Galwegians 19 Cork Constitution 38: Cork Constitution’s sheer hunger for silverware was obvious when captain James Ryan spoke in the aftermath of their 38-19 Ulster Bank Bateman Cup final win over Galwegians at Crowley Park.

John Terry will end his 21-year association with Chelsea at the end of the season after being told his contract will not be renewed.

Cork Constitution 19 UCD 19: Four games in, Cork Constitution still await their first win of the Ulster Bank League campaign after Saturday’s Division 1A clash with University College Dublin ended in stalemate at Temple Hill.

Cork Constitution’s vice-like grip on the Bateman Cup strengthened when they produced their classiest performance of the season at Temple Hill on Saturday to become the only team to win three successive titles.

Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 0: A late header by substitute Christophe Berra gave Scotland a narrow but deserved 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in their Vauxhall International Challenge match at Hampden Park.

Cork Constitution 30 Bruff 8

Azerbaijan 2 Northern Ireland 0

Munster U20 18 Leinster U20 19

Northern Ireland 2 Portugal 4

Chelsea 4 Brentford 0

Chelsea v Brentford

Michael O’Neill has added Lee Hodson to the Northern Ireland squad for their upcoming friendly against Malta.

Harry Redknapp was made to endure a nervy night on his return to the Tottenham dugout as his team edged into the fifth round of the FA Cup thanks to Rafael van der Vaart’s first-half strike against Watford.

THE Avonmore Milk Munster Schools’ Senior Cup kicks off at Towns Park, Midleton today (2.30pm) when the local Midleton College host Ardscoil Rís, the winners going on to meet CBC, Cork.

NORTHERN IRELAND’S slim hopes of a Euro 2012 play-off – and possibly Nigel Worthington’s prospects of a new contract – were finally extinguished with a second defeat at the hands of lowly Estonia.

Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland

A LATE flash of genius from Leinster out-half Alex O’Driscoll lit up an attritional A Schools interprovincial encounter in Midleton yesterday.

AN FA Cup fourth round trip to Preston may have been the immediate reward on offer for Chelsea, but for manager Carlo Ancelotti there were other targets he needed his team to meet that went beyond the mere dismissal of Championship side Watford.

A grandmother who cooked up treats laced with cannabis for her friends and neighbours walked free from court today.

England lead Ireland by one point in the Six Nations clash at Lansdowne Road today.

Two more people were today arrested in connection with the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers, British police said.

British police investigating the deaths of 19 Chinese cockle pickers who were drowned by incoming tides are hunting the gangmasters who recruited the illegal immigrants.