Basle 2 Newcastle 3

The Romeo and Juliet of Dublin streets – two homeless lovers – tied the knot today and celebrated in style after capturing the Lord Mayor’s heart.

Aston Villa 1 Bolton 1

Alan Shearer smashed home the 250th league goal of his career to clinch a precious first Premiership victory of the season for Newcastle.

Portsmouth 1 Charlton 2.

Leeds 2 Blackburn 1

Jeremy Noseda knows he faces the prospect of seeing his best chance of training a Classic winner slip through his fingers after Carry On Katie took the Sky Bet Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket yesterday.

Roy Keane has urged his Manchester United team-mates to make their Champions League experience tell after a dismal defeat in Stuttgart blew Group E wide open.

Chelsea 0 Besiktas 2

Stuttgart 2 Manchester United 1

An anti-agreement unionist councillor has defended the loyalist protestors who were widely condemned for mounting a noisy protest during a Catholic ceremony at a mixed cemetery in Belfast last month.

Celtic’s Liam Miller reflected on the highlight of his career after scoring his side’s opener in the 2-0 Champions League victory at home to Lyon.

Leeds United 2 Manchester United 3

Jack Nicholson’s crazed cry of “Here’s Johnny” as he axes his way through a door in pursuit of his wife has been named the most terrifying screen moment of all time.

Ballymena 34 UCD 9

Livingston 0 Rangers 0

Defender Sol Campbell has dismissed the tunnel fracas involving both sides during England’s 0-0 draw against Turkey in Istanbul last night as nothing more than “handbags”.

Scotland 32 Japan 11

Scotland started their opening match of the World Cup in impressive fashion but a Japanese side full of vigour kept Ian McGeechan’s side honest in the first half it and could have been much closer than 15-6 at the break.

The final whistle has blown in Ireland's match against Romania at Gosford Park.