up to the goal, missed a simple chance to seal the win. They were almost made to pay but Robert Koren's shot hit the bar and Ishmael Miller fired wide late on.Portsmouth will face the winners of the all-Championship tie between Barnsley and Cardiff on Sunday in the final. Their win carries on the top flight's run of having a team in every FA Cup final. Pompey were already odds-on favourites to lift the trophy before the game, but for long periods it was West Brom who looked the better bet for a return to Wembley on 17 May.
Harry Redknapp's south coast side were not at the races during a lacklustre first-half display and it Albion who looked like the Premier League thoroughbreds.Portsmouth's defensive pair of Sol Campbell and Sylvain Distin struggled throughout to deal with veteran forward Kevin Phillips dropping deep. The former Southampton striker found plenty of space and tested Pompey early on with a long-range shot just over the bar before a neat lay-off that ended with Zoltan Gera causing problems for a fumbling David James with a low shot. Portsmouth were all at sea going forward, with Baros wasteful and Kanu barely contributing as Redknapp looking increasingly agitated on the sidelines. They enjoyed their best spell of the first half shortly before the break but Redknapp, on his first appearance in the FA Cup semi-finals and at Wembley as player or manager, would have had strong words at the interval. There appeared to be little immediate change in Pompey's play, but less than 10 minutes after the break they broke the deadlock.
Glen Johnson played a ball into Baros, who may have controlled the ball with his arm before getting off a shot which Kiely did well to keep out. However, as Kiely looked to pounce on the loose ball Gera tried to clear and could only steer the ball into the direction of Kanu to slot into the empty net from only a couple of yards out. It should have been game over as Baros was played in by a slide rule pass from Niko Kranjcar and seemed certain to score, but he made an awful hash of the finish and Kiely produced a desperate save. The Baggies almost made them pay as the game burst into life in the latter stages. Carl Hoefkens set up Koren and his shot beat James but smacked the top of the bar. Moments later substitute Miller got clear on the left and tried to pick out Phillips at the back post, but James anticipated well and plucked his cross out of the air. There were further worries as Hoefkens set up an onrushing Miller but he side-footed wide and Pompey survived to book their place in the final.Interview: Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp .Interview: West Brom's Kevin Phillips