Slot has sights set on direct route to last 16Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has stressed the importance of guaranteeing a top-eight Champions League finish after their 3-0 victory in Marseille made it all the more likely.
Championship wrap: Browne helps Boro into secondAlan Browne scored and then assisted for Tommy Conway's winner as Middlesbrough moved into the Sky Bet Championship automatic promotion places with a 2-1 comeback victory at 10-man Stoke.
Champions League: Kane denied hat-trick for BayernBayern Munich top scorer Harry Kane struck twice in three minutes to carry his team to a 2-0 victory over Belgium's Union Saint-Gilloise and book their ticket for the knockout stage with a game to spare.
McEneaney keen to focus on football amid protestDublin footballer Greg McEneaney has played down talk of protest action in the upcoming National League over sponsors Allianz, maintaining that the players 'never spoke about it' collectively.
Porter and Henshaw miss out as Farrell names 6N squadAndrew Porter and Robbie Henshaw will miss the start of Ireland's Guinness Six Nations campaign, after both players were left out of the 37-man squad by head coach Andy Farrell.
