Racing a 27-year revamped 30-foot yacht, Nigel Biggs won the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta yesterday with a perfect record of six race wins.

Kilmarnock boss Kenny Shiels made one enforced change to his side for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Hibernian at Rugby Park.

The feisty teen heroine of The Hunger Games, Katniss, is as tough in the movie as in the books, says Declan Burke, and both adults and kids adore her

Celtic 0 St Johnstone 1

BERAM KAYAL grabbed his first goal for Celtic to give the Bhoys a narrow 1-0 win over St Johnston and extend their Clydesdale Bank Premier League over bitter rivals Rangers.

Celtic 2 St Johnstone 0

Celtic’s fit-again skipper Scott Brown has started for the first time since October in today's SPL clash against St Johnstone at Parkhead.

Aberdeen 2 Rangers 0

GORDON STRACHAN insisted a Scottish Cup quarter-final replay against Aberdeen was the only fair conclusion to their clash with the Dons after Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink grabbed a dramatic injury-time equaliser at Pittodrie.

RANGERS boss Walter Smith maintained he never felt his team were out of the running in their UEFA Cup tie despite relying on Nacho Novo’s dramatic 81st-minute equaliser to secure an away goals victory over Panathinaikos in Athens last night.

Bayern Munich 5 Aberdeen 1

CHAMPIONSHIP strugglers Leicester dumped former manager Martin O’Neill’s Aston Villa out of the Carling Cup thanks to a second-half goal from Matt Fryatt.

Leicester 2 Crystal Palace 0

Leicester 3 Spurs 2

Bolton 2 Leicester 1 (after extra-time)

Glasgow Celtic 0 Republic of Ireland XI 1

Ian Harte has finally been handed an international reprieve despite a bust-up earlier in the season with Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr.

Rep of Ireland 1 China 0

Ireland manager Brian Kerr has made expected sweeping changes for tonight’s friendly against China at Lansdowne Road.

Roy Keane returns to the Republic of Ireland squad for their vital World Cup qualifier in Tel Aviv next week.

Blackburn Roves 1 Leicester City 1

Manchester United skipper Roy Keane and Birmingham striker Clinton Morrison have been recalled to the Republic of Ireland squad for the friendly against Portugal at Lansdowne Road on February 9.

Blackpool manager Colin Hendry was delighted with his side’s performance after they came within eight minutes of a famous win at Leicester.

ALAN Maybury has become the first Irish international to switch clubs during the January transfer window by completing a move from SPL side Hearts to Leicester City.

Ireland international full-back Alan Maybury has completed a move from Hearts to Leicester City today.

THE first Irish international set to move in the transfer window is Alan Maybury, expected to leave Hearts for Leicester City.

Leicester manager Craig Levein has confirmed his interest in signing Irish international full-back Alan Maybury and Mark de Vries from Hearts.

Hearts 0 Celtic 2

Hearts: Gordon, Neilson, Pressley, Webster, Maybury, Stewart, Kisnorbo, Hartley, McAllister, de Vries, Weir. Subs: Moilanen, McKenna, Pereira, Hamill, Berra, Wyness, MacFarlane.

Rangers 3 Graz AK 0

Basle 1 Hearts 2

Basle: Zuberbuhler, Zwyssig, Huggel, Sterjovski, Chipperfield, Gimenez, Kleber, Delgado, Philipp Degen, Smiljanic, Rossi. Subs: Quennoz, Carignano, Barberis, David Degen, Mandl.

Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr made sweeping changes to his side for tonight’s friendly visit of Croatia to Lansdowne Road.

Sunderland striker Stephan Elliott has been rewarded for his club form as he was included in Brian Kerr's Irish senior squad to play Croatia this month.

Feyenoord: Babos, Saidi, Bosschaart, Kuijt, Ono, Goor, Paauwe, Kalou, Basto, Castelen, Zuiverloon. Subs: Lodewijks, Ghali, Lazovic, Buffel, Mtiglia, Loovens, Gyan.

Celtic 3 Hearts 0

Braga 2 Hearts 2 (Aggregate: 3-5)

Matt Holland has been called up to the Republic of Ireland squad for the World Cup qualifiers against France and the Faroe Islands despite not playing for his club, Charlton, in over a month.

Hearts 0 Rangers 0

Clinton Morrison's and Hakan Yakin's goals in the first 20 minutes have not been added to, and it has finished 1-1 between the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland in tonights World Cup qualifier.

Goals from Clinton Morrison and Hakan Yakin mean that the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland are level at half-time.

After a period of pressure from Switzerland, Hakan Yakin has put them back on level terms with the Republic of Ireland.