Going into our game away to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, I was unsure as to whether I would be playing after not featuring as much as I would have liked in the two previous matches.

He goes through the same routine as every other week.

For the first time in 13 years, we have a Madrid derby that really counts

A teacher still relying on short-term contracts and substitute work seven years after qualifying kept a diary of a typical week working with classes full of teens.

A number of top inter-county referees have been told they are surplus to requirements in 2013, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Tottenham 2 Liverpool 1

Stoke 2 Newcastle 1

THE Nepalese boy looks shocked but he has a very big ice-cream.

A block on processing donations by credit card companies to Wikileaks has cost the whistle-blowing website over £30m (€37m), its founder says.

Swansea City 0 Liverpool 0

Southampton 2 Newcastle 0

Odd the things you notice when you’re early.

Munster 6 Scarlets 13

More punitive penalties for individuals and companies involved in white-collar crime are among a series of recommendations made by the former Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, to improve the detection and punishment of reckless and fraudulent behaviour.

Here's how the games in France, Germany, Italy and Spain finished

A much-changed Celtic side failed to hit their European heights as St Johnstone held them to a goalless Ladbrokes Premiership draw at Parkhead.

Monaghan picked up a second consecutive Division 1 win as they staved off a Kerry second-half comeback in Inniskeen.

Cork City and St Patrick’s Athletic packed what felt like a season’s worth of sensation into a remarkable opening night at Richmond Park, the reigning SSE Airtricity League champions — reduced to 10 men when Graham Cummins was sent off in the first half and pegged back to 2-2 after racing into what had seemed like a commanding early lead — finally edging a thrilling encounter late on with a Kieran Sadlier goal scored direct from a corner.

Willian dispatched two inch-perfect finishes as Chelsea cruised past Hull 4-0 and into the FA Cup quarter-finals.

By Irene Feighan