Former All-Ireland senior club hurling champions Birr secured their seventh Leinster title in controversial circumstances at O'Connor Park, Tullamore today when they held out for a 1-11 to 0-13 victory over Ballyboden St. Endas.

Liverpool 4 Bolton 0

More than 100,000 people flooded the streets of Caracas yesterday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo Chavez and help him establish a socialist state in Venezuela.

Aston Villa 2 Derby 0

Newcastle 1 Portsmouth 4

Steven Gerrard is determined not to waste Liverpool’s chance of making Champions League progress in Marseille tomorrow night.

Newcastle 2 Birmingham 1

Chelsea 2 Sunderland 0

Climate change activists have demanded that the Government respond strongly to the climate crisis.

Juande Ramos has demanded improvement from his Tottenham side but is confident his players will rise to the challenge of playing without Robbie Keane for three matches.

UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Anderlecht following the ugly scenes against Tottenham when Didier Zokora appeared to be struck by lighter thrown from the crowd.

Birmingham 1 Aston Villa 2

Manchester United 4 Dynamo Kiev 0

Paul McCartney’s first gig since his divorce battle went to court was a family affair.

Goalkeeper Artur Boruc has confirmed it was his dislike for Rangers which meant he did not shake hands with any opposition players at the end of Celtic's heavy defeat at Ibrox.

Manchester City bounced back from their mauling against Chelsea to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Republic of Ireland midfielder Stephen Hunt has admitted his team have no excuses for their performance against Cyprus on Wednesday night which is likely to cost boss Steve Staunton his job.

Steve Staunton vowed to resist renewed calls for him to quit after the Ireland’s Euro 2008 qualifying campaign petered out in an embarrassing Croke Park draw with Cyprus.

Republic of Ireland 1 Cyprus 1

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has today insisted that England striker Michael Owen is happy on Tyneside.