It may be just a curtain raiser to the headline act of the Ulster football final replay later today, but there is just as much riding on the Offaly hurlers' relegation semi-final showdown with Antrim at Croke Park (throw-in 2.15pm).

The only empty seat in the church at the funeral of teenager Tara Whelan, who was killed in a terrorist bomb in Turkey, was her place in the choir stall.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Hartlepool 2 Sheffield Wednesday 4 (after extra-time)

Celtic 1 Dundee Utd 0

Andriy Shevchenko believes Liverpool were destined to claim the Champions League but still praised their “winning mentality”.

Celtic 4 Artmedia Bratislava 0 (Artmedia Bratislava win 5-4 on aggregate)

Mayo 0-11 Cavan 0-8

Derry 0-13 Limerick 0-9

Offaly 1-11 Clare 1-12

Carlow 0-7 Limerick 2-15

Hundreds of thousands of people joined hands to form a human band around Scotland’s capital today in protest at world poverty.

Kerry 2-15 Mayo 0-18

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2

South Africa 22 New Zealand 16

Ireland will face world number four China in the bronze-medal match at the KT Cup in South Korea after beating Malaysia 4-0 today.

It is Tiger Woods on whom most eyes will be focused when the US Open gets under way at Pinehurst tomorrow.

Andrew Lloyd-Webber could abandon the planned sale of his entertainment business, which holds the rights to shows including The Phantom of the Opera, it was reported today.

Republic of Ireland 2 Israel 2

Lucky Spin dropped down to six furlongs for the first time in her career at York yesterday and showed she has enough speed to make her mark as a sprinter.