Celtic’s 1-0 victory over Motherwell saw them go nine points clear in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title race after second-placed Inverness’s match at Ross County fell victim to a waterlogged pitch.

Ross County 1 Dundee Utd 2

Dundee United 2 Celtic 2

Dundee Utd 3 Dundee 0

Dundee United 3

Republic of Ireland U-21 manager Noel King feels Robbie Brady is poised to become a star of the future.

Robbie Brady maintains he’d rather be in Sligo than Serbia tonight.

Republic of Ireland U-21 manager Noel King is determined to see his side’s Euro 2013 qualification hopes go to the wire.

Noel King has challenged his Republic of Ireland U-21 players to pick up where they left off as they prepare to head into European Championship battle with Turkey.

Dundee United 1 Celtic 0

Dundee United 3 Dunfermline 0

Dundee Utd 0 Celtic 4

Rangers plunged deeper into crisis after crashing out of the Scottish Cup as goals from Gavin Gunning and Johnny Russell secured a 2-0 win for Dundee United at Ibrox.

Rangers 0 Dundee United 2

GREG CUNNINGHAM hopes tofinally get his year going tonight when Ireland’s U21s face Liechtenstein in their UEFA Championship qualifier in Eschen (6pm Irish time).

IRELAND U21 boss Noel King has given one-time senior squad member Terry Dixon, 21, an international lifeline in tomorrow’s European Championship qualifier against Liechtenstein in Eschen.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 boss Noel King has named a 16-man squad for the forthcoming UEFA U21 Championships Group Eight qualifying round fixture against Liechtenstein.

Dundee United 0 Rangers 1

Under-21: Republic of Ireland 2 Hungary 1

Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Noel King has been forced to make a couple of changes to his squad for the forthcoming UEFA Under-21 Championship Group 7 fixtures against Hungary and Turkey.

Wigan midfielder James McCarthy has been named in Republic of Ireland squad for the forthcoming UEFA U-21 Championships qualifiers against Hungary and Turkey after being excluded from the senior squad yesterday.

Celtic 5 Dundee United 1

Republic of Ireland U-21 team manager Noel King has named his squad for a friendly international against Austria at The Showgrounds, Sligo on Tuesday, August 9 (kick off: 6pm).

Motherwell 0 Celtic 3

Republic of Ireland U-21s boss Noel King has handed first call-ups to Coventry keeper Michael Quirke and Preston midfielder Adam Barton.

Motherwell 2 Celtic 0

DERBY County’s highly-rated American-born striker Conor Doyle is in line for a debut when the Irish U21s take on Cyprus in a friendly in Larnaca today (kick off 2.30pm local time).

WIGAN midfielder James McCarthy has been named in Noel King’s 19-man squad U21 for their friendly international against Cyprus in Larnaca on February 9.

Republic of Ireland U21 head coach Noel King has this evening announced a 19-man squad for the upcoming U21 International friendly against Cyprus which will take place on Wednesday, February 9 at the GSZ Stadium in Larnaca (kick-off: 2.30pm, local time).

RICHIE TOWELL believes a baby-faced Republic of Ireland U21 side can use the final game of a forgettable campaign as something to build on for the future.

Two more Airtricity League players have been drafted into the Republic of Ireland Under-21 squad ahead of tomorrow’s UEFA European Championship qualifier against Turkey.

THE Republic of Ireland women’s U17 side will make history today when they step onto the world stage in Trinidad to face Brazil in the FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup.

The Republic of Ireland Under-21s have been forced to make a number of changes to the squad ahead of Tuesday’s UEFA European Championship qualifier against Turkey.

The Republic of Ireland Under-21s depart for Switzerland today, with four changes to the squad originally announced for the double-header UEFA European Championship qualifying matches against Switzerland and Turkey.

Robbie Keane, Richard Dunne and Kevin Doyle will battle it out for the title of senior international player of the year at the 2010 FAI International Football Awards, it was announced today.

DANIEL KEARNS grabbed his first international goal last night against Poland at Tolka Park as Ireland completed their preparations for next month’s UEFA U19 elite qualifiers with a victory.

Republic of Ireland Under-21 manager Don Givens today named his squad for the two UEFA Under-21 European Championship qualifying matches to take place in October.

THE Republic of Ireland U19 side begin preparations for the UEFA Championship qualifiers when they host the Clarion Hotels U19 Four Nations Tournament.

Belgium 1-0 Republic of Ireland

SEÁN MCCAFFREY’S Irish U19 side yesterday qualified for the elite qualifying phase of the UEFA Championship’s but they were made to work hard for the victory against a very defensive Liechtenstein team with Chelsea’s Conor Clifford’s strike in the 84th minute proving to be the difference between the two teams.

Republic of Ireland U17s 1 Spain U17s 3

Republic of Ireland U-17 0 Switzerland U-17 1

Republic of Ireland 1 France 2

The Republic of Ireland's under-17s have secured a place in the European Championship finals this May.