Watford 1 Leeds United 0: Defeated Leeds manager Steve Evans has hailed cup counterpart Quique Sanchez Flores as a “fantastic addition” to the Barclays Premier League.

WORLD CUP GROUP C:

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

West Ham captain Kevin Nolan is hoping for a helping hand from already-relegated Coventry on Saturday as the Hammers look to pip Southampton to the second promotion spot from the npower Championship.

Leicester 1 West Ham 2

The sheer scale of the numbers had threatened to crush Fernando Torres; 24 hours and 33 minutes of playing time without a goal coming into this game, 150 days since he last found the net.

Ivory Coast set up a final showdown with Zambia after Gervinho’s solo goal saw them past Mali in Libreville last night.

JUDICIAL Academy and What A Tornado will battle it out for favouritism for this evening’s Kerry AgriBusiness St Leger at Limerick, but on the track there could be one or two more getting involved in what promises to be a thrilling decider.

An armed group trying to install Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised president has surrounded a bunker the country’s strongman refuses to leave, saying they will wait for him to come out.

Roberto Mancini felt Manchester City learnt “an important lesson” from their 2-2 draw at Leicester in the third round of the FA Cup.

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON spoke of the pride he felt for his Leicester players after they held big-spending Manchester City to a 2-2 draw in an FA Cup third clash at the Walkers Stadium yesterday.

Leicester 2 Manchester City 2

RANGERS suffered their first SPL defeat of the season, as Colin Calderwood celebrated his first win as manager of Hibernian.

Rangers 0 Hibernian 3

Motherwell manager Craig Brown blamed their 3-2 defeat to Hibernian on his players not taking advantage of their initial superiority despite the home team’s grievances over several refereeing decisions.

Motherwell 2 Hibernian 3

Hibernian 0 Celtic 1

St Johnstone 5 Hibernian 1

Rangers 3 Hibernian 0

Hibernian 2 Aberdeen 2

Ivory Coast 3 Ghana 1

TOURNAMENT favourites Ivory Coast were held to a goalless draw by a stubborn Burkina Faso in their opening African Nations Cup Group B match at the Estadio do Cabinda last night.

Hibernian 1 Rangers 4

Hibernian 2 Motherwell 0

Rangers 1 Hibernian 1

TONY MOWBRAY denied Aiden McGeady was a cheatafter the Celtic star was shown a second yellow card for diving in the 1-0 Clydesdale Bank Premier League win over Hibernian at Easter Road.

Anthony Stokes is certain he will score goals for Hibernian once he shakes off the "rustiness" that prevented him netting on his debut.

Anthony Stokes was handed his Hibernian debut in today’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at his former club Falkirk.

NACHO NOVO rescued a point for Rangers against Hibernian in controversial circumstances as the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title race took another dramatic turn last night.

Hibernian 1 Rangers 1

Hibernian 0 Rangers 3

Kris Boyd’s wonder goal against Partick Thistle was not enough to keep him in the Rangers starting line-up as he dropped to the bench for today’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Hibernian.

Dunfermline 1 Rangers 1. RANGERS manager Paul Le Guen has demanded an improvement from his players ahead of their Ibrox showdown with Hearts at the weekend.

Rep of Ireland 2 Ivory Coast 2