Play-off chasers Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield both left it late to end 2016 with 1-1 draws in the Sky Bet Championship.

Tonight there’s a documentary on TG4 which I heartily recommend, and not for the viewer-retardant fact that I appear in it.

MEPs Steven Woolfe and Mike Hookem have been reported to French police over their altercation at the European Parliament which plunged crisis-hit Ukip into further turmoil.

When Cricket South Africa announced last November that they had invited Ireland to play two one-day internationals in Benoni ahead of their series against Australia in September 2016, there was some quiet jubilation in Irish cricketing circles.

Keiren Westwood’s body language said it all. With 70 minutes played at Turner’s Cross on Tuesday, and David Forde given the nod to replace Shay Given in goal, it looked like the Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper’s chances of booking passage to France had come and gone without him even donning the gloves.

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has admitted his frustration at losing Adam Johnson and Emmanuel Eboue from his squad as he attempts to fend off relegation from the Premier League.

Dependent on team selection higher up, Munster A coach Mick O’Driscoll has rung the changes for tomorrow’s British & Irish Cup game with Yorkshire Carnegie in Lockwood Park, Huddersfield.

Munster’s participation in the British and Irish Cup is as much about player development as a desire to add silverware to the club’s trophy cabinet, according to coach Mick O’Driscoll.

Joe Root made Australia pay for dropping him second ball, with a counter-attacking century which transformed day one of the Ashes in Cardiff yesterday.

Norman Bettison has denied telling two men in separate pub conversations that he was part of a South Yorkshire Police internal team seeking to blame “drunken” Liverpool supporters for the Hillsborough tragedy.

Tim Bresnan believes England have been "left behind" in one-day cricket after their embarrassing World Cup exit.

Juan Mata wants Manchester United to bounce back from their defeat to Southampton by embarking upon another long unbeaten run.

Ireland duo Daryl Murphy and David McGoldrick were among the goals as in-form Ipswich crushed Charlton Athletic 3-0 in front of their biggest crowd of the season to maintain the pressure on Championship leaders Bournemouth.

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Former Leeds striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has declared his interest in the vacant managerial position at Elland Road.

New Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Keiren Westwood will face competition for the number one spot at the club after it was confirmed that current ’keeper Chris Kirkland has signed a new contract.

Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake has set his sights on playing cricket for Yorkshire after hanging up his spikes.

Holders Wigan will take on Arsenal in the first of the FA Cup semi-finals on Saturday April 12, the Football Association has announced.

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Alex Ferguson's 26 and a half years at Old Trafford are littered with key moments and turning points that have helped forge the 71-year-old’s legacy.

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Gus Poyet and Brian McDermott have both been mentioned as possible contenders to replace Neil Warnock at Leeds and both men are understood to be interested in the vacancy.

The police watchdog has written to a chief constable expressing concern over comments in an email about the Hillsborough disaster that were “at best ill-judged and at worst offensive and upsetting”.

Norwich have signed striker Luciano Becchio from Leeds in a swap deal for Steve Morison, the Premier League club have announced.

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Former Sheffield United, Coventry and Birmingham forward Peter Ndlovu has been critically injured in a car accident in his native Zimbabwe.

Leeds fan Aaron Cawley was yesterday jailed for 16 weeks for attacking Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during Friday night’s ill-tempered Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough, while the club he supports were left to try and clean up the mess.

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Blackburn’s first game of the post-Steve Kean era finished in a 1-1 npower Championship draw at Charlton, while rock-bottom Peterborough secured their first points of the season with a 3-1 win at promotion hopefuls Hull.

One of last year’s losers returns to the X Factor tonight to try again after being inspired by a rugby playing relative.

Jessica Ennis’ Olympic feat should be recognised by having Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium renamed after her, former sports minister Richard Caborn has claimed.

Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker has signed a new contract to keep him at White Hart Lane until 2017.

Sheffield United and Wales footballer Ched Evans is to appeal against his conviction for raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room, his lawyers said tonight.

New boss Neil Warnock believes Leeds should target the play-offs after watching their thrilling 3-2 comeback victory over Doncaster.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes his team may have taken a giant stride back towards the Premier League after their London derby triumph over Millwall.

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MICK McCARTHY is rarely one to mince his words. On Saturday Mark Halsey was on the receiving end of some no-nonsense Yorkshire words of wisdom from the Wolves manager after his side’s 2-1 defeat.

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CRICKET IRELAND chief executive Warren Deutrom admits the board are putting in place contingency plans should coach Phil Simmons quit before the end of the year.