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Newry City 1-1 Ballymena Utd

A late header by Aaron Boyd salvages a point for Ballymena away to bottom club Newry City.

Dungannon Swifts 2-2 Glenavon

Glenavon come from 2-0 down to earn a point despite having keeper Andrew Plummer sent-off

Cliftonville 1-2 Glentoran

Glentoran beat Cliftonville to keep up the pressure on the top two in the Premiership.

Lisburn Distillery 2-1 Portadown

Both teams secured a top-six position for the Premiership split after a Gary Liggett double gave the Whites victory.

Crusaders tied with Blues at top

Crusaders are level on points with Premiership leaders Linfield after a 3-1 win away to Coleraine.

Serbia 2-1 Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's Euro 2012 qualification hopes took a heavy blow in Belgrade as they conceded twice in the second half to surrender a hard-earned lead against their Group C rivals Serbia.Only some brave last-ditch defending stopped them going behind but when Gareth McAuley rose to head home Chris...

Baxter unphased by fixture switch

Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter is unphased by the late change in his side's opposition ahead of Saturday's Premiership game at Coleraine.

Central African Republic aiming to put themselves on the footballing map | Paul Doyle

CAR have jumped 90 places in the world rankings and now take on Tanzania. Plus Senegal's striking powerUnfurl a map and, despite the rather large clue in the country's name, many people wouldn't be able to point to the Central African Republic. And yet this is the land of the most successful...