Middlesbrough 1 Portsmouth 1

Hundreds of workers from troubled aircraft maintenance firm SR Technics today staged a protest march through central Dublin over concerns about pension and redundancy payments.

Man City 2 Aalborg 0

Staff at an inner-city high school made pupils settle differences by fighting bare-knuckle brawls inside a steel cage, a shock report revealed.

West Ham 0 West Brom 0

Wales need to record their biggest victory over Ireland for 26 years when they face mission improbable at the Millennium Stadium next Saturday.

A leftist television journalist won El Salvador’s presidential elections, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since a bloody civil war and ending two decades of conservative rule.

Galway 1-16 Donegal 0-12

Celtic 2 Rangers 0 (after extra time)

Cyprus 2 Georgia 1

Hull have been given encouragement by the Football Association’s action against Doncaster’s Richie Wellens ahead of the deadline for a complaint being lodged over the Cesc Fabregas spitting row.

Alex Ferguson leapt to the defence of Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo following last night’s goalless Champions League draw with Inter Milan at the San Siro.

Senior Catholic Church clerics who fail to blow the whistle on suspected paedophile priests will be reported to the authorities, a religious watchdog warned today.

Arsene Wenger has called on his Arsenal players to make the most of the lifeline handed by an unexpected slip from Aston Villa when they take on bottom club West Brom tonight.

Celtic 7 St Mirren 0

Arsenal 0 Fulham 0

Brazil midfielder Anderson may have played himself into Manchester United’s Carling Cup final squad with a reserve team run-out against local rivals Manchester City last night.

Down 0-14 Offaly 2-21

Dublin 0-15 Waterford 1-11

Celebrations burst out across the country tonight after the country spectacularly clinched its first rugby Grand Slam in 61 years.