England 62 Wales 5

Cork 1-11 Sligo 0-8

John Wells insists England’s rookie pack “know what is coming” when they stand toe to toe with a juggernaut South Africa eight in Bloemfontein tomorrow.

Jonny Wilkinson has declared himself “fully fit and healthy” to spearhead depleted England’s first Test challenge against South Africa in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Poisoned former KGB man Alexander Litvinenko met two other Russian agents in Moscow in 1998 to make an extraordinary video in which they claimed their bosses had ordered them to kill, kidnap and frame prominent Russians.

Celtic 1 Spartak Moscow 1 (After extra-time, Celtic win 4-3 after penalties)

A convicted drug dealer who agreed to pose as a potential terrorist among a shadowy group accused of plotting to blow up John F Kennedy International Airport secretly fed information to US investigators in exchange for a lighter sentence.

Protesters clashed with riot police today as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the German city of Rostock to protest the upcoming Group of Eight summit.

The chief executive of Torex Retail was today ousted four months after he reportedly blew the whistle on alleged accounting irregularities at the software group.

The head of the garda fraud squad today put up a robust defence of his career and professionalism rejecting any part in the bugging of garda stations.

Manchester United 0 West Ham 1

Border Reivers 16 Ospreys 24

A retired detective superintendent today said it would have been logistically impossible for him to listen to bugged conversations in a garda station.

A retired garda detective superintendent today claimed he had never heard of ’boxing’ - an irreverent garda term to get suspects to tell the truth.

A former garda surveillance expert was today accused of denying suspects were routinely recorded while in custody for fear scores of convictions would be overturned.

Political parties will begin final whistle-stop tours of marginal constituencies today in a bid to muster extra votes ahead of polling on Thursday.

Cork 2-14 Limerick 0-07

Clare 1-11 Cork 1-18

Dunfermline 0 Celtic 1

Winning silverware is expected at Celtic and Lee Naylor insists they will be doing all they can to add the Tennent’s Scottish Cup to their trophy room this season.