Brighton 2 Newcastle 0

Brighton 2 Newcastle 0

Brothers Shola and Sammy Ameobi will line up together as Newcastle make five changes for today’s FA Cup third round tie at Brighton.

West Ham 6 Brighton 0

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill made six changes from the victorious Carling Cup semi-final line-up for the home FA Cup fourth-round tie with Brighton.

The head of human rights watchdog the Council of Europe today hailed the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic as “wonderful news”.

JIM GANNON’S Stockport made it fifth-time lucky at Wembley but were made to sweat in their Coca-Cola League Two play-off final win over local rivals Rochdale.

UCD's Gary Dicker has left Belfield Park to sign for English league side Stockport for a nominal fee.

Chairman David Gold has insisted Birmingham manager Steve Bruce’s relationship with the board of directors will not be irretrievably damaged by the sale of central defender Matthew Upson to West Ham.

UCD 4 Bray Wanderers 0

An Iraqi tribunal is incapable of fairly and effectively trying Saddam Hussein and six others on genocide charges for their role in the killing of an estimated 100,000 Kurds in the 1980s, a major human rights group said today.

Three eircom League players have been included in the Republic of Ireland Under 21 squad to take on Azerbaijan in the UEFA Championships qualifiers on May 11 and 18.

Charlton Athletic manager Alan Curbishley will wing into Dublin on Friday to check out Republic of Ireland trio Stephen Ward, Gary Dicker and Darren Quigley.

Charlton Athletic are interesting in signing UCD midfielder Gary Dicker after the 20-year-old impressed scouts at the Madeira International Tournament.

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland has withdrawn from the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad for this week’s Madeira Tournament.

UCD 0 Derry City 2

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U-21 manager Don Givens insists Stephen Ireland’s prior fall-out with Brian Kerr will not block his path to again playing for his country.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens insists Stephen Ireland’s prior fall-out with Brian Kerr will not block his path to again playing for his country.

Cork City’s Roy O’Donovan and Bohemians’ Stephen Ward have both been included in the Republic of Ireland Under 21 squad to face Cyprus and Switzerland in October.

UCD 2 Drogheda United 2

SEAN McCAFFREY rings the changes to his Under-19s for today’s second friendly international with Italy in Bisceglie, confident of taking the game to the Italians following Tuesday’s 0-0 draw in Corato.

UCD’s Gary Dicker and Richard Keogh of Stoke City can expect a baptism of fire as they make their youth international debuts for the Republic of Ireland against Italy in Corato this afternoon (KO 1.30pm Irish time).

The United States is facing growing world opposition to its request for a new exemption for American peacekeepers from international prosecution for war crimes.

An Irish lawyer has been appointed to serve on the new International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

Despite vehement American opposition, the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal will become a reality on July 1, with support from US allies and nations from every continent.