Rangers 1 St Mirren 0

Weekend hosts NUI Maynooth caused the shock of the 2010 Ulster Bank Sigerson Cup so far with a two-point win over UUJ, while DCU, UCC and Athlone IT also advanced to the last-four following today's quarter-final clashes.

Swiss Dario Cologna took the gold in the men’s 15km free cross country skiing competition at Whistler Olympic Park in a time of 33 minutes 36.3 seconds.

Didier Defago ended 22 years of Swiss downhill heartache by scoring a surprise victory in the delayed blue riband event of the Winter Games at Whistler today.

Nick Easter last night provided an insight into England’s true feelings after their 17-12 victory over Italy when he said: “God, that was boring”.

Angry whites and blacks faced each other today in front of the heavily guarded South African court where the first hearing of the alleged killers of Eugene Terreblanche was due to take place.

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton has told his players they deserve to be back in the Barclays Premier League after watching them edge closer to the Coca-Cola Championship title.

Newcastle United 2 Sheffield Utd 1

Bolton 0 Aston Villa 1

Sunderland 1 Manchester City 1

Tipperary 2-17 Galway 0-14

Waterford 2-20 Limerick 2-10

Ernie Els is without a major win since the 2002 Open and without a single Tour win in his last 54 events stretching back more than two years.

Donegal 1-12 Meath 0-10

Bolton Wanderers 0 Manchester United 4

Celtic 3 Kilmarnock 1

St Mirren 4 Celtic 0

Portsmouth 0 Chelsea 5

Waterford 0-20 Clare 2-5

Kerry 1-16 Monaghan 1-12, Killarney