Argentina defender Pablo Zabaleta would love nothing more than to win the World Cup in the spiritual home of Brazilian football.

Senior positions in British football remain a “bastion of white male domination”, the head of the game’s anti-discrimination group Kick It Out has warned.

Carlow 0-14 Westmeath 1-09

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers insists his team can still win the Barclays Premier League but captain Steven Gerrard’s costly slip and Chelsea’s “two buses” tactics dealt their prospects a major setback.

CELTIC 6 INVERNESS 0

Sunderland 4 Cardiff 0

Manchester United 4 Norwich 0

West Brom took a major step towards Barclays Premier League survival as Saido Berahino’s first-half goal steered them to a 1-0 victory over West Ham at The Hawthorns – their first home win under boss Pepe Mel.

Chelsea could be without three of their stalwards in Petr Cech, John Terry and Frank Lampard when they face Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

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Hull began their Wembley celebrations a week early with a 1-0 win against Swansea this afternoon.

West Brom put a troubled week behind them with a 1-0 win at struggling Norwich to boost their Premier League survival hopes.

Manchester United will travel to Germany with their Champions League hopes intact after holding the much-vaunted Bayern Munich 1-1 at Old Trafford in the first leg of the quarter-final tonight.

Manager Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal again have little option but to regroup and lift themselves once more after a bizarre last-minute own goal from Mathieu Flamini gifted Swansea a 2-2 draw at the Emirates Stadium.

Manchester United 0 Manchester City 3

Aston Villa 1 Stoke 4

Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0

Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6

Everton 2 Manchester United 0

Raheem Sterling fired Liverpool five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League table after a thriller at Norwich.