Motherwell 3 Celtic 1

Ronan O’Gara, the record points scorer and most-capped player in Heineken Cup history, would not be drawn on whether yesterday's 16-10 defeat away to Clermont Auvergne was his final outing at this level.

Clermont 16 Munster 10

Hull failed to seal automatic promotion to the Barclays Premier League after they were beaten 2-0 by Barnsley, who climbed out of the npower Championship relegation zone as a result of the win.

Southampton 0 West Brom 3

Stoke 1 Norwich 0

Police ordered a Bangladesh garment building with deep cracks visible in the walls evacuated the day before its deadly collapse, but the factories flouted the order, officials say.

Ian Elliott, the Catholic church’s own watchdog on child protection measures in Ireland, has detailed the policies now in place to prevent child abuse in several dioceses.

Barcelona assistant manager Jordi Roura described last night’s 4-0 thrashing by Bayern Munich as an “awful result” with the Catalan club’s hopes of reaching the Champions League final all but over.

Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country and marched on the presidential palace, in an attempt to force out the Islamist president with the biggest protests Egypt has seen in two years of turmoil.

Armagh 2-21 Wicklow 0-02

Jonathan Sexton pulled no punches yesterday after the British and Irish Lions were agonisingly denied Test series glory against Australia.

Dublin 1-16 Kilkenny 0-16

Monaghan 1-10 Cavan 0-12

Australia 16 British and Irish Lions 15

The trial of a football fan charged with making a racist monkey gesture at a Premier League match was adjourned today.

When Republic of Ireland and Hull defender Paul McShane trudged off the KC Stadium pitch at full-time yesterday he thought the next time he would return to it would be for an npower Championship play-off clash eight days later.

Fermanagh and Warwickshire opened their Lory Meagher Cup campaigns with wins over Leitrim and Longford respectively this afternoon.

Tottenham 1 Southampton 0

Soft drinks giant PepsiCo said it is cutting ties with Lil Wayne after the rapper made a crude reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till in a song.