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  • Givens cameo prompts striking question

    Don Givens at yesterday's squad announcement SOCCER/Friendly International: A new and brief era in Irish soccer opened yesterday with the announcement by Don Givens of his first and last squad as interim Irish manager. Givens will take his squad to Athens for a friendly against Greece on November 20th. p

  • Kelly to miss game against Argentina

    RUGBY/News round-up: John Kelly and Paul Wallace have been forced to withdraw from the 22-man Irish squad for next Sunday's game against the Fijians. Their replacements will be announced tomorrow. p

  • Dublin club must play twice in 24 hours

    Leinster Club Championship: The Leinster Council last night decided against deferring by a week the club football quarter-final involving the Dublin champions against Rathnew of Wicklow. This forces either UCD or St Vincent's to contest this year's provincial championship just 24 hours after their county final. p
Soccer

  • Liverpool aiming to hit top gear

    CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/First Phase: Liverpool will have to step out of character if they are to remain in this season's Champions League. With victory over Basel a necessity, Gerard Houllier's side cannot depend solely on patience. To spare themselves a nerve-racking evening they will have to heap all the anxiety on the opposition. p

  • Arsenal groom Seaman successor

    PREMIERSHIP NEWS: Rami Shaaban will get the chance to prove himself as the long-term successor to David Seaman when he makes his Arsenal debut against PSV Eindhoven this evening. p

  • Astle death due to heading football

    NEWS: Former England striker Jeff Astle died from a brain injury sustained by the prolonged heading of a football, a coroner ruled yesterday. South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh ruled that the former West Brom striker died from a degenerative brain disease caused by the constant heading of a heavy, and often wet, leather football. p

  • Toshack may hear rumblings soon

    EUROSCENE: So then, John Toshack prefers the volcanic ash of Mount Etna to the soft rain of Dublin. Late last Thursday night, at a time when Irish media speculation had included his name on the shortlist of possible successors to Mick McCarthy as Ireland manager, Toshack wrong-footed the pundits by signing for Italian second division (Serie B) side Catania. p

  • Chase is on as Bohemians slip up

    NATIONAL LEAGUE: The jury may still be out on TV3's coverage of the league but after Friday night it seems that the station's timing is at least beyond question. p
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  • Win may have far-reaching consequences

    ON RUGBY: A historic triple whammy over the Southern Hemisphere by Europe's leading triumvirate. Further evidence of the closing gap perhaps, not all that relevant in the context of the World Cup, but great to behold nonetheless. p
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  • Harrington at home on world stage

    EUROPEAN TOUR: As Padraig Harrington flew out yesterday to Singapore for a big-money "skins" match, and the start of a global odyssey that will also see him take in tournaments in Taiwan, South Africa, the US and Mexico in the next five weeks, the Irishman insisted he would remain a so-called "world player" next year, and he would not be drawn to the megabucks US Tour. p

  • Irish trio progress

    NEWS: All three Irish players enjoyed success at the delayed European Tour Qualifying school second stage at St Cyprien in France yesterday. Stephen Browne finished tied fifth with Gordon Sherry on level-par 219, four shots adrift of surprise winner, amateur Jan Are Larsen from Norway. Gary Cullen tied ninth on 221 after an equal best-of- the-day 68 while amateur Daniel Sugrue shot 74 for 224. p

  • Irish Open is safe

    NEWS: Ken Schofield, the Executive Director of the European Tour, has confirmed that there will definitely be an Irish Open tournament next season, writes Philip Reid . The traditional release of the following season's schedule during the Volvo Masters did not materialise as a number of loose ends need to be tied up regarding some events, including the Irish Open. p
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  • Lane loses out as Galway give Hayes two-year term

    Galway Manegerial Position: Galway have appointed Conor Hayes as their new senior hurling manager, despite his limited managerial experience. A full meeting of the county board last night ended with Hayes being elected to the position in favour of giving Noel Lane a third year in charge, and also in preference to the two other candidates, Gerry Fahy and Brendan Lynskey. p
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  • England to rely on motley crew

    CRICKET/Ashes Tour: Utter domination in the first Test is the Australian game plan: get in front, let the opposition know what they are up against and then see how they react. All too often the response is insipid. Series are decided in the first game, the first day and even the first session. p

  • Rock for Coolmore

    RACING/News round-up: It was confirmed yesterday that Rock Of Gibraltar, winner of a record-breaking seven successive Group One races, has been retired to Coolmore Stud in Co Tipperary. p

  • Inca Trail to have his first run for Knight

    RACING NEWS: Best Mate's full-brother, Inca Trail, will make his British debut at Cheltenham this weekend as one of about a dozen runners his trainer Henrietta Knight hopes to have at the prestigious three-day Open meeting. p
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