Blackburn fans invade the Ewood Park pitch following their 1-0 defeat to fellow strugglers Wigan, as Blackburn are relegated and Wigan are safe for another season.

Makes a change from the earlier incident when a Chicken was the invader.

Blackburn fans release a chicken at Ewood Park during Blackburn’s relegation battle with Wigan as they protest against the Venky chicken group who own the club who incidentally lost the game 1-0 a result which see’s Blackburn finally relegated to the Championship.

Juventus players and fan’s alike celebrate the club’s 28th Serie A title following their win at Cagliari and AC Milan’s 4-2 loss to bitter rivals Inter Milan last night.

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trappatoni has named his Euro 2012 Finals squad and as hoped and expected Sunderland’s James McClean was named in the squad.

However there was sad news as Wigan midfielder James McCarthy made himself unavailable for the squad following his Dad’s fight with Cancer.

McCarthy said in a statement: “I have made the difficult decision to withdraw my name from selection for the Euro 2012 squad following the diagnosis of my father with cancer and on-going requirement for treatment.

“I have discussed this with the manager. He was very understanding and I thank him sincerely for that.

“I take this opportunity to re-affirm my complete commitment to playing for the Republic of Ireland. It is a huge honour and source of great pride for me and my family.

“Despite not being present, I would like to wish the manage and my team-mates every success in the tournament and hope that Irish fans can understand the reason for my decision at this difficult time.”

I for one can safely say that there’s not one Irish fan who thinks McCarthy has let down his Country and we all hope for his Dad’s recovery from illness.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Aston Villa), Keiren Westwood (Sunderland), David Forde (Millwall)

Defenders: Richard Dunne (Aston Villa), John O’Shea (Sunderland), Sean St Ledger (Leicester City), Darren O’Dea (Celtic), Stephen Ward (Wolves), Stephen Kelly (Fulham), Kevin Foley (Wolves)

Midfielders: Glenn Whelan (Stoke), Darron Gibson (Everton), Keith Andrews (West Brom), Keith Fahey (Birmingham), Damien Duff (Fulham), Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscwo), Stephen Hunt (Wolves), James McClean (Sunderland)

Strikers: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Kevin Doyle (Wolves), Simon Cox (West Brom), Shane Long (West Brom), Jon Walters (Stoke)

Standby: Darren Randolph (Motherwell), Paul McShane (Hull City), Paul Green (Derby), Seamus Coleman (Everton), Andy Keogh (Millwall).

First-half goals from Paul Scholes and Ashley Young ensured the title will go down to the wire, however with United with a tricky trip to the Stadium Of Light next week and City with a home tie v QPR and an 8 goal advantage it looks as if the noisey neighbours are going to be a hell of a lot noisier next week-end.

Two goals from Yaya Toure was enough to ensure Manchester City didn’t slip up against Newcastle today, his first in the 70th minute was stunning, with his second on 89 minutes a real poachers finish.

Substitute Djibril Cisse boosted QPR’s hunt for survival with a last minute goal against Stoke, who deserved nothing from the game having been cramped in their own half for the most part.

Arsenal full-bak Bacary Sagna will miss France’s Euro 2012 campaign this Summer after he broke his fibula in the Gunners 3-3 draw with Norwich.

Sagna who was tackled by Bradley Johnson in the lead up to an Arsenal attack and held his leg before getting up as the ball broke Sagna put his foot up to control it before dropping to the ground in agony.

Lionel Messi hit his 50th La Liga goal of the season as he scored all four goals in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Espanyol in Pep Guardiola’s last game in charge at the Nou Camp.

Messi who has scored 73 goals in all competitions this season and has an amazing record of 210 goals in 217 games under Pep Guardiola.

Andy Carroll thought his header had grabbed the equaliser for Liverpool but for a great save from Chelsea keeper Petr Cech with the whole ball not crossing the lined.