Burundi will be waiting for Sudan in Wednesday's semi final, after they swept aside Eritrea 2-1.
The arrest came four days after Northampton Town beat Cheltenham Town 1-0 in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi final.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt sauntered into the final of the 200m, where he will meet compatriot Yohan Blake, who won the other semi final.
The Liverpool supporters were killed in an appalling crush of fans within the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, where the club was playing an FA Cup semi final.
Berhane Aregaye put Eritrea in the lead after four minutes but second half strikes by Allain Ndizeye and Calude Nahimana secured Burundi's passage to the semi final.
"I wanted to go to Wembley but in the final not in the semi-final, " he stated.
Switzerland must lose their final two games against semi-final chasing Germany and bottom-of-the-table United States, while Japan are in contention.
However, the defending British visually-impaired mixed coxed fours boat, easily booked their place in Saturday's final - winning the semi-final by 13 seconds.
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And Leanid Karneyenka of Belarus took a wrong turn in the final few metres of his semi-final, while in the lead.
The Blues were beaten on penalties by Manchester United in the May 2008 final and have suffered four semi-final defeats in the last six years.
American Kerron Clement will start favourite for the final after winning the first semi-final in 48.00, with the great Felix Sanchez also qualifying in 48.34.
The men's 4x400m team of Conrad Williams, Rob Tobin, David Greene and Martyn Rooney reached Sunday's final after finishing third in their semi-final.
"By and large, my record in the Slams has been pretty good this year - a final in Australia and a Wimbledon semi-final, " he said.
He joined Liverpool from Ajax on a five-year contract in July 2007, and scored in last season's Champions League quarter-final win over Arsenal and the semi-final defeat by Chelsea.
Falcons have won three straight games as they prepare to face Gloucester in Sunday's final, including a last-gasp semi-final victory against Harlequins.
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After speeding through qualification and the quarter-final, Gillings finished third in her semi-final run, leaving the 24-year-old to challenge in the small final for places fifth to eighth.
The 20-year-old reached the final of the Bangkok Open and the semi-final in Doha with his younger brother and says that Andy's success has inspired him to a career-high doubles ranking of 66.
If Pompey do make the final, they may have to do without several of their players, who will be making their final appearances for the club in the semi-final because of expensive trigger clauses in their contracts.
Britain's Laura Turner failed to make the final, finishing a disappointing fifth in her semi-final in 11.41.
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His career has continued on a steady upward curve in the intervening two years, with two quarter-final appearances at the US Open and a semi-final spot in Australia this year.
Shrewsbury, meanwhile, edged into seventh spot on the final day of the season thanks to their 2-1 win over Dagenham and Redbridge and then snuck into today's final by beating Bury on penalties in the semi-final.
Germany qualified fastest for the final of the 4x100m relay as they won their semi-final in a time of 43.05secs.
Last season West Ham also reached the play-offs, losing out to Crystal Palace in the final after beating Ipswich over a two-legged semi-final.
Azarenka will take on Serena Williams in the final after the American made fast work of her semi-final defeat of Italy's Sara Errani.
The Carling Cup final will be simulcast live with Sky, and two semi-final legs shown exclusively live on the BBC.
With only the first three finishers qualifying automatically for Sunday's final, the Larne athlete came home fifth in his semi-final on Saturday.
The New Saints have already won through to the final of the competition by knocking Cardiff out at the semi-final stage the previous night.
On Sunday, Spain coach Vicente del Bosque hedged his bets as to whether Torres, who scored the winning goal in their Euro 2008 final victory over Germany, would start Wednesday's semi-final.
The Black Satellites have been boosted by the news that captain Dede Ayew will start in the final despite picking up an ankle injury in Ghana's semi-final against Hungary.
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