Hull 1 West Ham 0

Bath 13 Dragons 9

The Football Association are calling for Aston Villa to ban for life the supporter who struck referee’s assistant Phil Sharp with a coin during yesterday’s Premier League clash with Portsmouth.

Aston Villa 0 Portsmouth 0

Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 5

Cavan Gaels (Cavan) 1-07 St. Gall's (Antrim) 0-07, Casement Park

Hearts 0 Celtic 2

Lewis Hamilton will start the most important grand prix of his Formula One career from a surprisingly lowly fourth on the grid.

Portsmouth 1 Wigan 2

Man Utd 4 Hull City 3

Kilmarnock 1 Celtic 3

Fulham 2 Wigan 0

Africans stayed up at all-night parties or woke before dawn today, gathering around televisions and radios as Barack Obama seized command of the race for the White House in his bid to become the first black US president.

Britney Spears will the grace the X Factor stage tonight for her first UK television performance in more than four years.

Scarlets 16 Munster 18

The 2008 GAA Football All-Stars, sponsored by Vodafone, will have 32 players drawn from 11 counties making the trip next Wednesday to San Francisco.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp was left counting the cost of the goalless draw with Manchester United following a calf tear for Jermaine Jenas and a back injury that will see Jonathan Woodgate visit a specialist.

Buccaneers 17 Ballymena 21

Harlequins 19 Stade Francais 17

Sunderland 4 West Brom 0