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.

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

Wisla Krakow 1 Tottenham 1 (Tottenham win 3-2 on aggregate)

Connacht have announced a 22 man squad for their Magners League clash with Leinster at the Sportsground on Sunday (kick off: 6pm).

Villarreal 1 Celtic 0

Valerie Mulcahy kicked a match-winning 3-02 as Cork claimed their fourth All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football title in succession, following a 4-13 to 0-11 victory over Monaghan.

Frustrated Bolton manager Gary Megson believes it is only a matter of time before technology is used to settle contentious issues in the game.

Joe Kinnear will take training for the first time at Newcastle tomorrow knowing he has everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Bolton boss Gary Megson has blasted the “nonsense” penalty decision that cost his side the chance of a point at Manchester United this afternoon.

Celtic 3 Aberdeen 2

Fulham 1 West Ham 2

Newcastle 1 Blackburn 2

Newcastle 1 Tottenham 2

Giovanni Trapattoni saluted his “wardrobe” after seeing the Republic of Ireland survive a concerted fightback to claim three more World Cup points with a 1-0 victory over Cyprus.

Republic of Ireland 1 Cyprus 0

Belarus 1 England 3

Tipperary referee Paddy Russell has said the announcement of his inter county retirement has nothing to do with the fallout from the controversy over Paul Galvin's sending off in the Munster Championship this season.

Almost 6,000 students from Munster gathered in Cork today to voice their united opposition to a re-introduction of third-level fees.