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  • Move paves way for Keane to return

    Mick McCarthy, flanked by Milo Corcoran (President of the FAI) and Brendan Menton (FAI general secretary), speaking at his final press conference as Ireland's manager in Dublin last night After weeks of speculation and a day in which the final announcement gradually became little more than a formality, Mick McCarthy met the FAI's leading officials in south Dublin last night to rubber-stamp the deal that ends his reign as manager of the Irish football team. p

  • Series of bad choices proves fatal

    Where it all went wrong Tom Humphries Mick McCarthy will say that the media were lurking like squid waiting to pull him under. Given the nature of the final struggle he will probably believe that, too. He's wrong though. He's looking in the wrong direction. p

  • O'Driscoll named as Ireland captain

    Leadership on a rugby pitch is more about what you do than what you say. Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan is clearly of this mind, and accordingly has elevated one talisman to the captaincy in place of another by nominating Brian O'Driscoll to lead Ireland against Australia in the absence of the injured Keith Wood. p
Soccer

  • Rumours put Toshack in the frame

    The Contenders/Mary Hannigan: JOHN TOSHACK (9-4): Do the bookies know something we don't? Or do we, unprecedentedly, know more than the bookies? p

  • Manager did a bloody good job

    Analysis/Mark Lawrenson 'Qualifying for the World Cup was as big an achievement as that of any Irish manager.' p

  • No sense of betrayal, just pride

    The Press Conference Strange things, these public executions. Terribly civil and formal. The condemned man scrubbed up well. He always looked handsome in his suit, Mick McCarthy. p

  • Little plain sailing for the Republic's former skipper

    The manager's career Last month's slip-up against Switzerland, the result that in the end sealed Mick McCarthy's fate, may have come as a surprise, but in truth there was little plain sailing during the 43-year-old's six years and nine months in charge of the Irish team. p

  • Rovers climb up the table

    Shamrock Rovers - 5 Drogheda Utd - 0 A fifth league win in six games, and their most comfortable of the season, further soothed the pain of their FAI Cup defeat as Shamrock Rovers cruised to fourth in the Premier Division table. p

  • City sent packing by Wigan

    Wigan Athletic ... 1 Manchester City ... 0 The Wigan striker Neil Roberts proved that revenge is a dish best served cold with a first-half strike that sent Manchester City tumbling out of the League Cup and, at the same time, ended three years of hurt for the home side. p

  • Basel put pressure on Liverpool

    Basel beat Spartak Moscow 2-0 in Russia last night to move above Liverpool in Group B of the Champions League and closer to progress into the second group phase. With Valencia safe in first place, Liverpool must win in Switzerland next Tuesday if they are to go through, although qualification for the UEFA Cup is guaranteed should they fail. p

  • Beckham gets on with job

    Manchester Utd - 2 Leicester City - 0 David Beckham put a weekend of trauma behind him to fire Manchester United to victory at Old Trafford last night and propel his team into the fourth round. p
Gaelic GamesBack to Top

  • Blood rule makes for a clear-cut case

    Unless the arbitration agreed to by Na Fianna and the Dublin County Board produces a binding result, the GAA will be playing an important match on unfamiliar territory some time before Christmas. This year has been a bit of a nightmare for the association with a number of court cases being taken against various units by clubs and individuals. The phenomenon isn't new and stretches back at least 10 years but the sheer quantity of litigation over the past 12 months has been worrying. p
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  • All Blacks to test strength in depth

    The New Zealand coach John Mitchell will field a virtual second-string side against England in Saturday's Test at Twickenham, albeit one that contains England's bogeyman Jonah Lomu. p

  • Giteau may get in for Gregan

    Australian youngster Matt Giteau is in line to make his Test debut for the Wallabies. Giteau, who celebrated his 20th birthday last week, has yet to play Super 12 rugby. p

  • Woodward defends selection decisions

    England coach Clive Woodward yesterday explained some of his controversial selection decisions ahead of Saturday's Test against the All Blacks at Twickenham. p

  • Castaignede comeback

    Thomas Castaignede will make a dramatic comeback for France against South Africa on Saturday, two years after his brilliant career was interrupted by an Achilles tendon injury. p

  • Aiming to deliver on previous promise

    John O'Sullivan talks to Blackrock forward Victor Costello, who returnsto the Ireland starting line-up for the first time in over three years p
Other SportsBack to Top

  • Hussain's for England focuses on a return to the basics

    CRICKET: Back to basics is Hussain's strategy, England are up against it in this series. It would be foolish to pretend otherwise but it is no disgrace to admit it either. For a decade Australia have dominated international cricket as did West Indies in the 80s which does not mean, as tame sections of the Australian media would have it, that by definition every one else is second rate. p

  • Secret of Weld's success remains a Media Puzzle Weld factfile

    RACING: From Melbourne to Dubai to Newmarket, the question has probably been asked repeatedly for the last 24 hours, just how does he do it? p

  • Edredon Bleu triumphs

    RACING: Edredon Bleu rolled back the years to give one of his most exhilarating jumping displays and ran out an easy winner of the William Hill Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter yesterday. p

  • McKeown suspended for 15 days

    RACING: Jockey Dean McKeown and trainer Nick Littmoden were in hot water at Catterick yesterday when they were both hit with heavy punishments under the non-triers rule. p

  • Beau Artiste the one to beat

    RACING: Beau Artiste is napped to come out on top against some promising youngsters in the Morton Fraser EBF Maiden Stakes at Musselburgh today. p

  • Valderrama last chance for some to rescue season

    GOLF: Philip Reid , in Valderrama for the Volvo Masters, talks to Irish Ryder Cup partners Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley about this week's test p
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