Rio Ferdinand and Mauricio Isla came into the QPR starting line-up as head coach Chris Ramsey took on former club Tottenham.

JOHN CAREW won and converted two late penalties to keep Aston Villa on course for a second Wembley final as they disposed of Crystal Palace in an FA Cup fifth round replay at Villa Park.

A man who knocked his own mother to the ground in order to stab a neighbour in the presence of plain-clothed gardaí has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.