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  • Munster's defence never gets started

    Dafydd James of Llanelli dives over to score their first try during last night's European Cup quarter-final match against Munster at Stradey Park in Llanelli, Wales RUGBY: Munster are Heineken European Cup champions no longer. It would have taken a near vintage Munster effort to subdue a deeply impressive and much more hard-running, aggressive and high tempo Llanelli last night in Stradey Park, where the Scarlets hadn't lost in 14 months, and this was far from Munster at their best. p

  • Difficult day for the Irish - whatever side they were on

    CRICKET/Ireland v England: It was a difficult day for the Irish in Georgetown yesterday - whatever side they were on. Ireland's batsmen were left with too big a mountain to climb as some late-order hitting by England changed the course of the game. The underdogs came up short, being bowled out for 218 to lose by 48 runs. p

  • GAA club win leave to fight single use

    SOCCER/Shamrock Rovers' stadium: One of Dublin's oldest GAA clubs have been permitted by the High Court to bring a legal challenge to a decision that the stadium proposed to be the new home of Shamrock Rovers be developed as a soccer-only venue. p
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  • Ferguson criticises 'mocking culture'

    English FA Premiership: Alex Ferguson has blamed what he describes as the "mocking culture" created by reality television shows such as Dancing on Ice, The X Factor, Pop Idol and Strictly Coming Dancing for exacerbating Steve McClaren's plight. p

  • Gerrard keeps on right side of Benitez

    Liverpool v Arsenal: Rafael Benitez has told Steven Gerrard that he will return to the right-hand side of midfield at Liverpool, away from his favoured role in the centre, with the manager stressing his duty lies with the team rather than in placating any one player. p

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  • Maradona's story might still inspire

      Sideline Cut: One of the more troubling sporting headlines of the week reported that Diego Maradona had been rushed to hospital in his home city of Buenos Aires. Of the many champions who have fallen from grace down the years, the deterioration of Maradona - who replaced his genius for football with the kind of lifestyle preferred by Tony Montana and his chums in Scarface - was particularly poignant. Every so often, photographs would appear of the footballer padding along in loafers and shorts and so bloated that only his face was recognisable. p

  • Rovers chair 'frustrated'

    Shamrock Rovers chairman Jonathan Roche last night expressed his "frustration" over the High Court decision to allow Thomas Davis GAA club to challenge the decision to develop the stadium at Whitestown Way, near the Square shopping centre, for the playing of soccer only. p

  • Quigley settles issue quickly

    League of Ireland/St Patrick's Athletic 3 Bray Wanderers 1: Off the pitch things could scarcely be going much better these days up at Richmond Park where the return of Brian Kerr to St Patrick's Athletic and the promise of cash had combined to lift morale even before the season got properly under way. p

  • O'Donovan on the mark again

    Cork City 2 Longford Town 0: Roy O'Donovan was once again the star of the show for Cork City as they killed off the Longford Town challenge with two goals in the opening 20 minutes. p

  • Crowe gets Bohemians off mark

    Waterford Utd 0 Bohemians 1: Waterford United slumped to their third defeat in succession last night as a superior Bohemians worked hard at the RSC to score their first goal and dig out their first win of the campaign. p

  • O'Brien gets United going

    Drogheda Utd 2 Derry City 1: A last-minute own goal by Drogheda was not enough to see Derry City snatch a last-gasp draw at United Park last night. p

  • Rowe pounces for winner

    Shamrock Rovers 1 Galway Utd 0: Ger Rowe got the all-important goal for Shamrock Rovers as Pat Scully's side continued their good start to the campaign with a hard-earned win over Galway United at Tolka Park last night. p

  • Some say Roy Keane made himself a great player, but was born to manage

    Tom Humphries shares the wit and hard-won wisdom that has already made this managerial novice the most talked about gaffer in the English Championship p
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  • Champions let grip on crown slip too easily

    European Cup Quarter-finals/Llanelli 24 Munster 15: Munster's European crown didn't so much slip as it was forcibly removed by a fired-up, far better Scarlets in their frenzied Stradey Park furnace last night. All in all, Munster can have few complaints, although they'll have plenty of regrets. p

  • Contepomi to take Leinster over the line

    London Wasps v Leinster:   Now this truly will be intriguing. The presence of so many gamebreakers merely adds to the fascination of what promises to be an absorbing tactical duel. Wasps and Leinster could, curiously, almost be designed to maximise damage to the other, and at various points most probably both will. p

  • Accidental tourist on a dream ride

    European Cup Quarter-finals: Leinster hooker Bernard Jackman tells Johnny Waterson how his career has changed so much in just a few months p

  • Murphy says Leicester not distracted by chase for treble

    Leicester v Stade Francais: Geordan Murphy has underlined Leicester's degree of difficulty in chasing an unprecedented trophy treble, declaring: "It is like climbing Everest." For a second successive season, Tigers have arrived at the business end of a marathon campaign still in contention to win three competitions. p

  • Biarritz have grounds for optimism to make progress

    Biarritz v Northampton: Northampton captain Bruce Reihana has labelled Saints' mission improbable against Biarritz on Sunday as "a great opportunity". p
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  • Top two primed for Dubai

    Connections of the two leading contenders for the Dubai World Cup expressed delight at the form of their representatives ahead of the world's richest race. p

  • Conditions right for Anna Pavlova

    The Irish-born trainer Richard Fahey has sent Anna Pavlova from his Yorkshire stables to Navan for tomorrow's €75,000 feature where she will find her ideal conditions waiting. p

  • Crooked Throw out to break hoodoo

    Charlie Swan might be one of the best known names in the National Hunt game but he will be trying to break something of an Irish hoodoo in the first big Flat handicap of the British turf season at Newcastle today. p
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  • Rookie McGowan grabs surprise lead

    European and US Tours: Ross McGowan, a professional for only four months and playing just his second European Tour event, leads the Portuguese Open at Quinta da Marinha at the halfway stage. p

  • Harrington five behind

    Pádraig Harrington shot a level par 72, but still trailed by five shots midway through the second round of the Shell Houston Open at Redstone GC Tournament Course in Humble, Texas, yesterday. p
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  • Phelps makes it five golds

    SWIMMING/World Championships: Michael Phelps scooped up his fifth gold medal at the World Championships yesterday but is still to face his toughest test. p

  • Coakley set for lightweight role

    ROWING/Selection regatta: Richard Coakley moved into pole position to secure a place in Ireland's most successful crew, the lightweight four, on day one of the first national selection regatta at the National Rowing Centre in Cork yesterday. p

  • Doherty beaten in dramatic last frame

    SNOOKER: Ronnie O'Sullivan and Graeme Dott will clash in the first of today's semi-finals in the China Open. The Rocket and the world champion both impressed in their quarter-final matches at the Beijing University Gymnasium yesterday. p

  • Wiggins on trackto claim a hat-trick

    CYCLING: Bradley Wiggins is on course for a hat-trick of gold medals at the track World Championships in Palma, Majorca, after sharing in the team pursuit victory to go with his success in the individual pursuit. p

  • Loeb takes the lead on final stage in Portugal

    RALLYING: Citroen's Sebastien Loeb snatched the lead of the Rally Portugal on the final stage of the opening leg after an epic day-long tussle with title rival Marcus Gronholm. p
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