Newport-Gwent Dragons 6 Glasgow 12

A worker at Marks & Spencer who “blew the whistle” on plans to cut redundancy pay for the firm’s 70,000 staff has been suspended and is facing a disciplinary hearing, it was revealed today.

Wigan 4 Notts County 0

Cheltenham 2 Stoke 3

Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan launched a stern defence of Joey Barton after the controversial midfielder endured a hot reception on his return to action in today’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Arsenal.

Arsenal 3 Newcastle 0

Bolton 0 West Brom 0

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain will name the youngest and first female governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running mate today, US media reported.

Arsenal brushed aside the challenge of Steve McClaren’s FC Twente to secure a place in the lucrative group stages of the Champions League with a 4-0 victory at Emirates Stadium.

Brazil’s struggles continued on Wednesday as a goalless draw with 10 man Bolivia in a South American World Cup qualifier increased the pressure on under-fire coach Dunga.

Montenegro 0 Republic of Ireland 0

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