Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 0

Sunderland boss Roy Keane admitted he was “ashamed” after seeing his side dumped out of the FA Cup by Wigan at the Stadium of Light.

Blackburn 1 Middlesbrough 1

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

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.

A second All-Ireland senior club medal, Joe Canning could not hide his delight as Portumna beat Birr by 3-19 to 3-09 in yesterday afternoon's hurling decider at Croke Park.

Cheltenham 2 Stoke 3

Newport Gwent Dragons 32 Glasgow Warriors 22

Manchester City 0 Paris St Germain 0

The South African team hailed the influence of John Smit after their historic 30-28 victory against New Zealand today.

Barack Obama will make history today when he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States – the first black American to hold the post.

Glasgow 25 Edinburgh 20

A US financial watchdog chief said his agency repeatedly failed for at least a decade to pursue allegations of wrongdoing by Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff, the alleged perpetrator of a $50bn (€35.63bn) pyramid scheme.

Probably the biggest fixture in the world,” was how Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre described Manchester United v Liverpool shortly before kick-off at Old Trafford yesterday.

Size, naturally, depends on your perspective.

Hopes, plans, dreams — all scaled back yesterday at the Aviva.

A massive manhunt continued in the California mountains for a fired policeman accused of three murders who declared war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling internet manifesto.

Top football referee Maurice Deegan believes the new black card will be a big success — but predicts a ‘killer’ first few weeks for under-fire officials.