Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool remain the “best club in English football, if not world football” despite pushing great rivals Manchester United a step closer to a record 19 domestic championship titles after snatching a dramatic draw with the last kick of yesterday’s Barclays Premier League game at Arsenal.

Bolton 0 Stoke 5

Tipperary 0-17 Wexford 1-14

Cork 1-14 Dublin 1-15

Rio Ferdinand today hit out at Mario Balotelli for taunting Manchester United fans after Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final win at Wembley.

Blackpool 1 Wigan 3

Schalke 2 Inter Milan 1 (agg 7-3)

Tipperary 3-22 Cork 0-23

London 2-10 Mayo 0-19, Ruislip (after extra-time)

Barcelona are threatening to report Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho to UEFA after the Portuguese insinuated that the Catalan giants receive favourable treatment from referees and claimed the club had yet to win a “clean” Champions League title under Pep Guardiola.

QPR 1 Hull 1

Bolton 2 Arsenal 1

Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal do not need an influx of big-money signings this summer.

Two Brogans will line out for the Dubs this weekend in what's expected expected to be a full house at GAA Headquarters against reigning league and All-Ireland Champions Cork, but a big motivating factor for them will be winning a title for their brother Alan who misses the game through suspension.

Roger Federer marched into his 29th consecutive grand slam quarter-final with a four-set victory over Russian 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny.

The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to press ahead with efforts in September to win United Nations recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem

Republic of Ireland 2 Italy 0

Chuck Blazer, the man who blew the whistle on an alleged bribery scandal, has dismissed claims of a FIFA/USA conspiracy, insisting: “The only things that were American in all this were the $100 bills.”

Macedonia 0 Republic of Ireland 2

England 2 Switzerland 2