Swiss Dario Cologna took the gold in the men’s 15km free cross country skiing competition at Whistler Olympic Park in a time of 33 minutes 36.3 seconds.

Didier Defago ended 22 years of Swiss downhill heartache by scoring a surprise victory in the delayed blue riband event of the Winter Games at Whistler today.

Nick Easter last night provided an insight into England’s true feelings after their 17-12 victory over Italy when he said: “God, that was boring”.

The Fratellis have split up. The Scottish band - who had hits with ‘Chelsea Dagger’ and ‘Whistle For The Choir’ and won Best British Breakthrough act at the BRIT Awards 2007 - have decided to part ways after five years together.

Connacht 27 Leinster 13

Ronnie Wood's ex-girlfriend Katia Ivanova and former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss were booted out of the 'Celebrity Big Brother' house last night.

Centre Darren Cave and openside David Pollock are the two changes to the Ulster side to play Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup at Ravenhill on Friday.

Argentina 2 Peru 1

Republic of Ireland 2 Italy 2

Ballynahinch 25 Galwegians 24

Cardiff Blues 20 Harlequins 6

Sportswear retailer JJB reported half-year losses of £42.9m (€47.5m) today as the company battled for survival in the first half of the year.

Everton insist there is no police investigation into allegations by El-Hadji Diouf that bananas were thrown at him at Goodison Park on Sunday.

JD Sports Fashion posted an 11% rise in profits today as it continued to show a clean pair of heels to troubled rivals in the sportswear sector.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Dublin next month

Celtic 2 Hearts 1

Armagh 0-10 Mayo 0-7

West Ham 2 Liverpool 3

Burnley 3 Sunderland 1

Rangers striker Kyle Lafferty is facing a race to be fit for the key World Cup qualifier against Slovakia and will have a scan on his knee tomorrow.