John Keane has embraced new faces but will meet some old ones in the Munster Club SHC final on Sunday.

Reading 2 Arsenal 5

Dr Crokes 3-12 Tir Chonaill Gaels 0-06

Tottenham Hotspur 1 Swansea City 0

Peace campaigners in Belfast have staged a second rally in as many days to demonstrate their opposition to the recent unrest.

A furious Gary Cahill accused Corinthians striker Emerson of smashing him in the face but he admitted he deserved to be sent off for his reaction in yesterday’s Club World Cup final defeat.

THOMAS BEWICK, the celebrated engraver, carved in hard woods.

Biarritz Olympique 17 Connacht 0

This week confirmed again why everybody loves the cup competitions so much, with Arsenal of the Premier League beaten on penalties by Bradford City of League Two.

Wolfgang Schäuble is Europe’s most experienced frontline political leader and little happens in the EU without his say so. His championing of the newly agreed banking union puts his reputation on the line, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Spider Stacey of The Pogues has revealed how the band had a bust-up with the cops when they were filming the video for ‘Fairytale Of New York’ in Manhattan.

Fr Rocks 1-08 Charlestown 1-07

Women’s Superleague National Cup final

Favourite line on Ballboygate?

The Football Association are weighing up whether to take further action against Chelsea’s Eden Hazard for kicking a Swansea ball boy — and the Belgian has come in for criticism from his own national governing body.

Maggie Farrelly doesn’t consider herself a trailblazer or history maker.

Fittingly, on the day Irish women celebrated Nollaig na mBan, Maggie Farrelly was making GAA history.

Manchester City 3 Watford 0

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho shrugged off jeers aimed at him from his side’s fans prior to last night’s 4-3 win over Real Sociedad following his decision to again omit Iker Casillas in favour of Antonio Adan.

Mansfield 1 Liverpool 2