The Football Association has branded the incident that left Rio Ferdinand bleeding at Manchester City yesterday as “unacceptable”.

Ballymun Kickhams 0-11 Portlaoise 0-8

Willo Flood hailed Dundee United’s cutting edge after yet another 3-0 win over local rivals Dundee.

Nigel Clough’s Derby halted Leeds’ revival and stretched their unbeaten home run in the npower Championship to seven matches thanks to second-half goals from Jake Buxton and Ben Davies, with Irishman Conor Sammon scoring their opener. Paul Green responded for Leeds.

Monaghan progressed to the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals as Section A winners after ending Fermanagh's early season unbeaten run.

Chelsea 2 Southampton 2

Ul Bohemians 14 Young Munster 16

Thousands of people flooded the streets of Argentina's capital in one of the country's biggest anti-government protests in more than a decade.

Chelsea 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 2

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini will not face disciplinary action after confronting the referee following his side’s controversial Champions League draw with Ajax.

Manchester City were left seething after two controversial refereeing decisions prevented a stirring comeback against Ajax ending with a dramatic and much-needed Champions League win.

Manchester City 2 Ajax 2

Ryder Cup hero Martin Kaymer’s name has been added to the list of Europeans joining the US Tour next season.

Hewlett-Packard took an US$8.8bn hit today as it accused former staff at a UK software company it bought last year of accounting irregularities.

The Los Angeles Galaxy will face the Houston Dynamo in the MLS Cup final for a second consecutive year after the two teams successfully navigated the second legs of their respective conference finals.

Norwich 1 Man Utd 0

Newcastle 1 Swansea 2

QPR 1 Southampton 3

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers spoke of his confidence in the physical condition of his players after the strong side he opted to pick ahead of this weekend's Merseyside derby defeated Anzhi Makhachkala 1-0 at Anfield.

Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0