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Manchester City have been drawn against Real Madrid in the semifinals of the Champions League, while Atletico Madrid will take on Bayern Munich. City, in the final four for the first time in their history, will meet Zinedine Zidane's side at the Etihad on Tuesday, April 26 before making the trip to the Bernabeu on Wednesday, May 4.

First leg dates: 17 February: PSG v Chelsea; Shakhtar v Bayern Munich 18 February: Schalke v Real Madrid; Basel v Porto 24 February: Man City v Barcelona; Juventus v Borussia Dortmund 25 February: Bayer Leverkusen v Atletico Madrid; Arsenal v Monaco Second leg dates: 10 March: Real Madrid v Schalke; Porto v Basel 11 March: Chelsea v PSG; Bayern Munich v Shakhtar 17 March: Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen; Monaco v Arsenal 18 March: Barcelona v Man City, Borussia Dortmund v Juventus

NYON, Switzerland (AP)—Barcelona and Real Madrid were kept apart in the Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals draw Friday, though the defending champion must first beat AC Milan before the Spanish giants can hope to meet in a potentially stellar final.

Tuesday, 5 April 2011 Inter Milan v Schalke Real Madrid v Tottenham Wednesday, 6 April 2011 Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk Chelsea v Man Utd Tuesday, 12 April 2011 Man Utd v Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona Wednesday, 13 April 2011 Schalke 04 v Inter Milan Tottenham v Real Madrid

AC Milan (ITA) - Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) Valencia (ESP) - Schalke (GER) AS Roma (ITA) - Shaktar Donetsk (UKR) Arsenal (ENG) - FC Barcelona (ESP) FC Copenhagen (DEN) - Chelsea (ENG) Lyon (FRA) - Real Madrid (ESP) Marseilles (FRA) - Manchester United (ENG) Inter Milan (ITA) - Bayern Munich (GER) Matches to be played Feb 15-23, 2011

Liverpool beat Milan on penalties Jerzy Dudek saved two penalties in the shoot-out as Liverpool were crowned European champions in dramatic fashion. Paolo Maldini volleyed Milan ahead after just 50 seconds while Hernan Crespo scored twice to put the Italians 3-0 up at the break. Steven Gerrard headed a reply, Vladimir Smicer fired the second and Xabi Alonso equalised after his penalty was saved. Serginho fired his penalty over the bar and Dudek denied Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko to secure the trophy. Goalflashes and major incidents as they happen: EXTRA-TIME FULL-TIME AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool AET A remarkable night...

TODAY'S MATCHES @ 2:45PM EST: AC Milan v Manchester Utd Chelsea v Barcelona LIVE ON ESPN2 Lyon v Werder Bremen England's two leading clubs have it all do tonight as six teams chase places in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC both enter their first knockout round second-leg ties needing to overturn deficits. Premiership leaders Chelsea take on Primera División counterparts FC Barcelona trailing 2-1 from the first leg at Camp Nou, while United travel to AC Milan needing to score following a 1-0 defeat a fortnight ago.

The Italian, Spanish, English and French soccer league leaders - will all be in action today in the first knockout round of the UEFA Champions League. TODAY'S MATCHES: Barcelona v. Chelsea | Porto v. Inter | Manchester Utd v. AC Milan | Werder v. Lyon

We have live threads for Nascar, NFL, etc. so here is one for the most popular sport on the planet. American Landon Donovan and Bayer Leverkusen play Liverpool, while PSV Eindhoven, featuring U.S. midfielder DaMarcus Beasley, hosts Monaco.