Pompey lifted the cup in 2008 and were beaten finalists two years later before dropping out of the Premier League and plummeting through the footballing pyramid amid major financial problems.

Birmingham starlet Jude Bellingham will not be given the chance to test himself against Premier League opposition in the FA Cup fifth-round clash with Leicester on Wednesday.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: Premier League clubs have strengthened their global scouting teams as they prepare to take advantage of relaxed post-Brexit regulations on homegrown players.

CRAIG HOPE AT THE HAWTHORNS: Free-scoring Newcastle United are into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup - now there is a statement that requires a double-take.

Sportsmail will provide you with everything you need to know for the FA Cup quarter-final draw including date, time and channel plus confirmed teams, ball numbers and key dates.

Chelsea booked their place in the FA Cup quarter finals after seeing off Premier League champions-elect Liverpool 2-0, thanks to goals from Willian and Ross Barkley.

Billy Gilmour's man of the match performance for Chelsea in their FA Cup win over Liverpool has seen calls grow louder to insert him straight into the next Scotland line-up. 

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: There were only a few hours between Trabzonspor stating that Sturridge's contract had been terminated, and the specific explanation.

While Manchester City's clash with Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough took place on Wednesday night, United's game at Derby County was the last of the eight ties on Thursday.

Lucas Torreira has provided Arsenal fans with a positive update on his recuperation after he sustained a fractured ankle in the FA Cup win at Portsmouth.

CRAIG HOPE AT ST JAMES' PARK: Not since 2000 have the Magpies been to Wembley. Here, they were potentially 90 minutes away, albeit with Manchester City as an obstacle.

The scheduling mayhem caused by the coronavirus pandemic could lead to next season's FA Cup and Carabao Cup being axed. Fixture pile up could lead to getting rid of them temporarily.

IAN LADYMAN: The big clubs of this country will have no choice but to reshape the domestic game a little and they will seek to do it in a manner that suits themselves.

Lukas Podolski claims he was unfairly sidelined during his time at Arsenal but insists he had a positive relationship with the club including then manager Arsene Wenger.

Dier vaulted rows of seats at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to drag his younger brother Patrick away after he became involved in a post-match bust-up with a supporter but will face no action.

The Italy manager won three trophies during his four-year spell at the Etihad including the FA Cup and the Community Shield.

JEFF POWELL: Bonetti's long battle with Alzheimers ended this Easter Sunday, at 78, and football is in mourning for a goalkeeper so acrobatic and gravity-defying that Chelsea did indeed call him The Cat.

The banner was a home-made affair, just canvas strung between a pair of wooden poles. It was unfurled by Leeds United fans at the FA Cup final in 1972, with the message: 'Norman Bites Yer Legs.'

England's top football cop has said that playing football matches at their original venues would 'present challenges' to the police and has suggested that neutral venues be considered.

Since his professional debut in 1996, Floyd Mayweather has earned hundreds of millions of pounds. His net worth is estimated to be close to a staggering £440million.

Floyd Mayweather, who recently came out of retirement for a money-spinning $9million exhibition fight in Japan, took to Instagram to document how he spent his Tuesday.

Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jnr, Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman and even Mikey Garcia - Manny Pacquiao's options at welterweight read like a who's who of American fighting talent.

Speaking after Davis' knockout win over Hugo Ruiz to win the WBA super featherweight title, Mayweather revealed to reporters his surprising plans in the coming months.

The Filipino has been pushing for another clash with American legend Mayweather, who won their 2015 clash by unanimous points decision.

Mike Tyson is adamant he would win a street fight against Floyd Mayweather in comfortable fashion as it wouldn't be a match due to his sheer strength and size. 

The fighter had posted a clip of himself showing off his multi-million pound possessions, and urged his followers to 'catch up' whilst revelling in the price tag.

The boxer, who announced last month his return to the ring, gave the 19-year-old a Mercedes-Benz G63, as revealed by a post on her Instagram story displaying her shock at the present.

Floyd Mayweather revealed he gifted his oldest daughter, Iyanna, a $152,500 car for Christmas. Instagram photos show the car as a 2020 AMG G 63 SUV built by Mercedes-Benz.

Roger Federer is reportedly 'set to become tennis' first billionaire' in 2020 and only the fourth sportsperson ever to accumulate that level of wealth.

Fury and Wilder renew their rivalry in Las Vegas on Saturday with plenty of unanswered questions after their epic first fight in December 2018 ended in a controversial split decision draw.

Roger Mayweather, who passed away on Tuesday aged 58, devoted his entire life to the sport of boxing. Undoubtedly, he will go down as one of the greatest trainers the sport have ever seen.

Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend claimed she feared for her life as the famed boxer savagely beat her up in front of their children. Harris, who died earlier this month, shared thee kids with Mayweather.

Mayweather has not fought professionally since 2017 and has now revealed his desire to make a career change and move to the other side of the pads.

Floyd Mayweather's latest bid to regain the public's attention sees the former world champion sign a deal that will give boxing fans the chance to see how he would fare against past legends.

Earlier this month Mayweather revealed his desire to follow in the footsteps of his late uncle Roger and become a trainer.

Amir Khan has revealed the details of conversation he had with Floyd Mayweather and explained how he had planned to beat the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world

Andrew Milroy died from a single stab wound to the chest in Lloret de Mar during the early hours of yesterday morning.

Police said the 23 year old victim Matthew Denice was still alive when he became trapped in the wheel arch of Guaman's truck.

Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of bird flu have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab.

The twin sloths may look cute in the alternative outfits but actually it is a way of ridding their tiny bodies of the parasitic mites.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Witnesses in Shenzhen, in the Guangdong province of China, said the 32-year-old father was walking with his naked son and four-year-old daughter on the street when he launched the sickening attack.

British citizens currently in Mali, in west Africa are being urged to leave after the Foreign Office has changed its travel advice.

Since New York City's foundation in the early 17th century, the lower tip of Manhattan has been at the heart of metropolitan life - despite its vulnerability to flooding from the harbour. Two possible links between global warming and the damage wrought by Sandy are the raised sea levels which make it easier for the coast to flood, and warm air in the Atlantic Ocean increasing the fierceness of the storm.

The public hospital lost power when Hurricane Sandy hit on Monday and electricity was spotty as the facility relied on generators, with members of the Army National Guard hiking up to the hospital's roof with fuel throughout the week to power the generators.

Alex Machavo, of Medford, Oregon, was attacked by the injured animal near Shady Cove on Thursday. According to Andrea Carlson, a local sheriff's spokeswoman, the hunter and his wounded target rolled down a 50-ft embankment with the bear biting 22-year-old Machavo all the way down.

An eight-year-old girl who died from torture was forced to eat her own faeces after her father and his mistress left her to starve in a locked toilet, a Dubai court heard.

Lydia Callis's larger-than-life facial expressions and dramatic gestures have provided a rare moment of pleasure during the unfolding natural disaster.

A cattle ranch in Texas has revealed the key ingredient behind its premium beef: beer. The Texas T Kobe ranch in Wallis, Texas, adds beer to the hay that its cows feed on.

A task force of investigators has started questioning drivers in four Michigan counties in hopes of catching a man suspected of shooting at other highway motorists head-on. Police investigators are searching for anything out of the norm during their traffic stops in Oakland, Livingston, Ingham and Shiawassee counties.

The world's richest people grew even richer in 2013, adding $524 billion to their collective net worth, with Bill Gates adding $15.8billion to his net worth.