Llanelli Scarlets 10 Biarritz 27

It has finished 4-2 at Highbury, after talismanic Thierry Henri pushed Arsenal two ahead 12 minutes from the final whistle.

Republic of Ireland U19 2 Ukraine U19 3

Marseille 2 Newcastle 0 (Marseille win 2-0 on aggregate)

Triple Crown winners Ireland open with two away games to Italy and Scotland in 2005 RBS 6 Nations campaign.

As Gibson Guitar Corporation launches a groundbreaking digital model, company chief executive Henry Juszkiewicz can close his eyes and almost hear the music.

A German postman sold parcels on an Internet auctions site instead of delivering them.

Wasps second row Simon Shaw has been given the green light to play in Sunday’s Heineken Cup semi-final showdown with Munster.

Dozens of anti-nuclear campaigners rallied outside Mordechai Vanunu’s prison today, a day ahead of his release, praising the former nuclear technician as a hero for revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets 18 years ago.

It just had to be Rugby Park. The scene of last season’s despair became the venue for an early championship party as Celtic wrapped up the Bank of Scotland Premier League with six games remaining.

Garryowen 15 Co Carlow 14

Newcastle 2 PSV Eindhoven 1 (Newcastle win 3-2 on aggregate)

BBC2 is celebrating its 40th birthday – and the BBC Radio Times has compiled a list of 40 landmark shows which have kept viewers tuning in.

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 0

West Ham have been warned they will not succeed in gagging a group of rebel shareholders intent on ousting chairman Terence Brown.

Tim Henman reached a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time outside Wimbledon today when he defeated Frenchman Michael Llodra at the French Open.

World number one Roger Federer was knocked out of the French Open after a straight-sets defeat by three-times champion Gustavo Kuerten.

Serena Williams was greeted with jeers and whistles but then eased into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-0 6-4 victory over Croatia’s Silvija Talaja.

The GAA is considering cutting the media out of the loop by giving disgruntled managers a direct hotline to referees.

Sebastian Coe admitted today he had a “mountain to climb” as he carried out his first official engagement as chairman of London’s 2012 Olympic bid.