Ireland back rower Peter O’Mahony admitted the team were motivated by the pressure to stay in the top 8 of the IRB World Rankings when they took to the field against the Pumas on Saturday.

Ballinasloe (Galway) 0-14 Kenmare Shamrocks (Kerry) 0-10

Dublin Institute of Technology 3-8 University College Cork 0-7

Reading 0 Wigan 3

The United States Government has confirmed it has joined a civil lawsuit against Lance Armstrong to claim around $100m (€75m) from the disgraced cyclist.

Mercedes-Benz and three commercial vehicle dealers are to pay fines totalling £2.6m (€2.98m) following an inquiry into market rigging.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hit out at a Hollywood film about his organisation as a “massive propaganda attack” against the whistle-blowing website.

Aston Villa 2 Bradford 1 (Bradford win 4-3 on aggregate)

Tottenham 1 Manchester Utd 1

Fulham 0 Manchester United 1

Derby 3 Huddersfield 0

Newcastle 3 Chelsea 2

Monaghan progressed to the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup semi-finals as Section A winners after ending Fermanagh's early season unbeaten run.

Chelsea 2 Southampton 2

Alex Ferguson has settled the great Manchester United goal debate in favour of skipper Nemanja Vidic.

Politicians in the North have not given up on building a shared future, Stormont’s First Minister vowed.

Around a thousand people have attended a peace rally at Belfast City Hall.

Fulham 1 Wigan 1

Sunderland 3 West Ham 0

Hundreds of Islamic militants fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad seized parts of a strategic north-western air base today after weeks of battling government troops for control of the sprawling facility.