Manchester City 1 Barcelona 2

Southampton 0 Liverpool 2

“You saw his quality today – his leadership and his power. He is a fantastic young man."

A dubious penalty rescued a point for Crystal Palace as they drew 1-1 with Swansea at the Liberty Stadium.

Andre Villas-Boas insists he is the right man to lead Tottenham up the table despite yesterday’s humiliating defeat to Liverpool.

Stoke 1 Everton 1

West Brom 1 Hull 1

Both Tipperary manager Eamonn O'Shea and his Kilkenny counterpart Brian Cody were happy to have another day out, after yesterday's epic drawn All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final between the counties at Croke Park.

Australia 24 South Africa 23

QPR co-owner Tony Fernandes has vowed to fight the prospect of a Financial Fair Play fine and plough much of his side’s promotion windfall back into the club.

Emotions ran high in the aftermath of Ireland's 25-18 loss to Women's World Cup hosts France, especially with Fiona Coghlan and Philip Doyle heading up the list of departing players and coaches.

A visibly emotional Seamus Hickey nearly broke down in tears during a post-match interview in which he was named man-of-the-match following Limerick’s narrow defeat to Kilkenny in the All-

Belgium 1 Russia 0

TOULON 29 LEINSTER 14

Newcastle 1 Crystal Palace 0

Cardiff 3 Liverpool 6

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has stressed the importance of keeping a cool head as his side bid to close out title success on Sunday.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is adamant his players have the composure to cope with the pressure of the title race while still playing the football which has put them top of the table.

Adam Johnson struck for the fourth time in a week as Sunderland staged an unlikely fightback to snatch a Premier League point against Southampton.

Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen pinched a point on his return to Old Trafford and then claimed it was easy to pick David Moyes’ game plan apart.