Japan 1 England 2

Millwall 1 Swindon 0

Bohemians 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

Barcelona 4 Valladolid 0

Kerry hurlers secured home advantage for the semi-final of the Christy Ring Cup following their comprehensive defeat of Westmeath at Tralee this afternoon.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has urged supporters to use Twitter to blow the whistle on currency speculators.

Loose financial control by top brass and attempts to shoehorn building proposals to comply with planning laws were tonight among a raft of damning findings made against the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA).

New Zealand rugby referee Steve Walsh believes the modern professional game is now too “complex” for just one on-field official to handle.

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson hopes the injury which Damien Duff picked up during last night’s defeat against Stoke will not rule him out of next week’s Europa League final against Atletico Madrid.

Blackpool 3 Cardiff 2

Brazil 3 Chile 0

Galway 1-10 Sligo 1-10

London and Armagh advanced to the Nicky Rackard Cup final next Saturday, following wins over Roscommon and Sligo respectively this afternoon.

Republic of Ireland 0 Spain U17 0 (AET)

Drogheda United 0 Galway United 1

Spanish officials have blamed summer solstice partygoers for crossing the tracks into the path of an express train that crashed into and killed at least 13 people

A train ploughed into a group of youngsters taking a short cut to a Spanish beach party killing at least 12 of them.

Argentina Under-20s 24 Ireland Under-20s 21

United States midfielder Landon Donovan and coach Bob Bradley were both left without an answer as to why what would have been a winning goal in their World Cup Group C match against Slovenia was disallowed.

Honduras 0 Chile 1