President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is he's so confident of Brazil's chances in the World Cup that he is already planning to be at the final on July 11. "I'm so optimistic that when I was in Mexico with President (Felipe) Calderon and he asked me if I was going to the opening game of the World Cup, I said I'm not going to the opener -- I'm going to the final," Silva...

Nicklas Bendtner had three goals, and Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue scored in a three-minute span of the second half to lead Arsenal over FC Porto 5-0 Tuesday night and into the quarterfinals of the European Champions League on 6-2 aggregate. Atoning for weekend misses against Bendtner scored in the 10th minute after Samir Nasri split the defense with a through ball to Andrei Arshavin.