Celtic officials will wake this morning wondering if the Parkhead club will be brought to book by UEFA again after incidents involving Hoops fans before last night’s 1-1 Europa League draw with Udinese at the Stadio Friuli.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola confirmed David Villa would be sidelined for a “long time” after the Spain striker broke his shinbone in today’s 4-0 Club World Cup semi-final victory over Al-Sadd.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini suggested Chelsea defender Ashley Cole was at the centre of a tunnel bust-up following the Londoners’ 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge.

Olympiacos 3 Arsenal 1

Chelsea 3 Valencia 0

Newport Gwent Dragons 14 Glasgow Warriors 14

Republic of Ireland 1 Estonia 1 (Ireland win 5-1 on aggregate)

Andre Villas-Boas today declared Frank Lampard had every chance of breaking Chelsea’s all-time goalscoring record after the midfielder scored one of the luckiest winners of his career to see off Sunderland.

Chelsea 1 Sunderland 0

Blackburn 3 Fulham 1

Scarlets 17 Northampton 29

Racing Metro 24 Edinburgh 27

Stoke 1 Newcastle 3

Tottenham 3 QPR 1

Derry City 0 Bohemians 0

Cork Constitution 10 Shannon 14

HALF-TIME: Wales 10 Ireland 3

Andorra 0 Republic of Ireland 2

Northern Ireland 1 Estonia 2

Greek civil servants went on strike again today, paralysing the government and public transport in protest at ever-deeper austerity measures and seemingly ineffectual financial policies.