Celtic moved back nine points clear of Rangers at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership with a 10th successive win over Aberdeen.

England 32 New Zealand 41

New Zealand have beaten England 41-32 in the Women's Rugby World Cup final in Belfast.

Canada’s Crystal Emmanuel shone brightest at the 66th edition of the Cork City Sports last night, the 25-year-old blasting to a national record of 22.50 in a race in which Bandon’s Phil Healy broke new ground with a huge personal best of 23.32.

Italy 10, New Zealand 68: Conor O’Shea’s mantra since day one of his Italian job has been “Rome was not built in day”. The 10-try drubbing on Saturday seemed like a reminder it only took the Goths three days to destroy it.

Celtic warmed up for their crucial Champions League play-off in midweek with a 4-2 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park after surviving a late lapse.

Aberdeen dramatically cut Celtic’s lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership to three points.

You’ll know him as a full-back, but Luke McLean started life in Italian blue as a ten. The temptation is to ask, who hasn’t?

A former Manchester United captain credited with saving FC Barcelona from extinction has been honoured in a mural painted as part of a campaign for a memorial at his unmarked grave.

Friends of Van Morrison have said he is the WB Yeats of the music world after he was honoured by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth for services to the industry.

Opera House, Cork

USA: Two women who took a writing class at Columbia University found that their own stories were better than fiction.

Aberdeen 0 Celtic 1: Skipper Scott Brown joked about facing the fury of the Aberdeen fans after scoring the winner against the Dons at Pittodrie.

Celtic underlined their status as Scottish Premiership champions with their fourth win of the season over nearest challengers Aberdeen.

Martin O’Neill won’t be immune to the reverberations of the ups and downs his Irish players are currently experiencing as the league season in England approaches his climax.

MUSIC NEWS: Don McLean is on his way to Ireland in June, and don’t be surprised if he’s in rather good form, considering he’s just sold the transcipt for his ‘American Pie’ song for $1.2m.

Singer-songwriter Don McLean’s original manuscript and notes to ‘American Pie’ have sold at auction for $1.2m (€1.10m).

Singer-songwriter Don McLean is selling his original manuscript and notes to American Pie for an estimated $1m-$1.5m (€910,000 to €1.36m)

Jamie Roberts has no doubt that an extended preparation period will help Wales arrive at the World Cup later this year in prime physical and mental shape.

Italy 0 France 29

Celtic stretched their lead over Scottish Premiership title rivals Aberdeen to six points with a 4-0 trouncing of the Dons at Parkhead.

The last time England’s women paid a visit to Ashbourne they did it without a host of players diverted for duties with the national Sevens side.

Celtic are closing in on the signings of Dundee United pair Stuart Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven ahead of the transfer deadline.

Celtic 4 St Mirren 1

John Guidetti’s second-half strike gave Celtic a deserved 2-1 Premiership win over St Mirren in Paisley in a match of only sporadic inspiration and excitement.

St Gall’s just edged out Bryansford to claim their sixth FBD Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland football 7s title at a packed Glenalbyn.

England’s women rugby stars, who defeated Ireland en route to the World Cup title this month, will be handed the chance to turn professional for the first time next month, the Rugby Football Union has announced.

There was a great old buzz in New York’s GAA circles a couple of weeks back when the two Féile teams performed so admirably in the west of Ireland and now the countdown to the Continental Youth Championships can really begin.

Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane pictured insisted he and his team- mates were moving on following the uncertainty over thefuture of assistant manager Roy Keane.

Brian O’Driscoll is to set a new all-time Test appearances record of 140 caps in his penultimate international bow today, easing past former Australia scrum-half George Gregan’s tally.

England Women 17 Ireland Women 10

France 30 Italy 10

It's the anniversary of the musical tragedy in Don McLean's famous song.