Troy Parrott made it back-to-back braces as he once again curled in a breath-taking free-kick for Tottenham.

Qatar stays in focus this week with a second successive five-star fixture in Doha following on from last weekend’s opening round of the Global Champions Tour.

Sean Carey was the toast of Moyle Rovers as his injury-time goal knocked arch-rivals and holders Clonmel Commercials out of the county senior football championship in a thrilling semi-final at Cahir — Rovers won 2-7 to 0-11.

If there is one lesson to be taken from the football season almost gone, it’s that plans are not just for workshy scholars, writes Tommy Martin.

O'Riordan impressed Sydney’s staff with the determination he approached his rehab with and was presented with a two-year contract extension at the end of last year.

Southampton piled more misery on West Brom to progress into the FA Cup quarter-finals with a confidence-boosting 2-1 victory at the Hawthorns.

Swansea climbed out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months as Petr Cech's dreadful clanger helped condemn Arsenal to a 3-1 defeat at the Liberty Stadium.

A few big-money Premier League transfers are expected to go through before deadline day.

Two goals in the final five minutes gave Carlos Carvalhal a dramatic debut victory as Swansea boss.

Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino often has to play second fiddle to Philippe Coutinho as the star turn at Anfield but the Brazil international is more than proving his worth in his own way.

The Liverpool boss is preparing to face the rock-bottom Swans at Anfield on Tuesday recalling the similarities with his own route into management.

Paul Clement became the sixth Premier League manager sacked this season when bottom club Swansea City ended his one-year tenure on Wednesday but any upswing in results the Swans enjoy will be largely down to luck, according to a leading analyst.

Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson piled the pressure on former manager Paul Clement with a brilliant strike in a 3-1 victory to leave Swansea rooted to the bottom of the Premier League.

Chelsea will keep faith with manager Antonio Conte for the long term, according to the club's former captain John Terry.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has denied reports suggesting Mesut Ozil has agreed a switch to Barcelona.

It won't be long now before Mark O’Connor swaps Dingle for Geelong again. 

Swansea have had a £12million bid for their former striker Wilfried Bony accepted by Manchester City, Press Association Sport understands.

Manchester United hold the only 100% record, Tottenham and Arsenal both endured familiar frustrations, while West Ham, Bournemouth and Crystal Palace all lost again.

Swansea have placed a £50m (€56.4m) price tag on Gylfi Sigurdsson.

What the papers say and what's being rumoured online.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was left to rue more injuries for his side who he explained were exhausted due to their run of games this month.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who saw his side suffer their first home league defeat in over a year, was unimpressed with his side's defending.

Everton snatched a draw, Leicester lost and Sunderland recorded another win.

Highly-rated strength and conditioning coach Ross Corbett, who worked with Limerick’s 2015 All-Ireland U21 winning hurlers, has accepted a dream job with AFL outfit Sydney Swans.

It comes after a run of six games without a win.

Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin vowed to fight on after another defeat cast further doubt over his future at the Liberty Stadium.

Pep Guardiola insists he will adopt a "game by game" mentality as Manchester City continue to sweep all before them.

Swansea 1 Manchester City 2: Manchester City recorded their ninth successive win under Pep Guardiola by seeing off EFL Cup opponents Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.

Drom-Inch and Loughmore-Castleiney progressed to the Mid Tipp SHC final with comfortable wins over Holycross-Ballycahill and Moycarkey-Borris at Boherlahan.

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino has warned Leicester his players are as fresh as they were at the start of the season and ready for a sprint finish to win the title.

Aston Villa slumped to the brink of relegation from the top flight for the first time in 29 years following a 2-1 home defeat by Bournemouth.

Bournemouth took another huge step towards securing their Premier League survival as Steve Cook's header sealed a win over Swansea.

Tottenham have moved up into second in the Barclays Premier League with a 1-0 win over Watford at White Hart Lane.