Keeper Shay Given would welcome Paul Lambert's appointment as the new manager of Aston Villa amid speculation that he is in line for the job.

Mario Balotelli should accept Italy were beaten by a better side in last night’s Euro 2012 final according to the striker’s coach Cesare Prandelli.

Derry 0-24 Down 0-13, Casement Park

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made reclaiming the Premier League title “priority number one”.

Bob Dylan has announced the release of his 35th solo album, 'Tempest'.

Antrim 0-11 Galway 0-10

New Zealand 60 Ireland 0

Germany coach Joachim Loew is confident his team will find a way through what he expects to be a wall of Greece players protecting their own penalty area in tonight’s Euro 2012 quarter-final.

Dublin 2-13 Meath 1-13

Donegal 2-18 Down 0-13

Kildare 0-19 Limerick 0-12 (after extra time)

Tipperary -10 Antrim 0-08

Gabon 1 Switzerland 1

Japan 1 Spain 0

Andrew Lloyd Webber has found the man who will play the lead in 'Jesus Christ Superstar'.

Mario Balotelli insists Sunday’s Euro 2012 final will feature the best two teams in the competition.

Germany 1 Italy 2

A father of three in the UK has been found guilty of having intercourse with his ex-wife’s bull mastiff dog.

Liverpool and Manchester United will not face disciplinary action from the Football Association over the scenes at Old Trafford that followed Luis Suarez’s refusal to shake Patrice Evra’s hand.

Mick McCarthy has been sacked as manager of Wolves after five-and-a-half years in charge at Molineux.