Liverpool 4 Bolton 0

More than 100,000 people flooded the streets of Caracas yesterday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo Chavez and help him establish a socialist state in Venezuela.

Steven Gerrard is determined not to waste Liverpool’s chance of making Champions League progress in Marseille tomorrow night.

Newcastle 2 Birmingham 1

Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0

Climate change activists have demanded that the Government respond strongly to the climate crisis.

Juande Ramos has demanded improvement from his Tottenham side but is confident his players will rise to the challenge of playing without Robbie Keane for three matches.

UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Anderlecht following the ugly scenes against Tottenham when Didier Zokora appeared to be struck by lighter thrown from the crowd.

Sunderland 2 Wigan 0

Eoin Reddan has urged his Ireland team-mates to prove their tortuous World Cup was just an aberration by overwhelming Italy on Saturday.

Manchester United 2 Portsmouth 0

Derby 1 Manchester City 1

Newcastle 0 Liverpool 3

Waterford United 3 Finn Harps 3 (Finn Harps win 6-3 on aggregate)

The Football Association have called an emergency board meeting this morning at which England coach Steve McClaren seems certain to get the sack.

Scotland found a new way to inflict agony on their fans by crashing out of the 2008 European Championships qualifiers in the last minute against Italy at Hampden.

Lansdowne 8 Blackrock College 24

Bourgoin 24 Ulster 17

Mike Newell insists his decision to blow the whistle on irregular payments cost him his job as Luton manager but believes the disciplinary charges announced by the Football Association vindicates his decision to go public.

Celtic 0 Kilmarnock 0