West Ham 3 Wigan 1

Nigel Twiston-Davies has sent a warning shot to Imperial Commander’s Betfair Chase rivals that he feels his star performer could be better than ever this season.

Steven Gerrard will undergo a scan later today to discover the seriousness of the injury which threatens to cause a rift between Liverpool and England manager Fabio Capello.

Victor Obinna maintains West Ham’s time is coming – but would take a bad team performance if it meant three points.

Australia’s most capped Test prop Al Baxter believes referee Allain Rolland deserves most of the blame for the Wallabies’ scrum woes against New Zealand in Hong Kong.

Edwin van der Sar has attacked Manchester City’s negative tactics in last night’s derby-day bore draw.

Brian O’Driscoll has told Ireland to expect some typically ferocious tackling from Samoa at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Wigan 1 Liverpool 1

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admitted his gamble on the fitness of midfielder Owen Hargreaves ended in disaster after just five minutes of the 2-1 win over Wolves.

Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0

Australia coach Robbie Deans believes his side’s improved scrummaging will stand them in good stead ahead of Saturday’s Bledisloe Cup-Tri Nations match with New Zealand at Eden Park.

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is to undergo a scan tomorrow which could determine whether he misses England's friendly with Holland next week.

Struggling with a hamstring strain, Michael Murphy had little impact on last night's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final until he sparked Donegal's extra-time comeback.

Michael Phelps claimed his second individual gold medal at the World Championships as he retained his 100 metres butterfly crown in Shanghai.

Roger Federer marched into his 29th consecutive grand slam quarter-final with a four-set victory over Russian 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny.

The West Bank Palestinian leadership formally decided to press ahead with efforts in September to win United Nations recognition of a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem

Donegal 1-11 Derry 0-8

Darren Clarke, as proud as anyone about what is already a golden era for Irish golf, has the chance this weekend to add another chapter to the remarkable story.

Amateur Tom Lewis and joint overnight leader Thomas Bjorn lost their magic today and threw the 140th Open Championship at Sandwich wide open.

Darren Clarke, happy again and engaged to be married, continued the remarkable Irish golfing story of recent years with a second successive 68 in The Open at Sandwich today.