Crystal Palace 3 Wolves 1

GAA president Christy Cooney described as "unsatisfactory" the fact that seven red cards were shown in an O’Byrne Cup game in Portlaoise on Sunday and has backed the Leinster Council to take the appropriate action.

Manchester City 2 Bolton 0

New Orleans Saints clinched the Super Bowl XLIV today in a victory hailed as the most popular in the history of the competition.

Burnley 2 West Ham 1

Stoke 3 Blackburn 0

Sunderland 1 Wigan 1

Galwegians 15 Ballynahinch 12

Wigan 0 Everton 1

Liverpool 2 Bolton 0

Chelsea 0 Inter Milan 1 (Inter win 3-1 on aggregate)

The uncertainty over Togo’s involvement in the African Nations Cup was ended last night when the team failed to appear for their opening match against Ghana and they were later excluded from the tournament.

Togo’s involvement in the African Nations Cup is over following their failure to appear for their opening match against Ghana tonight.

The Confederation of African Football have all but disqualified Togo from the African Nations Cup by confirming the team will not be allowed to re-enter the competition if they do not take part in tonight’s scheduled game against Ghana.

Birmingham 1 Manchester United 1

Connacht 19 Glasgow 19

Guy Chambily, a member of the French Football Federation’s federal council, is resigned to Raymond Domenech being in charge at the World Cup but admits the France coach’s departure is still a “dream”.

The GAA has unveiled a new Referee Development Plan which will underpin the role of referees and match officials within the Association for the next five years.

Fabio Capello hailed the Wembley crowd for helping axed skipper John Terry get over his England heartache.

Jack Nicklaus expects Tiger Woods to return to action in time for the Masters.