FOOTBALL:

Barclays Premiership: Arsenal 4 Wigan 2, Aston Villa 2 Sunderland 1, Blackburn 2 Man City 0, Bolton 1 Birmingham 0, Everton 2 West Brom 2, Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 0, Man Utd 4 Charlton 0, Newcastle 1 Chelsea 0, Portsmouth 1 Liverpool 3, West Ham 2 Tottenham 1,

Nationwide Conference, Play-Offs Semi-Final First Leg: Morecambe 1 Hereford 1,

Bank of Scotland, Scottish Premier League: Aberdeen 2 Celtic 2, Kilmarnock 3 Hibernian 1, Rangers 2 Hearts 0,

Welsh Cup Final: Bangor 0 Rhyl 2,

Nationwide South Play-Offs, Final: Histon 0 St Albans 2,

Eircom League First Division: Shamrock 1 Cobh Ramblers 1,

FA Nationwide Women's Premier League: Birmingham Ladies 1 Fulham Ladies 0, Everton Ladies 2 Leeds Utd Ladies 1, Sunderland Ladies 0 Charlton Women 6,

FA Nationwide Women's Northern Division: Newcastle Ladies 1 Middlesbrough Ladies 3,

FA Nationwide Women's Southern Division: Brighton Ladies 2 Langford Ladies 3, Bristol City Ladies 3 Southampton Saints 1,

RUGBY UNION:

Celtic League: Glasgow 18 Leinster 21,

Principality Building Society Premiership: Llanelli 12 Newport 20,

RUGBY LEAGUE:

LHF Healthplan National League Two: Celtic Crusaders 36 Hunslet 18, Dewsbury 27 Sheffield 12, Featherstone 16 Blackpool 6, London Skolars 32 Barrow 34,

LHF Healthplan National League Three: Warrington 24 Hemel 34,

Northern Rail Cup Quarter Finals: Doncaster 36 Rochdale 30, Widnes 12 Leigh 54, Hull K R 37 Whitehaven 10, Workington 28 York 16,

ATHLETICS:

10k BUPA Great Edinburgh Run

Leading final positions: Men's: 1 F Joseph (Tan) 28min 38secs, 2 S Arusei (Ken) 28:44, 3 J C de la Ossa (Spa) 29:25, 4 V Shabunin (Rus) 29:26, 5 D El-Himer (Fra) 29:28, 6 A Sitkovsky (Ukr) 29:39, 7 G Murray (Irl) 29:40, 8 T Abyu (Salford) 29:47, 9 A Sutton (Preston) 29:50, 10 M Smith (Tipton) 30:00, 11 S Stokes (Sale) 30:02, 12 J Ward (Altrincham) 30:14

Women's: 1 J Prokopcuka (Lat) 32:25, 2 A Kalovics (Hun) 32:48, 3 C Mutwa (Ken) 33:17, 4, J Byrne (Irl) 33:21, 5 Y Gromova (Rus) 33:31, 6 J Augusto (Por) 33:57, 7 H Haining (City of Glasgow) 34:13, 8 W Jones (Cirencester) 34:38, 9 O Sklyarenko (Ukr) 34:47, 10 J Wright (Shaftesbury) 34:48, 11 C Fagan (City of Glasgow) 35:08, 12 H Dean (Radcley Ladies) 35:24

CRICKET

Cheshire v Shropshire, Shrewsbury: Cheshire 235-7, 50 overs (B J Spenlove 68, J Duffy 51), Shropshire 237-5 from 49 overs (J Whitney 65, C Martin 60) Shropshire won by 5 wickets

Northumberland v Herefordshire, Colwall: Northumberland 252, 49.1 overs (A Worthy 78, M Symmington 52) Herefordshire 255-8, 49.2 overs (D J R Exall 80 no, I Daywood 54, K Ahmed 54) Herefordshire won by 2 wickets

Licolnshire v Suffolk, Bourne: Abandoned

Staffordshire v Norfolk, Manor Park: Staffordshire 105-5, 20 overs Norfolk 100-7, 20 overs Staffordshire won by 5 runs

Berkshire v Dorset, Falkland: Dorset 199, 50 overs Berkshire 174, 45 overs (P R Carter 57, M Ford 5-45) Dorset won by 25 runs

Wiltshire v Herts, Radlett: Wiltshire 206, 50 overs (E Able 59) Herts 192-9, 50 overs (A Laraman 53, S J Lowe 61) Wiltshire won by 14 runs

Buckinghamshire v Cambridgeshire, Marlow: Buckinghamshire 287-8, 50 overs (M Wright 157) Cambridgeshire 291-7 after 48.2 overs (D R Law 134 no) won by 3 wickets

CYCLING:

National Results

Road races:

Lincoln GP (85miles): 1 Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk) 3hrs 22mins 28secs, 2 Paul Healion (Team Murphy & Gunn (Irl)) at 7sec, 3 Matt Talbot (Glendene CC) at 9sec

Recycling.co.uk League, Oakenclough, Lancs (56 miles): 1 Mark Lovatt (Planet X) 2hrs 23mins 22secs, 2 Graeme Sumner (GB Fire Service RT) at 27sec, 3 Ian Stott (Blackburn & Dist CTC) same time

Worcester St John's CC (72 miles): 1 Matthew Larner (Team Lichfield) 2:49:00, 2 Alan Griffiths (Severn RC), 3 Simon Martin (Science in Sport.com) all same time

Time trials:

RTTC-Rudy Project Circuit Series, Tavistock (27.2 miles): 1 Gethin Butler (Preston Wh) 1hr 5mins 20secs, 2 Richard Prebble (Pinarello RT) 1:07:04, 3 Michael Broadwith (Arctic-Shorter Rochford RT) 1:07:36

Women: Wendy Houvenaghel (Ricci-Bike Chain) 1hr 11mins 59secs

Charlotteville CC, Bentley, Hants (50 miles): 1 Laurence Harding (Agiskoviner.com) 1hr 46mins 46secs (event record), 2 Nik Gardiner (John's Bikes) 1:48:08, 3 Tristan Davenne 1:51:27

West Cheshire TTCA (50 miles): 1 David Griffiths (Oswestry Paragon) 1hr 58mins 23secs, 2 Paul Robinson (Ystwyth CC) 2:00:04, 3 Andy Bennett (GB Fire Service RT) 2:00:05

Cleveland Wheelers (25 miles): 1 Robin Brennan (Preston CC) 52mins 48secs, 2 Chris Isats (Berwick Wh) 52:55, 3 Steve Smales (Team Swift) 55:08

Wisbech Wheelers (25 miles): 1 Paul Ashby (Fat Birds CC) 53mins 54secs, 2 Barry Charlton (Stone Wh) 55:07, 3 Jim Boyle (Boston Wh) 56:58

Abertillery Wheelers (25 miles): 1 David Keene (Bristol South CC) 54:37, 2 Colin Wallace (Port Talbot Wh) 55:07, 3 Ceri Pritchard (Bush Healthcare RT) 55:18

SQUASH:

Liverpool 08 Open Squash Championship & Invitation Tournament, St George's Hall, Liverpool

Men's (Open Squash Championship)

Final: (3) Thierry Lincou (Fra) bt (1) David Palmer (Aus) 3-11 10-11 (0-2) 11-5 11-8 11-8

Women's (Invitation Tournament)

Semi-finals: Laura-Jane Lengthorn (Lancs) bt Emmeline Goulden (Merseyside) 9-1 9-5, Georgina Stoker (Merseyside) bt Kirsty McPhee (Yorks) 9-5 2-9 9-8

Final: Laura-Jane Lengthorn (Lancs) bt Georgina Stoker (Merseyside) 9-2 9-7