30 April 2008 (Wednesday)
- Association football: UEFA Champions League semifinals, second leg
- Chelsea 3–2 Liverpool (aet): Chelsea win 4–3 on aggregate
- In a tense second leg at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool's Fernando Torres sends the tie into extra time with a late goal. A Frank Lampard penalty and Didier Drogba's second goal of the night give Chelsea breathing room, and they hold on to book their trip to Moscow to take on Manchester United.
- Chelsea 3–2 Liverpool (aet): Chelsea win 4–3 on aggregate
- National Basketball Association
- The Dallas Mavericks fire head coach Avery Johnson, who tallied a 194–70 regular-season record over three full years but lost in the first round of the playoffs the last two years. (AP via Yahoo)
- National Hockey League
- The New York Rangers announce forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and will miss the rest of the playoffs. The team denies a New York Daily News report that Avery suffered cardiac arrest. (AP via Yahoo)
- College football
- The Bowl Championship Series announces the system will retain its current format through at least 2014. (AP via Yahoo)
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