Ciarán Ó Lionáird will be the star attraction for Cork in tonight’s 61st annual Cork City Sports with the Macroom native a strong contender in the iconic mile distance, writes Conor George of the Evening Echo.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird will turn to his home track and the support of the home crowd at the CIT Stadium in Bishopstown this evening (6.30pm) to launch the final phase of his Olympic build-up in the featured Cork City Sports Cork Airport Mile.

FT Motherwell 0 Dundee United 2

Dundee United 1 Celtic 0

Rangers 0 Dundee United 2

NEIL LENNON admits his Celtic side missed the sparkle of James Forrest against Dundee United at Parkhead on Saturday despite returning to the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 2-1 win.

Celtic 2 Dundee United 1

SATURDAY

Dundee United 0 Rangers 1

Hearts 0 Dundee Utd 1

RANGERS suffered their first SPL defeat of the season, as Colin Calderwood celebrated his first win as manager of Hibernian.

Rangers 0 Hibernian 3

Hibernian 1 Hearts 2

Hibernian 0 Rangers 1

Hibernian 0 Celtic 1

St Johnstone 5 Hibernian 1

Hibernian 2 Aberdeen 2

CELTIC’S Clydesdale Bank Premier League hopes suffered a blow when Danny Galbraith’s stoppage-time winner gave Hibernian all three points in a dramatic match at Parkhead.

Hibernian 2 Motherwell 0

Hearts 0 Hibernian 0

Hibernian 0 Celtic 1

Hibernian 2 Rangers 3

Rangers boss Walter Smith has urged Barry Ferguson’s critics to show more patience over the midfielder’s return to form.

CELTIC captain Stephen McManus hailed Artur Boruc’s character after the goalkeeper followed his Easter Road blunder with a clean sheet in the Champions League win over Villarreal.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan will stand by under-fire goalkeeper Artur Boruc by keeping him in his side for tonight’s Champions League clash with Villarreal.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc’s international future was in doubt today after mixed messages from the Poland camp over his Hibernian howler.

Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell has backed Gordon Strachan’s decision to impose a weekend city centre ban on his squad.

CELTIC manager Gordon Strachan is set to use tomorrow night’s Champions League clash against Villarreal as an opportunity to reintroduce players struggling for form and fitness.

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan is set to use Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Villarreal as an opportunity to reintroduce players struggling for form and fitness.

GORDON STRACHAN could barely bring himself to discuss the bizarre goal which sparked an end to Celtic’s 12-match winning run in the Premier League yesterday.

Hibernian 2 Celtic 0

Celtic 4 Hibernian 2

Kris Boyd’s wonder goal against Partick Thistle was not enough to keep him in the Rangers starting line-up as he dropped to the bench for today’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at Hibernian.

Hibernian 0 Motherwell 2

Celtic 2 Hibernian 0

Hibernian 0 Celtic 2

GORDON STRACHAN admitted he was in a “state of shock” following Celtic’s dramatic 3-2 defeat to Inverness yesterday.

Inverness 3 Celtic 2

Late goals by Steven Pressley and Kenny Miller gave Celtic a dramatic victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle in their Tennent’s Scottish Cup quarter-final tie at the Tulloch Caledonian stadium.

A WONDERFUL injury-time winner from midfielder John Rankin handed Inverness their second sensational win over Rangers this season and left the Ibrox club in third place in the SPL.

Inverness CT 2 Rangers 1

Ross County striker Steven McGarry revealed he and his team-mates erupted with delight when the Tennent’s Scottish Cup third round draw was made.

Oleg Luznhy has been released by Arsenal, it was announced today.

The British embassy in Dublin has thanked Irish people who sent messages of condolence over the deaths of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.