Oasis on stage at their homecoming gig at Heaton Park. About 80,000 fans have turned out for the first of five gigs there.

And, perhaps most perplexingly, Welsh minnows Wrexham – a once obscure and hapless soccer club – just played Melbourne ...

Paddy McClean scored against his hometown club as Sligo Rovers extended the buffer between themselves and bottom side Cork City to eight points in almost tropic conditions at the Showgrounds in Sligo.