Man City score nine goals against Burton; Cork football’s five year plan

Manchester City put nine goals past League One Burton Albion last night at the Etihad Stadium, to all but book their place in the Carabao Cup final with the second leg still to come. Gabriel Jesus scored four goals and Pep Guardiola's team have now managed 16 goals in their last two matches.

Cork county board yesterday published their five year plan to revitalise football in the county and to once again become an All-Ireland competitor. Seán Moran writes this morning that: "addressing football's self-esteem issues in a hurling-dominated environment will probably take more than five years but it has to start somewhere." He explains the details of the #2024 plan here.

In his rugby statistics column this morning, John O'Sullivan reveals the headline performers statistically in this season's Heineken Champions Cup ahead of the weekend's round five matches. The only Irish international who features in two categories is Will Addison. Meanwhile Patrick Madden has prepared a Champions Cup all you need to know guide, with the competition returning for the final two rounds of pool fixtures over the next two weekends.

Sonia O'Sullivan is explaining in her weekly column how better sleep can give athletes a crucial edge. She has discovered a book on sleep written by an elite sports sleep coach Nick Littlehales, the author and creator of the R90 technique: "the main message is the amount of sleep you get throughout the week rather than each night, and it certainly works for me. A bit like the balance of nutrition throughout the week rather than each day or meal."