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  • O'Sullivan takes plunge into unknown

    Sonia O'Sullivan does a little sight seeing yesterday as she prepares for tomorrow's New York marathon, her first competitive appearence at the distance. On Thursday Sonia O'Sullivan spent some time chatting with Greta Waitz, the great Norwegian runner who has won the New York marathon nine times. O'Sullivan and Waitz have known each other for quite a while and the younger woman was happy to sit and listen. p

  • Na Fianna go to High Court as appeal fails

    Na Fianna last night lost their appeal to be reinstated in the Dublin club football championship. The Leinster Council upheld the decision made by the Dublin County Board Games Administration Committee (GAC) that the club had broken the substitution rule in their quarter-final win over Raheny. p
Soccer

  • Rovers win home and away

    Shelbourne...0 Shamrock Rovers...1 Their Cup dream may have evaporated here last week but Liam Buckley's Shamrock Rovers side picked up where they had left off in the league last night, extending their unbeaten run in the championship and putting their Tolka Park landlords to the sword, thanks to a 60th-minute Shane Robinson goal. p

  • Cork let Bohemians off hook

    Cork City ... 1 Bohemians ... 1 Bohemians must have been happy to take a point from a cracking Eircom League tie before 6,500 spectators at Turner's Cross last night, even though Cork had to play with only 10 men for the closing 30 minutes. p

  • Eriksson says he'll carry on regardless

    Sven-Goran Eriksson has confirmed that he will stay on as England coach despite the resignation of the Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier. p

  • Ferguson the only Longford fall guy

    UCD ... 0 Longford Town ... 0 Barry Ferguson took the gloss of Longford's celebration by getting sent off for the second match running in this drab encounter at Belfield. p

  • Russell sets the record straight

    St Patrick's Athletic ... 1 Derry City ... 0 Two records went at Richmond Park last night as St Patrick's Athletic ended a winless run dating back to September 16th when they beat Cork, while FAI cup winners Derry City suffered their first defeat in 12 games. p

  • Myler strike ends points drought

    Drogheda Utd ... 2 Bray Wanderers ... 1 Drogheda United ended a run of defeats with a hard-earned victory at O2 Park last night. They went ahead early on, but were pegged back level midway through the half. Despite being reduced to 10 men in the second half, Drogheda grabbed a vital winning goal 14 minutes from the end.

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  • Longford get their nine points back

    Longford Town moved swiftly back up the Eircom League premier division table yesterday after the club's appeal against the nine-point penalty imposed for playing Avery John without proper international clearance was upheld. The decision lifted the club from ninth to fourth in the table prior to last night's league game at UCD. p

  • Gunning for the big time

    David McKechnie talks to Ireland's "other" young striking sensation about character, perseverance and making an impression in the heavy shadows of Highbury p

  • Keane ban date disputed

    Red-faced English Football Association officials will spend the weekend trying to sort out Roy Keane's ban bungle. p
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  • New York story: Sonia's tale

    Tom Humphries finds Sonia O'Sullivan at home in New York and taking preparations in her stride as she takes a significant diversion on the road to AthensThe runs which Radcliffe has done in London and in Chicagohave energised the marathon business. There is a competitive grain inO'Sullivan which refuses to allow anyone else's achievement to be seenas something other than a gauntlet offered. p

  • Sonia will bring out the Irish in New York

    Sideline Cut/Keith Duggan You have to hand it to the girl. After an entire season dominated by the male ego, with half the country now under water and the traffic in chaos and darkness closing in, Sonia can close the sporting year with a big, bright exclamation mark. p

  • McCullough homing in on title shot

    BOXING: Six weeks ago Wayne McCullough pulled the over-sized tracksuit up around his ears and walked from the Castlecourt shopping centre in Belfast city almost unrecognised. The fighter has had one fight in two years and has been almost seven years out of the country. While there were a few lingering glances towards the lightly-tanned former WBC bantamweight world champion, there was also a strong sense that despite McCullough's secure place in the affections of the Irish public, his homecoming had not yet take p

  • Irvine may be at end of the road

    Eddie Irvine has failed to land a new contract with Jaguar Racing and as widely predicted will be replaced by Minardi driver Mark Webber with immediate effect. p

  • Woods in hunt as leaders stall

    GOLF: Charles Howell leads after the second round of the US Tour Championship at Eastlake Country Club in Atlanta yesterday but, on a day when conditions worsened as play progressed, the early starters, including world number one Tiger Woods, were the ones to profit most. p

  • Errigal won't stand the crossfire

    As the storm season lays siege upon the country, the club championship season is busier than ever. p

  • Lacklustre Wales rely on Jenkins

    Wales ... 40 Romania ... 3 Wales launched their autumn international campaign with an unconvincing victory over Romania at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham last night. p

  • Limestone is rock solid

    RACING: Limestone Lad goes in search of career win number 31 at Navan tomorrow but his trainer is already looking ahead to Naas next week. p

  • Barrow Drive to extend run

    RACING: The feature race at Punchestown today is the Grade Three Irish Field Chase which has attracted the prolific Barrow Drive into an attempt to extend his unbeaten record. p

  • Media pleases Weld

    RACING: Dermot Weld was last night playing down the chances of Vinnie Roe emulating the epic 1993 Melbourne Cup triumph Of Vintage Crop. p

  • Access all areas

    Keith Duggan hails a chronicle of a year in the life of Ireland's rugby team by photography agency Inpho p
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