Two huge wildfires burned into neighbourhoods near Los Angeles last night, forcing frantic evacuations, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

England 5 Kazakhstan 1

Edinburgh 16 Leinster 27

Newport Gwent Dragons 32 Glasgow Warriors 22

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.

Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 (after extra time, Bristol City win 4-2 on aggregate)

Sunderland 0 Arsenal 1

Munster 18 Glasgow Warriors 21

Declan Kidney has included all 15 players that started last Saturday in his Magners League squad to tackle Leinster at The RDS this Saturday evening.

UL Bohemians 5 Lansdowne 0

Newcastle 3 Reading 0

West Brom 0 Portsmouth 1

It could mark another milestone in Munster's push to reclaim the Heineken Cup and confirm their

Porto could be relegated to the second division after being formally notified they and president Pinto da Costa are under investigation of match-fixing in the 2003/04 season.

Wales are hoping to make it three from three in this year's U-18 Six Nations Festival in Cork but the young Welsh players will be sternly tested by France who are on the hunt for a first win.

Chairman David Gold admitted Steve Bruce would still be manager of Birmingham but for Carson Yeung’s failed takeover bid.

Investigators will today remove the bodies of five people killed in a jet crash as they sift through wreckage to find out what caused the tragedy.

Five people on a business trip to France were killed today after their executive jet plummeted into a quiet village, exploding into a massive fireball.

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