Roberto Mancini has hinted he will be ready to select Carlos Tevez once he has a couple of weeks training under his belt.

Charlie Mulgrew and James Forrest were on target as Celtic went 20 points clear at the top of the Scottish Premier League, beating Dunfermline 2-0 at Parkhead.

Manchester City are through to the next round of the Europa League, after their 4-0 win over Porto at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Anthony Foley would love the opportunity to become the head coach of Munster but he expects there to be a lot of interest in the position.

Gordon D'Arcy has stressed the importance of Ireland beating Italy in the RBS Six Nations on Saturday not only from a Championship point of view but also for the fans who have shown tremendous loyalty.

Andy Robinson has made four changes to the Scotland team for the RBS Six Nations match against France on Sunday.

The Italy team to face Ireland in the RBS Six Nations on Saturday shows four changes to the side that lost to England in Rome earlier this month.

Warren Gatland is worried at the growing number of Welsh players moving overseas but he cannot see a way to stop the exodus to France.

Tomas O'Leary will still have every chance of being picked for Ireland if he decides to leave Munster to join French side Perpignan.

Tony McGahan is to leave Munster at the end of the season to become the new Australian defence coach.

Welcome to the live minute by minute report of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter final between Clongowes Wood College and Castleknock College at Donnybrook. Feel free to get involved by leaving comments on the blog or tweeting us at @setantasports or @tomfoxy.

Declan Kidney has kept with the starting XV that were set to lineout against France for Saturday's RBS Six Nations tie against Italy at the Aviva Stadium.