Newcastle 0 West Ham 1

Scotland 22 New Zealand 51

Gareth Bale scored a stunning free-kick and set up Aaron Lennon with a wonderful solo run to bring Liverpool’s eight-match unbeaten run to an end at White Hart Lane.

Two goals in the final nine minutes from Jonathan Walters and Cameron Jerome handed Stoke their third consecutive home victory in the Barclays Premier League and condemned injury-hit Newcastle to a fourth defeat in a row.

Sunderland 0 QPR 0

Wolves 0 Millwall 1

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