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  • Ireland plays get out of jail card

    A night of anguish for the Republic of Ireland in San Marino: Captain Robbie Keane captures the frustration of the evening. SOCCER/Euro 2008 Group D, San Marino 1 Rep of Ireland 2: It's funny how these things sometimes occur to you afterwards but in all the excitement of the build- up to last night's European Championship qualifier in San Marino none of the travelling press corps ever thought to ask Steve Staunton whether, were it offered, he would have taken a-one goal win. Emmet Malone in San Marino p

  • Staunton finds new level of ineptitude

    Manager Steve Staunton endures his own agonies in the dugout SOCCER: Jesus wept. Homer nodded. Nero fiddled. Stan just shook his head. His Irish team huffed and puffed in front of him for a full 90 minutes worth of exquisite embarrassment in San Marino, writes Tom Humphries in San Marino p

  • Discipline is the name of the game

    GAA: The speeding up of investigations, a reduction in the various appeal processes, fewer "technicalities" and increased use of video evidence are some of the main features of the GAA's new disciplinary procedures, which were outlined in Croke Park yesterday.  Ian O'Riordan reports. p
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  • McShane ready to move on from 'terrible moment'

    A hero on his international debut just a few months ago, Paul McShane dismissed any suggestion he might be viewed as a villain after Ireland narrowly avoided humiliation in San Marino last night. p

  • 'Whole thing was just an embarrassment'

    TV View: Zig and Zag, Biddy and Miley, Oscar Wilde, Johnny Logan, Maureen Potter, Oliver St John Gogarty, Willie John McBride, Big Tom, St Brigid, Donie Cassidy, your boys took one hell of a . . . well, not a beating, not even a draw, but good God, it felt worse than both, writes Mary Hannigan p

  • Plenty for England to worry about

    England 0 Spain 1: Friendlies matter only when they are lost in this manner. The England manager, Steve McClaren, said he and his players had everything to prove, but they merely deepened the doubts with this defeat. p

  • United slip to fourth in rich list

    World's biggest-earning clubs: Manchester United have slipped to fourth in the table of the world's biggest-earning clubs. Having topped the list for eight successive years until last February, when they were overtaken by Real Madrid, the Premiership leaders find themselves trailing Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus. p

  • Boo-boys won't get to me, boasts Ronaldo

    Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he will not alter the way he plays just because of booing from opposing fans. The 22-year-old has often been jeered at English grounds since the World Cup, and the abuse has been stark over the past four days at Tottenham, where supporters felt he dived to win a penalty, and Arsenal, where he captained Portugal to a 2-0 friendly win against Brazil. p

  • Saviola provides touch of class for Argentina

    A first-half goal by Javier Saviola earned Argentina a clinical 1-0 victory over France in their friendly international at the Stade de France last evening. Barcelona's Saviola scored the only goal of the game in the 15th minute following a beautiful move he started himself. p
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  • Horgan's return provides huge fillip

    Novenas and candle-lit vigils will still be held for Brian O'Driscoll's tweaked hamstring so the great one can take his appointed place at the front of the Irish team that takes to Croke Park for the first time on Sunday against France.  Gerry Thornley reports p

  • O'Sullivan tackles ruck with Walsh

    Ireland v France: Ireland head coach Eddie O'Sullivan has always said he has never been one to let issues drag on. And so when he spoke on Tuesday night with the New Zealand referee Steve Walsh, who is officiating in Ireland's match against France at Croke Park on Sunday, O'Sullivan got to the point. p

  • Medical team has early victory

    The Irish "midweek" team might bask in some glory this week after adding Shane Horgan's name to the starting list of players to face France in Croke Park. p

  • Wing Jones back for Wales

    Scotland v Wales: Mark Jones has recovered from ankle-ligament damage to be named on the wing for Wales's Six Nations clash with Scotland at Murrayfield. p

  • Six Nations Countdown

    The Dineen/Hill 16 Terrace: You may have heard Hill 16 was named after rubble from the GPO (shelled during the 1916 Easter Rising) was used to construct a grassy hill at the railway end of Croke Park. p

  • Irish pack can provide power base

    After spurning the opportunity to join the Ireland A squad last November, Shane Geraghty had a nightmarish start to his senior international career last weekend with a kicking return of only 50 per cent in the England Saxons' 34-5 demolition of Italy. p

  • Ulster fan takes legal action

    The Ulster rugby fan allegedly punched by Trevor Brennan at a Heineken European Cup tie in France is taking legal action against the former Ireland international, he announced yesterday. p

  • Deasy plays key role for PBC

    Schools' Rugby/Crescent 9 Ard Scoil Rís 7: Presentation Brothers College and Crescent College Comprehensive are set to meet in one semi-final of this year's Munster Schools' Senior Cup, after coming through their quarter-final clashes yesterday. p
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  • Brennan to enjoy 'guest' role

    The rugby posts are upright, the lines are redrawn and the scoreboard reads Ireland 0 France 0. There's no going back now. As the countdown to rugby and soccer coming to Croke Park concludes, GAA president Nickey Brennan has put some final thoughts on a day some said never would happen. Ian O'Riordan reports. p

  • Cushendall out to make breakthrough

    Ian O'Riordan gets the views of opposing captains ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland club hurling semi-final p

  • County stars overrun UL

    Sigerson Cup/DCU 2-13 UL 0-04: Dublin star Bernard Brogan ensured DCU kept one hand on their Sigerson Cup trophy with a scoring burst of 1-5 against an out-of-touch UL at the UL campus yesterday. p

  • Moran goal sees Sligo past Tralee

    NUI Maynooth 2-14 IT Tallaght 0-03: A well-taken goal from Mayo senior Andy Moran two minutes after half-time was the decisive score as IT Sligo advanced to the next round of the Sigerson Cup. p

  • Maynooth turn it on after break

    IT Sligo 1-12 IT Tralee 0-11: A power-packed second-half performance helped NUI Maynooth record a facile home success over an outclassed IT Tallaght in the opening round of the Sigerson Cup yesterday. p
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  • Clarke not bothered by drop in rankings

    Malaysian Open: Darren Clarke is determined to fight his way back up the world rankings after falling out of the world's top 50 for the first time in more than a dozen years. p

  • Harrington seeks double

    Pebble Beach Pro-am: Padraig Harrington, normally to be found in Asia at this early stage of the season, is trying something different this time - and trying for a notable double. p
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  • In Compliance ruled out after doubts about fitness

    Saturday's Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown has lost possibly its biggest attraction after Ireland's rising steeplechase star In Compliance was ruled out of the race yesterday. p

  • Racing likely to go ahead

    Weather Prospects: The Leopardstown authorities are confident the snow which is forecast to cover much of Leinster today will not be a threat to Saturday's prestigious Hennessy Gold Cup fixture. p
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  • ICU win lucrative ODI series

    CRICKET: Ireland will play host to some of the world's great cricketers in a series of three One Day International matches between India and Australia this summer, raising hundreds of thousands of euro for the game here. p

  • Gillick's record run forces rethink

    ATHLETICS: Whatever David Gillick originally thought about next month's European Indoor championships has changed after his sensational Irish indoor record over 400 metres in Germany on Tuesday night. p

  • McGilp plays captain's role with late strike

    Anna Bowe, Lianne Costello and Orla O'Kane of Muckross Park contemplate what might have been after being beaten by St Andrew's College during yesterday's Leinster Schoolgirls' Senior Cup semi-final at Grange Road, Dublin. HOCKEY/Leinster Schools' Senior Cup, semi-finals, St Andrew's 1 Muckross Park 0: Back in 2003 St Andrew's won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in the school's history and since then winning has proven to be a difficult habit to break. p

  • McArdle goal sends Alexandra on their way

    HOCKEY/Leinster Schools' Senior Cup, semi-finals, Alexandra College 2 Wesley College 0: Alexandra College avenged their 2-1 defeat in December's Premier League semi-finals when they beat Wesley College 2-0 at Grange Road yesterday, putting them through to next month's final against the holders, St Andrew's. p

  • Sports Digest

    A round-up of other stories in brief. p

  • Ten-count could end it for luckless Chavez

    America at Large: If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all. - Booker T Jones (Born Under a Bad Sign). p
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