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Football: Barcelona, Bayern into Champions League semis

Barcelona and Bayern Munich completed the Champions League semi-finals line-up on Wednesday. Barcelona went through on the away goals rule after a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain in their quarter-final second leg tie. The Spanish giants, who drew 2-2 in Paris last week, slipped a goal down when Javier Pastore found the net after 50 minutes. But Pedro hit the equaliser after 71 minutes. In Turin, German champions Bayern beat Juventus 2-0 for a 4-0 aggregate win with Mario Mandzukic and substitute Claudio Pizarro hitting the target.

Football: Bayern in nine-goal rout, on brink of title

Bayern Munich must wait another week before wrapping up the Bundesliga title, but even though the champagne remained on ice, the team were fizzing Saturday as a sparkling showing brought a 9-2 humbling of Hamburg. Second-placed Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 at Stuttgart to delay the inevitable but Bayern rammed home their superiority by swamping a Hamburg side which had surrendered by half-time, at which point the northerners were 5-0 down.

Football: Bayern in nine-goal rout, on brink of title

Bayern Munich must wait another week before wrapping up the Bundesliga title, but even though the champagne remained on ice, the team were fizzing Saturday as a sparkling showing brought a 9-2 humbling of Hamburg. Second-placed Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 at Stuttgart to delay the inevitable but Bayern rammed home their superiority by swamping a Hamburg side which had surrendered by half-time, at which point the northerners were 5-0 down. One point from their renaining seven matches and the Bavarians will be crowned champions, ending two years of Dortmund domination.

Soccer-Libertadores Cup group 2 results and standings

March 7 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Libertadores Cup Group 2 matches on Wednesday Wednesday, March 6 Libertad (Paraguay) 2 Sporting Cristal (Peru) 2 Tigre (Argentina) 1 Palmeiras (Brazil) 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Libertad 3 2 1 0 6 2 7 2 Sporting Cristal 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 Palmeiras 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 4 Tigre 3 1 0 2 1 4 3

Soccer-Libertadores Cup summaries

Feb 28 (Reuters) - South American Libertadores Cup Group Two summaries on Thursday: At the Alberto Gallardo, Lima Sporting Cristal (Peru) 2 - Renzo Sheput 29, Carlos Lobaton 57 Tigre (Argentina) 0 Red card: Damian Albil 88 Halftime: 1-0 At the Nicolas Leoz, Asuncion Libertad (Paraguay) 2 - Pablo Velazquez 11, Pedro Benitez 54 Palmeiras (Brazil) 0 Halftime: 1-0 (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom)

Football: Peruvian club eyes Viagra for on-field boost

Leading Peruvian football club Alianza Lima is considering the possibility of giving its players Viagra during matches played at altitude in the local championships. In a country where some Peruvian league matches take place in towns between 2,700 and 3,300 metres, Alianza players could be looking at reaping the benefits from the erectile dysfunction drug. "When we were in Spain during pre-season, we talked with the club doctor and he explained to us that Viagra could help improve the physical conditioning of players at altitude," coach Wilmar Valencia said.

Soccer-South American World Cup strugglers win friendlies

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The three teams at the bottom of South America's World Cup group have been boosted by victories in friendlies ahead of next month's qualifiers. Paraguay, World Cup quarter-finalists in 2010 but now propping up the nine-nation group with seven points from nine matches, beat visiting El Salvador 3-0 in Asuncion on Wednesday.

Soccer-International friendly results

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Results of international friendlies played in Latin America on Wednesday. At the Ato Boldon in Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 0 Peru 2 - Claudio Pizarro 28, Rinaldo Cruzado 85 Halftime: 1-0 At the Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz Bolivia 2 - Carlos Saucedo 33, Gualberto Mojica 58 Haiti 1 - Kervens Belfort 10 Halftime: 1-1
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