Rangers’ season was left in tatters by David Hannah’s second-half winner that propelled Dundee United into the Scottish Cup semi-finals.

IT may not have ended with the predicted result, but the match in Paris was definitely the most exciting of the Six Nations tournament to date with lots of points, plenty of drama and a thrilling finish.

Scotland avoided the indignity of a second successive Six Nations Championship defeat to Italy at Murrayfield - but only just.

Leicester were crowned English League champions for the third successive season after a 51-7 win over Tetley's Bitter Cup winners Newcastle.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has cancelled a trip to a Catholic shrine in Scotland after fears were raised about sectarian tensions.

Terry Venables has admitted his Middlesbrough side were well below par after being held to a goalless draw by Wimbledon in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Israeli hardliner Ariel Sharon is believed to have won a crushing victory over Ehud Barak in the country's general election.

Bohemians advanced to the last eight of the FAI Harp Lager Cup with a 2-1 win over Bray Wanderers last night.

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish hailed a superb performance from Craig Bellamy as his side overwhelmed relegation-threatened Wolves 3-0 at Molineux.

Tottenham 3 Wigan 1

Wolves 0 Liverpool 3

Andre Villas-Boas today declared Frank Lampard had every chance of breaking Chelsea’s all-time goalscoring record after the midfielder scored one of the luckiest winners of his career to see off Sunderland.

Chelsea 1 Sunderland 0

Blackburn 3 Fulham 1

Scarlets 17 Northampton 29

Racing Metro 24 Edinburgh 27

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today told smartphone and email users “You’re all screwed”, as he unveiled his latest publications.

Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Frimpong will not face any action over their post-match tunnel row at the Emirates Stadium.

Celtic 2 Dunfermline 1

Bayer Leverkusen 2 Chelsea 1