Manchester United equalled a 100-year-old scoring record as they stormed to the Premier League summit with a clinical win over Middlesbrough.

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

The Redheaded Vulture, a bird that thrived in South Asia feeding on the dead, is itself dying out.

Brian O’Driscoll admits “time is running out” as Ireland seek to halt the alarming slump in form that is threatening to undermine their World Cup.

Ireland 32 Namibia 17

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.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion tops a field of seven for the Blue Square Ormonde Stakes at Chester on Friday.

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc must wait to discover whether he faces any sanctions for the flag-waving incident which caused controversy after Saturday’s Old Firm clash at Ibrox.

Charlton 0 Tottenham 2

Ten-man Chelsea fought to the end but their flickering title challenge was finally snuffed out at the Emirates Stadium to spark a Premiership party at Manchester United.

Cork 2-10 Laois 0-15

Newcastle 0 Blackburn 2

Bolton 1 Everton 1

Cork 3-16 Waterford 3-16

Clare 1-16 Limerick 1-23

Rangers 2 Chelsea 0