Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats will face seven rivals in Saturday’s Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

Hamburg 0 Arsenal 2

Ireland lost by a mere two points to Switzerland today in Geneva in the first of their European qualifier games.

Kilkenny 1-16 Cork 1-13

Tipperary 2-18 Galway 2-7

Scotland 6 Faroe Islands 0

A bidding war has erupted between rival magazines over the latest images of Nicole Kidman's alleged baby bump.

Middlesbrough 0 Portsmouth 4

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have still to comment on the eight-year suspension handed down to drugs cheat Justin Gatlin.

Arsenal 3 Sheffield United 0

Chelsea have described Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer’s claims that the champions lacked “respect” following his side’s midweek draw as “complete nonsense”.

Fulham 1 Sheffield United 0

Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo has vowed to remain calm in the face of abuse from opposing fans this sason.

Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton is expected to avoid a suspension today when he attends a Football Association hearing into his shorts-dropping antics.

Joey Barton has admitted a charge of improper conduct for dropping his shorts in front of Everton supporters.

Wycombe striker Jermaine Easter admitted he had expected Charlton to put up more of a fight after knocking the Barclays Premiership side out of the Carling Cup last night.

Charlton’s season went from bad to worse tonight as the Barclays Premiership strugglers crashed out of the Carling Cup against Wycombe, who booked a deserved place in the semi-finals.

Newcastle 2 Watford 1

Goals in each half by Darren O’Dea and substitute Aiden McGeady gave Celtic a 2-0 win over Kilmarnock in their Bank of Scotland Premier League clash at Parkhead.

The Football Association is to write to Everton as it investigates allegations of racist abuse by Newcastle midfielder Emre.