A draw was enough to ensure NUI Galway secured a home quarter-final spot against UCC next week, after today's Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup clash at Drumcondra.

Tottenham face an uphill battle to qualify for the last 16 of the UEFA Cup after a makeshift side conceded two late goals in sub-zero temperatures at RSC Olympiyskiy.

Sun Jihai has insisted he does not plan to quit international football despite being handed a five-game suspension by FIFA.

Turkey captain Nihat Kahveci admitted it was an “unbelievable feeling” to see his team recover from a two-goal deficit to earn a last-gasp 3-2 win over the Czech Republic in a Group A thriller in Geneva.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted he had made a “big mistake” in only making eight changes to his starting line-up after his team lost their final Euro 2008 Group A match 2-0 to Switzerland.

Turkey 3 Czech Republic 2

Cavan 0-13 Armagh 0-17

Kerry 1-14 Clare 0-5

The GAA may reportedly mount an investigation into the incidents that marred Kerry's National Fooball League win over Tyrone in Omagh yesterday.

NHL Division 3 round-up:

KILDARE 0-14 CORK 0-14

Tyrone 0-13 Kerry 2-10

Celtic 0 Rangers 0

Scotland flanker Kelly Brown insists he was wrongly denied a try during his side’s RBS 6 Nations defeat in Paris.

Blackburn 2 Coventry 2

Republic of Ireland 1 Colombia 0

England 2 United States 0

Cork 2-10 Galway 1-08

Caretaker manager Newcastle boss Chris Hughton insisted he had fielded a team capable of beating Hull as the crisis on Tyneside deepened.

Wigan 1 Sunderland 1