Flavio Briatore is considering taking legal action against Nelson Piquet Snr and Jnr following his court triumph in Paris yesterday.

Roberto Mancini insists Craig Bellamy is his “friend” even though he left the Welsh striker out of his first Manchester City starting line-up this afternoon.

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.

Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 0

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.

Cheltenham 2 Stoke 3

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

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

Newport Gwent Dragons 32 Glasgow Warriors 22

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.

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.