1. #CHAMPIONS LEAGUE There were no surprises in last night’s Champions League quarter-finals as Real Madrid beat Tottenham 1-0 (agg. 5-0) and Schalke 04 beat Inter Milan 2-1 (agg. 7-3) to book their places in the competition’s final four.

We had minute-by-minute coverage of the evening’s action for those of you who would like to take a second look.

2. #OPENING DRIVE The Masters may be over and done with for another year but, in the wee hours of this morning, the world of golf trundled on to its next destination – the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

As I write, Rory McIlroy is in the process of completing his first round alongside world number one Martin Kaymer and Thongchai Jaidee. We’ll have news on Rory’s exploits as soon as he’s done.

3. #FINAL WHISTLE Connacht scrum-half Conor O’Loughlin announced yesterday that he has been forced to retire from rugby because of a persistent hip injury.

The news followed shortly after Munster and Ireland legend Alan Quinlan revealed that he would be hanging up his own boots at the end of the season.

4. #TWEET TWEET With Bernard Brogan, Paul Galvin and Donie Shine tweeting away like there’s no tomorrow, the GAA wants to make sure that its stars know how to use social media properly.

There have been some pretty interesting suggestions about what the Association should include in the final draft of its proposed Twitter guidelines. Have a read of some here.

5. #PUNCHESTOWN Totesport Bowl winner Nacarat is setting his sights on another of Paul Nicholls’ famous chasers with connections hinting that the grey may travel to Punchestown to take on Kauto Star in the Gold Cup on May 4.

6. #YOUTUBE It’s Thursday which means the return of the weekly YouTube chart. But you knew that already, right?

Adrian’s normally pretty secretive about which clips make the cut, but I’d be amazed if he left this one out considering his penchant for outrageous alley-oops. We’ll see …