Aston Villa 3 Doncaster 1

Bulgaria 0 Italy 0

China’s carefully-controlled state broadcaster finally showed the sensitive footage of a protester in Britain shouting “dictator” and throwing a shoe at leader Wen Jiabao.

Hull 0 Bolton 1

Celtic 2 Motherwell 0

Wigan 0 Stoke 0

Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has revealed the club has been working to address the causes of the trouble which marred the derby victory over Newcastle.

Argentina legend Diego Maradona paid a visit to Manchester United’s Carrington training ground this morning as part of a whistle-stop tour of the north-west as he takes the first steps in his role as national team coach.

Aalborg 2 Celtic 1

A nurse who was one of the whistler-blowers in the case of Dr Michael Shine at the Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda said the delay in dealing with allegations against him compounded the pain for his victims.

Wigan 1 Everton 0

Manchester City 0 Paris St Germain 0

The Taoiseach is due to begin a series of visits to European capitals today to discuss the Irish Government's plans for addressing the Lisbon Treaty stalemate.

Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2

Tottenham 0 Everton 1

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson praised his side’s concentration after a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in this afternoon’s derby at Eastlands.

Wigan manager Steve Bruce branded Emmerson Boyce’s dismissal “an absolute joke” after seeing his 10 men salvage a point at Newcastle.

Waterford 2-19 Wexford 3-15

Bohemians 2 UCD 0

Cork 0-23 Galway 2-15