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  • Yakubu's blushes saved as Middlesbrough progress

    Ayegbeni Yakubu, who missed two penalties, scores Middlesbroughs second during last nights English FA Cup fourth round replay against League One side Bristol City at the Riverside Stadium. FA Cup replay Middlesbrough 2 Bristol City 2 (Middlebrough win 5-4 on penalties) The accusation labelled against the FA Cup this season is that it has lost its sheen: thanks to Bristol City and Mark Viduka it received a much-needed polish last night as Middleborough qualified for the fifth round despite Yakubu missing twice from the penalty spot. p

  • Ashton gambles on help from clubs

    Englands Jonny Wilkinson gives the call during their win over Italy last weekend. His club, Newcastle, have agreed to rest the outhalf this weekend. England have reverted to the XV who kicked off their Six Nations campaign with a 42-20 win over Scotland for their next championship assignment against Ireland in Croke Park on Saturday week. The team thus shows two changes from Saturday's hard-earned, 20-7 win over Italy, with Gloucester fullback Olly Morgan and Wasps blindside flanker Joe Worsley returning to the team. p

  • Republic get the Group of Death

    Irish hopes of competing for the first time ever at a Uefa under-21 championship finals tournament took something of a battering yesterday in Stockholm where the Republic were drawn alongside England in the toughest of 10 qualification groups for the 2009 event. p
Soccer

  • Redknapp and Pearce keep fires stirred

    Manchester City's relationship with Portsmouth is in danger of descending into rancorous hostility after another day of muck-slinging and finger-pointing about what Stuart Pearce described as a "witch-hunt" of Joey Barton. City will today protest about Pompey's behaviour in an official statement and Pearce's long-standing friendship with his counterpart Harry Redknapp is threatened. p

  • Eto'o outburst opens Barca wounds

    Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard and the club's sporting director, Txiki Begiristain, will today decide what action to take against Samuel Eto'o after the striker sparked a crisis at the Nou Camp a week before the crucial Champions League tie against Liverpool. p

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  • Anger over ban on English-based players

    Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has slammed English Premier Rugby for barring three English-based players from taking part in a Murrayfield training session. p

  • Irish pair prop up Bristol Rugby News

    Two Ireland A props have signed for Bristol. Ray Hogan has left Connacht, while Peter Bracken has moved from Wasps. p

  • St Munchin's send the holders packing

    Schools Rugby Munster Junior Cup St Munchins 17 CBC 10 St Munchin's College came through the second round quarter-final qualifying stage of this year's Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup against Christian Brothers College at Thomond Park yesterday. p
Gaelic Games Back to Top

  • Relishing decade of the Cross

    All-Ireland Club SFC Crossmaglen's Oisin McConville Beyond the obvious historical significance there are further implications to the dismantling this week of the old British army watchtower that for years has stood directly adjacent to Crossmaglen Rangers GAA club. It's likely that some of the leading football clubs in the country, and especially in Ulster, will also breathe a sigh of relief. p

  • League has big three all primed

    National Hurling League It must be something of a record when Ger Loughnane happily agrees with old adversaries Babs Keating and Gerald McCarthy, although we'll see how long that lasts. For now, all three managers are unified in their serious approach to this year's Allianz Hurling League, and also to the familiar issue of referees. p

  • Clare crisis deepens as Mahedy steps down

    Hurling The apparent conflicts within Clare hurling deepened yesterday as team trainer Dave Mahedy stepped down with immediate effect. p

  • Fitzgibbon Cup Halbert's goal proves decisive

    UCC 1-10 Garda College 0-12 A goal by John Halbert for UCC after 20 minutes turned out to be the decisive score in a keenly contested Fitzgibbon Cup, third level colleges senior hurling tie at Templemore yesterday when the Cork college edged out Garda College, Templemore. p

  • Dooher returns as Tyrone advance

    Dr McKenna Cup Semi-final Tyrone 2-16 Monaghan 0-8 Mickey Harte made 15 changes from Sunday's league side, but Tyrone still coasted to a fifth successive appearance in the Dr McKenna Cup final at Breffni Park last night. p

  • Foreign games to stay on menu at HQ

    Seán Moran On Gaelic Games Sunday's denouement, typical as it was of French involvement in our affairs down the ages - late and greatly disappointing - reminded us that key events in Irish history frequently turn out for the worse. Still, we soldier on. p
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  • Catch Me may get chance to make amends

    Edward O'Grady's star novice Catch Me looks set to have another crack at Aran Concerto in Cheltenham's Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle after his unfortunate exit at Leopardstown last weekend. p

  • Mullins fancies veteran's chances

    Not since Red Rum has a horse dominated the Aintree scene like Hedgehunter and trainer Willie Mullins believes his veteran has every chance of winning the John Smith's Grand National for a second time. p
OtherBack to Top

  • January award Breen rewarded for drive to the title

    Irish Times/Vhi Healthcare Sportswoman of the Year We're off again, just a few weeks after choosing Derval O'Rourke as our 2006 Sportswoman of the Year, the athlete joining previous winners Cathy Gannon (horse racing) and Briege Corkery (Gaelic football and camogie) on our roll of honour, it's time to begin the search for our 2007 winner. p

  • Record run puts Birmingham on Gillick's route

    Athletics News Whatever David Gillick originally thought about the European Indoor Championships quickly changed after his sensational Irish indoor record over 400 metres in Germany on February 6th. p

  • Birrell backs form for Caribbean adventure

    Cricket World Cup Ireland have announced an unchanged, 15-man squad for their debut in the ICC Cricket World Cup in March. p
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