1. #CARLING NATIONS CUP Scotland beat Wales at Lansdowne Rd last night to set up a tournament decider with the hosts on Sunday.

Robert Earnshaw put the Welsh ahead before birthday boy James Morrison struck an equaliser soon after the break. Kenny Miller and Christophe Berra then grabbed a goal apiece

2. #CHAMPIONS LEAGUE The countdown continues to Saturday’s European Cup decider at Wembley.

Whatever happens, Alex Ferguson has reportedly been given the ‘green light’ for a major summer transfer spree.

3. #RÁS Lithuanian rider Gediminas Bagdonas of the Sean Kelly An Post team sprinted to stage victory in Castletownbere yesterday.

Check out how it happened – in pictures – here.

4. #ROLAND GARROS Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic marched on in Paris yesterday.

5. #FIFA Sepp Blatter yesterday launched a corruption investigation into the man who’s running against him for football’s top job.

FIFA opened the investigation of executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hammam, just one week before he challenges Blatter for the presidency of the organization.

The behaviour of vice president Jack Warner will also be probed.

6. #RESPECT As the James McCarthy row rumbles on, assistant manager Marco Tardelli yesterday insisted all he and manager Giovanni Trapattoni want is ‘a little respect’.