Eoin Reddan has urged his Ireland team-mates to prove their tortuous World Cup was just an aberration by overwhelming Italy on Saturday.

Manchester United 2 Portsmouth 0

Bayern Munich 0 AC Milan 2 (Milan win 4-2 on aggregate)

Tottenham reaching the UEFA Cup knockout stages was marred by an incident at the end of their draw against Anderlecht when Didier Zokora appeared to be struck by an object thrown from the crowd.

Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 0

Edinburgh 35 Glasgow 31

Overmach Parma 45 Border Reivers 37

Out-of-tune buskers have been banned from the world-famous Cliffs of Moher after tourists complained about the quality of music they played.

Sunderland boosted their hopes of gaining automatic promotion to the Barclays Premiership with a crucial win at The Hawthorns as they moved level on points with Tony Mowbray's side.

On a wet and miserable night in Barcelona Steven Gerrard saved Steve McClaren’s job as England manager.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard insists he will be fit for England’s European Championship qualifier with Israel in Tel Aviv on Saturday.

Portsmouth 1 Fulham 0

AC Omonia 1 Manchester City 2

Arsene Wenger feels Arsenal’s “momentum” was maintained following a dramatic late equaliser by captain William Gallas which rescued a point from their Champions League opener against Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.

Turkey captain Nihat Kahveci admitted it was an “unbelievable feeling” to see his team recover from a two-goal deficit to earn a last-gasp 3-2 win over the Czech Republic in a Group A thriller in Geneva.

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admitted he had made a “big mistake” in only making eight changes to his starting line-up after his team lost their final Euro 2008 Group A match 2-0 to Switzerland.

Blackburn 2 Coventry 2

The Football Association are calling for Aston Villa to ban for life the supporter who struck referee’s assistant Phil Sharp with a coin during yesterday’s Premier League clash with Portsmouth.

Africans stayed up at all-night parties or woke before dawn today, gathering around televisions and radios as Barack Obama seized command of the race for the White House in his bid to become the first black US president.

Newport Gwent Dragons 32 Glasgow Warriors 22