1 .#LOANS Manchester United’s American owners, the Glazers, are to pay off their high-interest loans, estimated to be worth about £220m, according to the BBC.

Joel Glazer is understood to have written to the lenders and said the loan would be paid in full on Monday. With details unclear – and supporters unsure where this final payment is coming from – it remains to be seen if this is good or bad news for Old Trafford ticket-holders.

2. #TOURNAMENT European champions Inter Milan will take part in a the inaugural four-team tournament at the Aviva Stadium next July.

3. #POSITIVE TESTS The touring Springboks are reeling after two of their players tested positive for a banned substance in the wake of their narrow victory over Ireland last Saturday week.

4. #THOMOND Munster will attempt to add another scalp as they face Australia in Limerick this evening.

5. #BOXING Vitali Klitschko has at last cleared the way for a much-anticipated showdown, saying he will fight David Haye ‘wherever the most money is’.

6. #TICKETS After the IRFU last month admitted they got the ticketing structure wrong for the November internationals, FAI chief John Delaney yesterday said that the FAI will ‘look at’ their pricing for games, after the Norway tie tomorrow, reports Philip Quinn in the Irish Daily Mail.

7. #AS GAEILGE GAA President Christy Cooney says the All-Ireland minor finals will be broadcast in Irish next season. TV3 will show the games for the first time next year.

8. #SAGA Dublin midfielder Eamon Fennell says he may have to return to play with capital side O’Toole’s as his protracted transfer ordeal drags on, according to the Irish Daily Mirror.

9. #F1 An Italian government minster has added his criticism after Ferrari failed to secure the drivers’ championship last weekend.