Alan Pardew ordered Arsenal to put up or shut up over their pursuit of Yohan Cabaye after seeing Newcastle snatch a dramatic victory over Fulham.

Man City 2 Hull 0

Dundee UTD 0 Celtic 1

Celtic reached the Champions League group stages for the second successive season after beating Shakhter Karagandy in a dramatic play-off with an injury-time James Forrest goal, assisted by Irishman Anthony Stokes.

Goals from Mikael Lustig, Georgios Samaras and James Forrest gave Celtic a comfortable win over Cliftonville tonight.

Dropped centre Brian O’Driscoll conceded it was a “bittersweet” moment as he watched the British and Irish Lions seal their first series victory for 16 years.

Roscommon 1-7 Tyrone 0-12

By Simon Lewis, Sydney

Australia captain James Horwill watched the Tour de France during a sleepless night spent agonising over whether he would be permitted to lead the Wallabies in Saturday’s series decider against the British and Irish Lions.

The US has asked for help from both enemies and uneasy allies in an effort to catch fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has called for countries to step forward to offer asylum to Edward Snowden.

Australia 21 Lions 23

If you are going to achieve something as mad as spending nearly 27 years in the biggest job in football, you might as well bow out in equally ridiculous fashion.

Robin van Persie wishes Manchester United could have found a “Fergie Time” winner at West Brom yesterday to give Sir Alex Ferguson the perfect send-off.

Tottenham 1 Sunderland 0

Newcastle 0 Arsenal 1

Cavan 1-15 Armagh 1-11

Kelly Osbourne has reignited her feud with Lady Gaga, branding her a "hypocrite".

Goes by the name of Stifler.

Wicklow 1-15 Longford 0-16, Aughrim