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  • Murphy, Kearney included in squad

    RUGBY: Virtually anyone who is proven, fit and in form was named yesterday in Eddie O'Sullivan's 35-man squad for the forthcoming Six Nations. There's a modicum of newish faces, but for the most part the squad represents form and the extraordinarily rude health, literally, in which Irish rugby finds itself. p

  • Keep an eye on big brothers

    Sean Og, Setanta and Aisake celebrate winning the Cork hurling final with Na Piarsaigh in 2004. (Photograph:Sportsfile) GAA: Pat Comer's splendid television study on the Ó hAilpín brothers, showing tomorrow night, is not to be missed, writes Tom Humphries p

  • Teofilo can head a classic year for Irish

    Teofilo and Kevin Manning (right) beat Holy Roman Emperor and Mick Kinane to the line during the Dewhurst Stakes run at Newmarket last October. Jim Bolger's top-rated two-year-old is on 123, one pound higher than Aidan O'Brien's charge. RACING: Irish trainers will go into this year's flat campaign with officially their strongest pool of classic talent in a quarter of a century. But despite that, 2007 could still end up being dominated by Teofilo, who has been crowned Europe's champion juvenile of 2006. p
Soccer

  • Ireland helps City make progress

    Manchester City 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1: Thirty-eight years have passed since Manchester City last won the FA Cup and there is plenty of improvement needed, particularly in attack, if they are to end that long sequence this year. Yet Stuart Pearce's team are into the fourth round after overcoming a spirited Sheffield Wednesday. p

  • Mourinho may follow his instinct

    Chelsea infighting: Deal or no deal, even victory at Anfield on Saturday might not stop Jose Mourinho turning his back on Chelsea. That may seem unthinkable but there are lessons from history about his willingness to walk out on a club if he believes his authority is being undermined, his instinct for the dramatic having led him to quit his first job in coaching at Benfica six years ago. p

  • Fit Shevchenko a poser for manager

    Jose Mourinho faces a selection dilemma on Saturday after it emerged yesterday that Andriy Shevchenko is expected to be fit to play against Liverpool. p

  • Boro just survive in Riverside thriller

    Middlesbrough 4 Hull City 3: Middlesbrough survived a stunning Hull fightback to edge their way into the fourth round of the FA Cup after yet another seven-goal thriller at the Riverside Stadium. p

  • Real chief criticises fans and players

    Primera Liga: Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has criticised the club's players and its fans and said David Beckham was going to Hollywood to be "half a film star" in a speech to university students yesterday. His comments at the Villanueva University Centre were recorded without the knowledge of Real Madrid and later aired on national radio. p

  • Limerick win more time

    National League News: Limerick's hopes of League of Ireland survival were maintained yesterday when the club obtained an interim injunction from the High Court in Dublin which in effect prevents the FAI from replacing the club until the issues involved are more fully explored. p

  • Soccer Shorts

    United close in on Bale Manchester United are edging closer to a deal to sign Gareth Bale, with sources indicating the 17-year-old is "90 per cent certain" to leave Southampton for Old Trafford before the January transfer window closes, reports Stuart James. p
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  • Measures to test early-season confidence

    On Gaelic Games: It is appropriate for any year to begin with a show of confidence, however forced or contrived. Faced with the gloomy realities of January, what can anyone do but fervently hope the future will be better and make vague personal undertakings to do better in order to enhance the possibility of brighter things ahead? p

  • McDonald a long-term casualty

    The inevitable excitement surrounding John O'Mahony's first outing as new Mayo football manager has been somewhat tempered by the news that forward Ciarán McDonald will be missing from action for the foreseeable future. p

  • Tyrone get chance to answer charge

    A lengthy meeting of the Ulster Council last night found Tyrone in breach of the competition regulations of the Dr McKenna Cup, arising from their use of college players in last Sunday's defeat of Derry. However, any penalty has been deferred until the Tyrone County Board are afforded the chance to answer the charge. p

  • Ennis goal is key for Moate

    Moate CS 1-11 Coláiste Eoin 1-8: Mark Ennis scored a crucial second-half goal as Moate CS overcame Coláiste Eoin in an exciting Leinster Colleges' SF A championship replay at Hogan Park yesterday. p
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  • Justified set to make return at Fairyhouse

    Last season's star novice Justified will return to the scene of his greatest triumph at Fairyhouse this Sunday as he bids to earn a place in the Queen Mother Champion Chase line-up at Cheltenham in March. p
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  • Top seeds stay cool in searing Melbourne heat

    TENNIS/Australian Open Championships: Rafael Nadal was one point away from losing the first set before rallying to take command of his first-round match with American Robert Kendrick to move into the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. p

  • Gritty Flintoff sees England through

    CRICKET/Triangular One-day Series:  He is growing a marauder's beard, and there were even a few glimpses of the up-and-at-'em strokeplay of old. But the greatest facet of Andrew Flintoff's match-winning innings against New Zealand at the Bellerive Oval, an unbeaten 72 from 75 balls, was his composure as adversity closed in on him once more. p

  • O'Sullivan hits form

    Sports Digest: Ronnie O'Sullivan was back to his ruthless best at the Masters at Wembley Arena yesterday, although he refused to speak to the media following his 6-1 victory over Ali Carter. p
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