FA Cup — Saturday review: Though cast in the shadow of high-profile fallers at Stamford Bridge and the Etihad, there was another giant-killing of sorts at Ewood Park, where nine-man Swansea became the third Premier League side beaten by lower-league opposition, crashing out 3-1 to Blackburn.

Rudy Gestede showed why he is reported to be interesting a number of Premier League sides with the crucial goal as Blackburn sent nine-man Swansea tumbling out of the FA Cup in the fourth round.

Hull 2 Cardiff 2

Nottingham Forest 3 Cardiff 1

Liam Neeson is to star in the long-awaited A Walk Among the Tombstones, a mystery based on a popular crime novel.

Sean Bean has signed up to star in a Second World War action-horror film.

CARDIFF boss Malky Mackay hailed his side’s “nerves of steel” after they reached the Carling Cup final last night after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Championship rivals Crystal Palace last night.

WEST HAM manager Sam Allardyce was happy to be on the right end of two debatable decisions as his side moved three points clear at the top of the npower Championship with a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Northern Ireland international Andrew Little has signed a new one-year contract with Rangers.

Rangers 2 Dundee United 0

CELTIC moved back to within one point of Rangers at the top of the SPL with a comfortable 4-1 win over Dundee United at Parkhead.

DUNDEE UNITED manager Peter Houston hailed David Goodwillie’s talent after the forward’s “sublime” overhead kick helped keep their Scottish Cup defence alive.

Dundee Utd 3 Aberdeen 1

Dundee Utd 1 Celtic 2

Celtic boss Neil Lennon made a number of changes for the Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Dundee United at Tannadice.

Republic of Ireland hopeful Jon Daly is adamant Dundee United can improve further after capping their highest league placing for 13 years with only the second Scottish Cup triumph in their history.

Ross County 0 Dundee United 3

Dundee Utd 1 Rangers 0

Dundee United 0 Rangers 3

Dundee United 2 Celtic 1

Japan 2 Scotland 0

Celtic 2 Dundee United 1

Dundee Utd 2 Celtic 2

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink returned to the Celtic line-up for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Dundee United at Tannadice.

WILLO FLOOD left Celtic’s Scott Brown, Shunsuke Nakamura and Barry Robson in the shade at Parkhead on Saturday — but he’s still sceptical about a Republic of Ireland call-up from manager Giovanni Trapattoni.

DUNDEE UNITED manager Craig Levein saved himself another trip to face the Scottish FA’s disciplinary committee, by remaining calm over referee Charlie Richmond’s handling of yesterday’s 1-1 draw against Celtic.

Dundee United 1 Celtic 1

The CIS League Cup final at Hampden saw Rangers make two enforced changes to the side which defied Werder Bremen in Germany last Thursday to reach the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

CELTIC failed to put pressure on Premier League leaders Rangers by drawing a blank against Dundee United at Parkhead.

Celtic 0 Dundee Utd 0

Celtic 0 Dundee United 0

Celtic showed three changes from the side that drew 1-1 with Aberdeen in the Scottish Cup at Pittodrie on Sunday for the visit of Dundee United in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

Aberdeen 1 Dundee United 4

Rangers 5 Dundee United 0

Celtic came from two behind against Dundee United to rescue a point in a dramatic Bank of Scotland Premier League clash at Parkhead.

Dundee United 2 Rangers 1

Dundee Utd 1 Falkirk 2

PeopleSoft has agreed to be bought by Oracle for $10.3 billion.

Wall Street extended its fourth-quarter rally into a second day, supported by falling oil prices and a bullish assessment of the economy from a Federal Reserve official.

Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher today, propelling the Dow Jones industrials 112 points higher as new economic data showed strength in manufacturing.

US software firm PeopleSoft has urged shareholders to reject an improved $9.4bn (€7.35bn) hostile takeover offer from rival Oracle.