Aston Villa 2 Hull City 1

Aston Villa 0 Sunderland 0

Hull City 1 Sunderland 0

Sunderland 2 Newcastle 1

Sunderland 1 Man United 2

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Crystal Palace 3 Sunderland 1

New Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone has warned Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood he did not join the club to sit on the bench.

A year after claiming he was not good enough to win a Major and needed to "play for second or third place", Sergio Garcia claimed a share of the lead on the opening day of the 77th Masters.

Aston Villa remain in the Barclays Premier League bottom three after Liverpool came from behind to claim the three points and keep alive their faint hopes of securing a Champions League spot.

On the face of it, Giovanni Trapattoni’s latest squad seems a pretty clear case of out with the old, in with the new, Shay Given’s absence in stark contrast to the presence of a clutch of new faces in the panel for next month’s friendly against Poland.

Sunderland 0 Middlesbrough 1

Republic of Ireland 1 Germany 6

All the indications are that Ireland will line out with an extra midfielder in a bid to stifle German creativity in the World Cup qualifier at the Aviva Stadium on Friday night.

Jose Maria Olazabal has insisted there is no chance of him continuing as European Ryder Cup captain, despite his team’s dramatic victory in the United States.

It is the most nerve-jangling, intimidating tee box in golf, the opening hole at a Ryder Cup. So why in the world was every golfer in this 39th Ryder Cup desperate to hit the first shot today?

Trainer David Marnane is considering the next plan of attack for sprinters Dandy Boy and Nocturnal Affair after the pair finished down the field in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York.

Sage Stallone's funeral will take place on Saturday.

Former European number one Colin Montgomerie believes the first day of this week’s Open Championship at Royal Lytham will define Lee Westwood’s chances of winning the Claret Jug and breaking his major duck.

This evening’s meeting at Beverley in England is subject to a 2pm inspection due to the threat of heavy rain.

Coolnagree might go in search of Pattern-race success at Leopardstown in two weeks’ time.

Crewe 2 Cheltenham 0

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy both talked about needing to improve their driving after giving Lee Westwood a head start at The Masters.

Rory McIlroy insists he will not become obsessed by his quest to become world number one.

The family of a Cork father-of-two who died in hospital after an alleged delay in his treatment yesterday settled their High Court action for damages for €500,000.

The South Infirmary Hospital in Cork has issued an unreserved apology to the family of a man with Crohn's disease, who died as a result of medical negligence.

MARTIN O’NEILL was philosophical after seeing referee Howard Webb’s howler deny Sunderland victory over Everton.

WES BROWN’S last minute header earned Sunderland a victory at Loftus Road — just when it looked like they had gifted QPR a Premier League point.

Sunderland 2 Blackburn 1

Wolves 2 Sunderland 1

SHAY GIVEN believes Giovanni Trapattoni should immediately be given a new Ireland contract, irrespective of performances in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

HAVING acquired one Republic of Ireland international already this summer, Niall Quinn says he would love to persuade John O’Shea to join Sunderland as well.

ONCE the slide begins, it is incredible how quickly even the greatest can fall from grace.

The world’s top three golfers Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Tiger Woods have dominated the build-up to this week’s Dubai Desert Classic and will tee off together in the first two rounds tomorrow and Friday.

Tiger Woods will tee off with the two players ahead of him on the world rankings – Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer – in the first two rounds of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday and Friday.

QPR 2 Coventry 1

NIALL FITZGERALD enhanced his men’s singles title credentials when he gunned down former Wimbledon participant Edward Seator in the National Indoor tennis Championship quarter-finals at David Lloyd Riverview last night.

TIGER WOODS is in unfamiliar territory at this week’s HSBC Champions tournament, but the American has no intention of changing his approach to the game as he bids to regain the world number one spot from Lee Westwood.

LEE WESTWOOD has decided not to play again this month because of his nagging leg injury – and as a result will take the world number one spot off Tiger Woods on October 31.

St Andrews, the Home of Golf, could tomorrow see Lee Westwood crowned as the new world number one - and little-known John Parry as the shock winner of one of Europe's richest events.

Lee Westwood gave the crowd a wave of acknowledgment and they responded in inevitable fashion.

A Monday finish for the first time in the history of the Ryder Cup looms larger after heavy rain forced play to be suspended on the opening morning at Celtic Manor.

Ian Poulter, beaten by Tiger Woods in his first-ever Ryder Cup match, finally has the chance for revenge at Celtic Manor tomorrow.