updated 6:46 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2012
LONDON - Blackpool and Millwall advanced to the fifth round of the FA Cup with wins on Tuesday night to set up games against Premier League opponents.
Blackpool beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 in their fourth-round replay on goals by Matthew Phillips, Lomana LuaLua and Ludovic Sylvestre, earning a Feb. 18 game at Everton.
Millwall needed an injury-time goal from substitute Liam Feeney to beat Southampton 3-2 and will get a lucrative home game against Premier League struggler Bolton. After Liam Miller put visiting Millwall ahead in the 17th minute, the hosts took a 2-1 lead on goals by Adam Lallana in the 35th and Richard Lambert in the 77th. Dany N'Guessan tied it 2-2 in the 79th.
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BILBAO, Spain (AP) ? Athletic Bilbao advanced to the final of the Copa del Rey with a 6-2 rout of Mirandes, winning the total-goals series on 8-3 aggregate to bring an emphatic end to the third-tier club's historic run.
Goals by Iker Muniain, Markel Susaeta and defender Jon Aurtenetxe had Bilbao up 3-0 by the 22nd minute. Bilbao's Fernando Llorente and Mirandes' Aitor Blanco each scored twice in a free-scoring second half.
Mirandes had eliminated Villarreal, Racing Santander and Espanyol to become just the third club from below the second division to reach the semis.
Bilbao advanced to its 36th final and will play Barcelona or Valencia, who tied 1-1 in the first leg and play Wednesday at Camp Nou. The final is May 25 at Madrid.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ? Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund cruised past fourth-tier Holstein Kiel 4-0 to reach the semifinals of the German Cup.
Robert Lewandowski and Shinji Kagawa scored in the first 18 minutes, and substitute Lucas Barrios and Ivan Perisic got goals during the last 10 minutes on the frozen field.
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RENNES, France (AP) ? Rennes took a three-goal lead and beat Evian 3-2 to reach the French Cup quarterfinals.
Jires Kembo-Ekoko scored on a deflected free kick in the 20th minute, Julien Feret doubled the lead in the 54th and substitute Yacine Brahimi made it 3-0 in the 68th.
Kevin Berigaud converted a penalty kick in the 70th after Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik fouled Nicolas Farina, and Sidney Govou cut the gap to a goal in the 72nd. Evian's Cedric Barbosa hit the crossbar in the 88th.
Because of frozen fields, Paris Saint-Germain's match at Dijon on Tuesday and Marseille's game against Bourg-Peronnas on Wednesday were postponed to Feb. 15. Tuesday's game between Quevilly and Orleans was pushed back to Feb. 21.
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