Stephen Soderbergh has compared Matt Damon to screen legend Jack Lemmon.

Manchester United 2 Blackburn 0

New Zealand 32 Australia 19

Allegations of sexual assault against struck-off medic Michael Shine will be examined by a Government-appointed investigator, it was confirmed today.

Crystal Palace today branded allegations that one their players racially abused Cardiff’s Michael Chopra as “outrageous”.

Ireland 82 Serbia 0

The Football Association will examine allegations that Cardiff striker Michael Chopra suffered racist abuse following the Coca-Cola Championship match against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Brive 13 Leinster 36

Dunloy (Antrim) 2-16 Ballycran (Down) 2-11

Hamilton 1 Celtic 2

Hull manager Phil Brown has disciplined striker Jozy Altidore after the youngster revealed the reason for his omission from the side today on Twitter.

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When Brian O'Driscoll joins the ranks of rugby's Test centurions on Sunday he will be afflicted by the same nerves that marked his debut.

France 1 Republic of Ireland 1 (Aggregate: 2-1)

Slovenia 1 Russia 0

Robbie Keane has challenged his Republic of Ireland team-mates to come off the pitch at the Stade de France tonight with no regrets.

Kevin Doyle will head for Paris confident that Ireland can overturn their World Cup play-off deficit against France.

France midfielder Lassana Diarra has accused the Republic of Ireland’s players of “making up stories” following the altercation at the end of the World Cup play-off first leg in Dublin on Saturday night.

Marco Tardelli is backing the Republic of Ireland to push France all the way as they attempt to resurrect their World Cup dreams in Paris.

Keith Andrews reckons the Republic of Ireland will have to turn to Plan B if they are to pull off a remarkable World Cup recovery in France.