Twitter reacts to World Cup qualifiers, Coral Sprint Trophy, Burns beating Relikh and Bisping bout

Rooney booed by own fans

Wayne Rooney has been much criticised by fans over the last few months due to poor form and it seems to have spilled over to the national team, after being booed by fans at Wembley.

Southgate cannot understand England fans' booing of Rooney pic.twitter.com/gOoZZAK8UN

— Guardian sport (@guardian_sport) October 9, 2016

Questions surrounding England’s all-time leading goalscorer fitting into the new look dynamic side are growing.

Been criticised in past for being over-supportive & a Rooney apologist – but eventually have to ask where he fits into England's best team.

— Phil McNulty (@philmcnulty) October 9, 2016

Northern Ireland 4-0 San Marino

Lafferty bags brace

Michael O’Neill’s men got back to winning ways following a draw in their World Cup qualifying opener. A Brace by Northern Ireland’s second greatest all-time scorer Kyle Lafferty, helped the side to a 4-0 win over San Marino.

WATCH | Kyle Lafferty honoured to score twice on "a special night for Northern Ireland" #DareToDream #GAWA pic.twitter.com/d6O5KeHWEL

— Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) October 8, 2016

Lafferty now boasts an exceptional qualifier record and remains the nation’s talisman.

That's nine goals in 11 qualifiers for Lafferty ???? https://t.co/BVjR4SZgNn

— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) October 8, 2016

Next up for the Green and White Army is reigning World Cup champions Germany, who remain unbeaten in qualifying so far.

Landed in Germany ✈️???????? #DareToDream #GAWA pic.twitter.com/dxec8TcWTe

— Northern Ireland (@NorthernIreland) October 9, 2016

Portugal 6-0 Andorra

Rampant Ronaldo ousts Andorra

Cristiano Ronaldo made his return to international football with a bang, by netting an incredible four times in Portugal’s qualifier. This takes Portugal’s all-time leading scorer to 65 national goals and he seemed to enjoy it…

Happy to score my first poker for Portugal
pic.twitter.com/W8RxiW7BzR

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) October 7, 2016

Burns beats Relikh to retain WBA super-lightweight title

Ricky Burns became Scotland’s first three-weight world champion with a points win over Kiryl Relikh at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro. The Scottish fighter is now eyeing a bout in Las Vegas with Adrien Broner

THE PROBLEM IN VEGAS! @RicksterKO Burns is heading for the bright lights and the one and only @AdrienBroner next: https://t.co/Ec2dHoeMmA pic.twitter.com/VAq7qgvgV1

— Sky Sports Boxing ???? (@SkySportsBoxing) October 8, 2016

However, not everyone was happy about the result. Ricky Hatton, Relikh’s trainer, took issue with the scorecards.

???????????? what were those scorecards ? pic.twitter.com/hFxeO7L6Qd

— Ricky Hatton MBE (@HitmanHatton) October 9, 2016

Bisping retains UFC middleweight title

Michael Bisping got revenge over Dan Henderson, a man who knocked him out seven years ago, as he successfully defended his UFC middleweight title at the Manchester Arena in the early hours of Sunday.

#ANDSTILL!! @bisping keeps the middleweight belt at #UFC204! ???????? pic.twitter.com/VJUaKZyzrs

— #UFC204 (@UFCEurope) October 9, 2016

After the fight Bisping praised his 46-year-old opponent for a fantastic fight…

"This guy is incredible!" @bisping has a lot of respect for @danhendo after their relentless #UFC204 battle.???? https://t.co/hgWp42WgCt

— #UFC204 (@btsportufc) October 9, 2016

NTD saddles Ballyoptics to Silver Trophy success

Nigel Twiston-Davies gelding Ballyoptic stayed on gamely to land the Silver Trophy at Chepstow by 1 1/4 lengths from Coral horse racing ambassador Tom Scuadamore’s mount Crimson Ark.

– Ballyoptic put up a superb performance and ought to be a force to be reckoned with this season in a potentially open division.

— Maddy P (@mp_horseracing) October 8, 2016

As Maddy says, this horse is one to watch this season!

Intisaab snatches Coral Sprint Trophy

We sponsored the entire card at York this Saturday, and David O’Meara entrant Intisaab scored the feature Coral Sprint Trophy by a neck!

Intisaab wins the Coral Sprint Trophy at York!

— Coral (@Coral) October 8, 2016

Awesome O’Brien stable savours the Churchill spirit in Dewhurst

Meanwhile, Aidan O’Brien had a 20th Group 1 success of the campaign as red-hot Dewhurst Stakes favourite Churchill scored at Newmarket for the Ballydoyle handler again.

We report on yet another O'Brien/Moore masterclass and a surprisingly easy Cesarewitch win for Sweet Selectionhttps://t.co/4vacyEZKFt

— Channel 4 Racing (@Channel4Racing) October 8, 2016

Cesarewitch is a Sweet Selection for for handler Morrison

Trainer Hughie Morrison teamed up with Silvestre De Sousa, who piloted Sweet Selection to a three-length success in the Cesarewitch Handicap at Newmarket.

WATCH: Sweet Selection wins the Betfred Cesarewitch for Silvestre de Sousa and Hughie Morrison. pic.twitter.com/XsHs1n3czW

— Racing UK (@Racing_UK) October 8, 2016

Nicholls declares Persian War on rivals via El Bandit

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls completed a hat-trick of victories at Chepstow on Sunday, as El Bandit took the Grade 2 Persian War Hurdle.

EL BANDIT makes a treble for @PFNicholls under three different jockeys as @Sean_Bowen_ replaces @samtwiston to claim victory at 13/2

— Pigeon Island (@pigeon_island) October 9, 2016

Can I come to Pigeon Island, please?

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