Craig Bellamy’s attitude has again been brought into question after Hibernian defender Gary Caldwell branded the on-loan Celtic star’s conduct “degrading” as he refused to shake his hand following the Hoops’ impressive 3-1 victory at Easter Road.

Bank of Scotland Premier League champions Celtic took advantage of an unexpected Rangers slip-up to regain pole position in the title race with a comfortable win at Hibernian today.

Chelsea’s relentless push for the Barclays Premiership title gained added momentum as they opened up a 3-0 lead against Portsmouth at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will not face any disciplinary action from the Football Association following his outspoken comments about referee Graham Poll.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told the first news conference of her whistle-stop visit to the UK: "This is my first step on what is indeed going to be a bit of a whirlwind around Europe and the Middle East.

Blackburn 0 Chelsea 1

Birmingham 2 Southampton 1

Fashion chains Principles and Warehouse are on the brink of a sale that will land their owners a £130m (€187.8m) pay-day, it was reported today.

Arsenal 2 Manchester Utd 4

Despite calls for peace from the managers’ union, Arsene Wenger does not appear ready to let his war of words with Alex Ferguson blow over.

Aberdeen 0 Celtic 1

Rangers 2 Hearts 1

Jose Mourinho paid tribute to his entire squad and coaching staff as Chelsea celebrated their first title success in 50 years at Stamford Bridge today.

CSKA Moscow and Sporting Lisbon will contest the UEFA Cup final at Sporting’s own Jose Alvalade Stadium.

Liverpool’s man of the match Jamie Carragher stressed that the team could not afford to bask in the glory of beating Chelsea 1-0 to reach the final of the Champions League as they had to go on and win the trophy.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern is to visit five European capitals in 48 hours as part of a whirlwind United Nations mission, it emerged today.

Police in Belfast were today working to identify football hooligans who surged on to the pitch and rioted at the end of a crunch Irish League match.

Never-say-die Monaghan lifted their first NFL title since 1985 when Meath substitute Mark Ward fisted an unlikely own goal to his own net in injury-time - sending the Royals into despair.

Down 2-7 Dublin 0-9

Aston Villa 0 Manchester United 1