Ronan O’Gara insists Ireland must perform with greater “intensity” if he is to mastermind England’s downfall at Croke Park.

Lille 0 Manchester United 1

Brian O’Driscoll has warned that Ireland’s RBS Six Nations campaign will be left on the brink of disaster if Wales triumph in Cardiff on Sunday.

Anthony McNamee’s overhead kick late in the first half was enough to dump woeful West Ham out of the FA Cup and book Watford a place in the fifth round.

Minister for Health Mary Harney has published proposed new guidelines on nursing-home standards.

Wigan manager Paul Jewell has claimed any Football Association charge for foul and abusive language following Sunday’s defeat by Arsenal would “smack of double standards”.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has claimed Joey Barton is becoming the victim of a 'witch-hunt'.

Westmeath have beaten Wexford 1-10 to 1-7 in the Leinster U21 Football Championship at Wexford Park today.

Middlesbrough 2 West Brom 2

Leinster 13 Edinburgh 6

Under-pressure Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has pleaded with the club’s long-suffering fans to get behind his team.

Manchester United 1 Lille 0 (Man Utd win 2-0 on aggregate)

Michael Ballack earned Chelsea a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a late winner at Stamford Bridge.

Paul McCartney’s estranged wife was back at the High Court in England today.

Police hunting the killer of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer are scouring CCTV footage and other electronic records today for clues.

Sunderland boosted their hopes of gaining automatic promotion to the Barclays Premiership with a crucial win at The Hawthorns as they moved level on points with Tony Mowbray's side.

Bargain-buy Caleb Folan condemned struggling Manchester City to a fourth consecutive Premiership defeat and put Wigan tantalisingly close to survival.

Lille are not ruling out launching an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after seeing their attempts to invalidate Manchester United’s winning goal in last week’s Champions League tie rejected by UEFA.

UEFA have rejected Lille’s attempts to invalidate Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs’ winning goal in their Champions League match.

Munster will be content with the announcement that Englishman Chris White will take charge of their Heineken Cup quarter-final away to Llanelli Scarlets at the end of March.