All-Ireland champions and four-in-a-row Walsh Cup chasers Kilkenny were sensationally knocked out of the 2008 Walsh Cup today as they went down to a 2-15 to 1-17 defeat to Antrim.

Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations campaign has been given a timely lift after it was revealed today that Paul O’Connell is on course to face Scotland on February 23.

Reading 0 Bolton 2

Ireland U20 6 Italy U20 0, Dubarry Park

The jury in the €700,000 breast cancer insurance fraud trial has been told by the prosecuting counsel that the evidence could lead to only one conclusion: "This was a clever, elaborate and dishonest fraud."

Schalke 1 Porto 0

Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 2

Liverpool 1 Barnsley 2

Coventry 0 West Brom 5

Chelsea 3 Huddersfield 1

Cardiff 2 Wolves 0

Bristol Rovers 1 Southampton 0

Bolton 1 Blackburn 2

Celtic 3 Stirling Albion 0

Edinburgh 35 Glasgow 31

Wigan 1 Newcastle 0

Reading manager Steve Coppell was proud of his side’s resilience after they held West Ham to a 1-1 draw despite being reduced to 10 men for over an hour.

Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan will celebrate his 50th birthday tomorrow – an age he, along with many fans, never thought he would reach.

Blizzards stranded more than half a million train passengers in a Chinese town today.

Former TopShop boss Jane Shepherdson today made her high street comeback after taking a stake in Whistles and becoming its chief executive.