Aaron Ramsey will miss Wales' opening World Cup qualifier against Moldova.

The lubricating effect of melting water on glaciers will have only a “minor” role in future sea-level rise, according to new research.

Newcastle United 0 Sunderland 3

Newcastle 0 Sunderland 3

Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio faces the daunting task of a trip to Chelsea with a threadbare squad in his first Barclays Premier League match in charge.

Reading 2 Sunderland 1

Wigan 2 Sunderland 3

Sunderland 3 West Ham 0

Bolton 2 Sunderland 2

Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill has named a full-strength team but only six substitutes for the FA Cup third round tie at Bolton.

Sunderland winger Adam Johnson is battling to retain his place in the starting line-up after returning injured from international duty.

Adam Johnson and Steven Fletcher could both be handed Barclays Premier League debuts for Sunderland at Swansea tomorrow.

Joe Ledley will miss Wales’ opening World Cup qualifiers with Belgium and Serbia through injury, but there is a place for West Ham defender James Collins.

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill could hand a start to new striker Louis Saha in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Arsenal.

Giovanni Trapattoni answered the pleas of a nation today when he named James McClean in his squad for the Euro 2012 finals.

Everton 4 Sunderland 0

Everton boss David Moyes appeared to be looking ahead to the weekend’s FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool as he made five changes from the side that drew with Norwich on Saturday.

Striker Nikica Jelavic helped to book Everton an FA Cup semi-final date at Wembley with arch-rivals Liverpool as Sunderland’s dreams turned to dust last night.

Sunderland 0 Everton 2

IF the last six months have been something of a whirlwind for James McClean, the next six could be an even greater chapter in the life of the young man from Derry.

Sunderland 3 QPR 1

Wales 0 Costa Rica 1

Nicklas Bendtner could return to the Sunderland squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Brom after recovering from a facial fracture.

Midfielder Lee Cattermole could be back in the Sunderland squad for tomorrow’s FA Cup meeting with Arsenal after recovering from a hamstring injury.

Loan signings Wayne Bridge and Sotirios Kyrgiakos return to the Sunderland squad for tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Arsenal.

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill will be without loan signings Wayne Bridge and Sotirios Kyrgiakos for tomorrow night’s FA Cup fourth round replay at Middlesbrough.

Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill will be without defender Wes Brown and midfielder David Vaughan for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Stoke as the pair face up to weeks on the sidelines.

Fraizer Campbell provided a heart-warming subplot to a compelling local turf war.

Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 1

FT: Sunderland 2 Swansea 0

Chelsea 1 Sunderland 0

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez was left bemoaning the rough end of a refereeing decision after his side’s promising run of results was brought to a crashing halt by a 4-1 home defeat against Sunderland.

IRISH midfielder James McClean enhanced his growing reputation last night, scoring his first goal for Sunderland as the Black Cats hammered Wigan 4-1 to ensure Martin O’Neill’s golden start to life back in the Premier League continued.

Wigan 1 Sunderland 4

ROMAN PAVLYUCHENKO may be heading out of the Tottenham exit door in January but his match-winner against Sunderland could be one of the most crucial strikes in the club’s season as the north London club look to keep their title hopes alive.

Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0

Martin O’Neill saluted his young guns after launching his career as Sunderland manager with a dramatic victory.

MARTIN O’NEILL confessed he’d ran through dozens of scenarios in his mind as to how his first game as Sunderland manager would pan out.

Sunderland 2 Blackburn 1

New Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill has made getting the best out of striker Nicklas Bendtner one of his key priorities.

MARTIN O’NEILL has been hotly tipped to take over at Sunderland after Steve Bruce was axed by the club last night.

ALEX FERGUSON plans to repeat his trick of winning the league with youngsters as he looks to repeat the famed “Class of ‘92”.

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce will make a late decision on midfielder David Vaughan ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Manchester United.

Bolton 0 Sunderland 2

Laurent Koscielny returned to the Arsenal defence as the Gunners looked to bounce back from their north London derby defeat with a win over Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon.

Sunderland 4 Stoke 0

Wales 2 Montenegro 1

Sunderland defender John O’Shea will have to wait to make his Barclays Premier League debut for the club after being ruled out of tomorrow’s trip to Liverpool.

Sunderland expect defender John O'Shea to miss this Saturday's Premier League opener against Liverpool.

Sunderland have today completed the signing of Republic of Ireland midfielder James McClean from Derry City for a fee of £350,000.