Wednesday Morning Sport; With Joe Mallon Motors Sallins Rd., Naas

Chelsea are into the quarter finals of the Champions League.

SOCCER

Chelsea are into the quarter finals of the Champions League.

Goals by Raheem Sterling and Kai Havertz handed the London club a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund at Stamford Bridge, enabling them to qualify by 2 goals to 1 on aggregate.

Benfica are also into the last eight after a 7-1 victory over both legs against Club Bruges.

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In the competition tonight, Spurs will hope to overturn a 1-nil first leg deficit against AC Milan.

Antonio Conte is back in the Tottenham dugout after undergoing gall bladder surgery.

That game starts in North London at 8, as does the meeting of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain.

The Germans hold a 1-nil lead from the opening game.

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In Scotland, Premiership leaders Celtic host Hearts this evening.

And Rangers are away to Hibernian.

Those matches kick off at 7.45.


There are two games in the Women's Super League tonight.

Champions Chelsea are at home to Brighton, with newly crowned League Cup champions Arsenal hosting Liverpool.


OLYMPICS

Lightweight rowing is set to be off the schedule for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

Team Ireland has won 3 Olympic medals in the discipline, which will be replaced by a form of beach rowing.

Ireland's most successful Olympic sport - Boxing - is already off the agenda for the 2028 games unless an accommodation can be reached between the International Olympic Committee and the International Boxing Association.

RUGBY

Ahead of Sunday's Six Nations showdown with Scotland in Edinburgh, Ciaran Frawley and Nick Timoney have been called up to the Ireland rugby squad.

There is still no place in the panel for Athy's Joey Carbery.

CYCLING

Stage 4 of Paris-Nice is one for the climbers.

The Dane, Magnus Cort Nielsen wears the leader's yellow jersey, with just a one-second buffer to Nathan van Hooydonck.