Kris Commons believes Celtic paid the price in the Champions League this season for the club’s unwillingness to pay the going rate for a quality striker to replace Gary Hooper.

Stoke 1 Everton 1

Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1

Jack Colback struck in injury time to earn Sunderland a point and stun managerless Cardiff.

Aston Villa 1 Swansea 1

Stoke boss Mark Hughes hit out at referee Martin Atkinson after being sent to the stands as his nine men succumbed to a 5-1 drubbing at Newcastle.

Malky Mackay insists he still does not know when he will hold critical talks with owner Vincent Tan which could decide whether he remains as manager of Cardiff.

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

A Garda whistleblower was told that Justice Minister Alan Shatter “will go after you” if he pursued his concerns about how penalty points were being written off by members of the force, the Dáil has heard.

One game down and four more to come. I reckon there was a collective sigh of relief around the country when the final whistle went on Ireland's victory over Scotland at the Aviva on Sunday.

Derry 1-15 Tyrone 2-12

Racing Santander players refused to play last night’s Copa del Rey clash with Real Sociedad in protest over unpaid wages.

Andy Murray threatened a miracle comeback against Roger Federer before seeing his Australian Open challenge ended in the quarter-finals.

Property website Zoopla has announced it will not seek to renew its sponsorship of West Brom at the end of the season in light of Nicolas Anelka’s controversial "

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Emmanuel Adebayor grabbed a brace as Tottenham won 3-1 at the Liberty Stadium to compound Swansea's relegation fears.