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  • Leinster have little margin for error

    Rugby/ Agen v Leinster ( Stade Armandie, 3.30 On TV: Sky Sports 2): Four teams remain viable contenders at the half-way point in Pool Two of the Heineken European Cup, but the winners of the summit return meeting between Leinster and Agen in Stade Armandie this afternoon will assuredly be in the driving seat. p

  • Humphreys taps into Ulster's potential

    Ulster's Justin Fitzpatrick finds his way blocked by Delon Armitage (left) and Mike Catt of London Irish during last evening's European Cup fourth-round game at Ravenhill Park. Rugby/ Ulster 29 London Irish 13: From just six minutes into this win-or-bust Heineken European Cup match the nature of what the Ulster team were asking of themselves became clear. p

  • Barca have point to prove

    Soccer/ Champions' League: Barcelona and Liverpool, the last two winners of the Champions League, will face each other in the first knock-out round of the this season's competition following the draw made yesterday. p
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  • Benitez quick to embrace underdogs role

    Champions' League Draw: Rafael Benitez last night confronted Liverpool's daunting draw against Barcelona in the knockout phase of the Champions League by insisting his side's status as overwhelming underdogs will be "perfect", with the Spaniard hoping to exploit the holders' apparent complacency to eliminate them from the competition. p

  • Ferguson opts for tact

    Champions' League Draw: Manchester United's jubilation after drawing Lille, regarded as the weakest team still left in the competition, will be tempered only by Alex Ferguson's memories of the French side being one of the dirtiest he has faced in Europe. p

  • Keane plays down rumours

    Transfer news: Sunderland boss Roy Keane has played down suggestions he could try to land former Manchester United team-mate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the January transfer window. p

  • Rangers to ruffle feathers

    Scottish Premier League : Rangers striker Dado Prso believes a home victory at Ibrox in tomorrow's second Old Firm match of the season would place seeds of doubt in the minds of a buoyant Celtic squad. p

  • Newcastle neatly sidestep rumours of a takeover

    Business of football : Newcastle United have denied that the board had unanimously accepted a £227 million (€340m) takeover offer, but there are still strong suggestions that the club will change hands early next year. p

  • Limerick claim they will still be around next year

    National League : Limerick Football Club chairman Danny Drew insisted yesterday the club would be in senior football next season despite the decision announced yesterday by the FAI to seek applications from other interested parties in the city to enter the league next year. p

  • Back in form and with a smile on his face

    English Premiership : Sol Campbell, Portsmouth's centre-half, returns to his old club Arsenal today renewed after his messy exit and with his form and smile back, writes Jon Brodkin p

  • Ferguson finally gets Dong

    Soccer Shorts: China international Dong Fangzhou will get the chance to live his Manchester United dream after the Premiership leaders finally secured a work permit for the young striker. p

  • FA Premiership Team news:

    A look ahead to the weekend's fixtures cross-channel: p
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  • Opening the magic circle up to all

    Interview with Paudie Butler: Keith Duggan joins the national hurling co-ordinator on the Loughrea leg of his crusade. p

  • All sporting life is going down youtube

    Sideline Cut : Despite being overwhelmed by the menu of live televised sport, we still find it in our souls to spare an hour to watch the archives of long-finished occasions. p
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  • It's hard to win over the crowd

    European Cup/ The home factor: Gerry Thornley on how winning teams must conquer the 'home crowd' factor. Munster did it by bringing their fans with them on the road. p

  • Connacht pay huge price for indiscipline and inaccuracy

    European Challenge Cup/ Montpellier 35 Connacht 22: Connacht's worst fears were realised last evening as dreams of reaching the European Challenge Cup knockout phase for a fifth season on the trot were dashed. p

  • Ospreys work hard for bonus

    European Cup Round-up : The Ospreys were made to work hard in Swansea last night for the 26-9 bonus point win over Calvisano which took them to the top of Pool Three ahead of Stade Francais on try count. p

  • Records no more than background music

    European Cup Pool Four/ Munster v Cardiff (Thomond Park, 5.30 On TV: Sky Sports 1): Munster have traditionally demonstrated a fine appreciation of history so they'll be aware that they hover on the cusp of eclipsing another Heineken European Cup record. They are poised on 11 successive victories in Europe, a feat shared with the Leicester Tigers. Alone Munster will stand by tonight. p

  • Push on to stop props pushing

    Front row safety measures: John O'Sullivan on the IRB's dilemma of how to balance front row safety with competitive scrums. p

  • Big corporation against cottage industry

    Lansdowne Road redevelopment Oral hearing: Johnny Watterson drops in to get a flavour of the debate on the new Lansdowne Road. p

  • European Cup Previews

    A look ahead to the weekend's fixtures in the Heineken European Cup: p

  • All-Ireland League previews

    A look ahead to this weekend's action in the All Ireland League: p
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  • Harrington puts himself back into contention

    World Target Challenge : Padraig Harrington mounted a thrilling comeback in the Target World Challenge last night with a sensational, five-under-par 67 at sun-splashed Sherwood Country Club. p

  • Sjoland sets the standard

    South African Open : Swedish golfer Patrik Sjoland upstaged home hopes Ernie Els, Trevor Immelman and Retief Goosen to grab the lead after the second round of a hotly contested South African Open in Port Elizabeth yesterday. p
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  • Aran Concerto to slog it out

    Navan preview : Just six line up for tomorrow's Grade One Navan feature, the Barry and Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle, but a similar size field didn't stop last year's race producing a Cheltenham winner and Aran Concerto could be the one to emerge with festival potential this time. p

  • Beef may have to settle for minor role

    Fairyhouse preview : Mick Fitzgerald teams up with Michael Halford's topweight Tipperary All Star in the £150,000 Handicap Hurdle at Ascot this afternoon where Irish interest will also centre on the other end of the weights with both Victram and Well Mounted. p
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  • English hopes turning to dust

    Cricket/ Ashes Series : The thousands of supporters who made the journey to Perth in the hope of an England revival were just that little bit more sombre as they snaked down Hay Street yesterday evening, as if they had been to visit a sick relative and found the news not good. p

  • Let's steer clear of the Open Top Bus, lads

    England's Year/ View from the sideline : A long-suffering England fan, James Helm , looks back in anguish at 2006. p

  • Brilliant Beaufort scale heights

    Schoolgirls' Hockey : Nine months after their senior team lost the Leinster Cup final to St Andrew's, Loreto Beaufort came of age at Grange Road yesterday, beating Wesley College 4-1 in the Premier League final, with Irish under-18 international Zara Delany providing much of their inspiration. p

  • Double Olympian and dinghy champion

    Death of Alf Delany : "A fast boat makes a chap look good," was always an Alf Delany dictum. The veteran Olympian, who died on Wednesday, December 13th, was in more ways than one the sage of Irish dinghy sailing. p

  • Ebdon in final

    Sports Digest/SNOOKER: Peter Ebdon last night set up a possible repeat of this year's world title showdown when he reached the UK Championship final in York. p
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