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  • Seville unrest as Keane goal gives hope

    Tottenham's Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane prepares to gather possession of the ball before rounding Sevilla goalkeeper Andres Palop Cervera to score during their Uefa Cup quarter-final tie last night. SOCCER/Sevilla 2 Tottenham 1: Tottenham and Sevilla look certain to face investigation from Uefa following a second successive night of violence involving English football fans in Europe. p

  • Monumental Ireland effort comes up short

    Ireland's centre Conor Cleary tries to smash a way through the Australian defence during the Under-19 World Cup game at Ravenhill last evening. RUGBY/Under-19 World Cup/Ireland 10 Australia 15: It was one of those occasions when fortune didn't favour the brave as Ireland rattled the defending champions to their back teeth only to come up marginally short. The Australians played just over half the match with 14 men after number eight Michael Uoka was sent off two minutes before the interval. p

  • Chelsea consigned to role of outsiders

    SOCCER: Roman Abramovich set out to buy thoroughbreds so how come Chelsea are merely the dark horses of the Champions League? There is only a sliver of ground to be made up in the quarter-final, but Valencia do have a little advantage following the away goal in the draw at Stamford Bridge. The Premiership title-holders are once more cast as plucky outsiders. p
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  • Roma riots badly timed for Italians

    Italian football yet again finds itself in the dock in relation to violence, in the wake of Wednesday night's Champions League clash between AS Roma and Manchester United. European football's governing body, Uefa, yesterday confirmed it would be investigating the events at the Olympic Stadium in Rome - where Italian riot police waded in to United's 4,000-strong travelling support - events seen by television audiences all over Europe . p

  • Cousins accentuates the positive

    Points may win prizes, but Galway United manager Tony Cousins has taken solace from his side's recent performances and is undaunted by the visit of league leaders St Patrick's Athletic to Terryland Park tonight. p

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  • New broom and a touch more bristle

    National Football League: Brian McDonald tells Ian O'Riordan why Laois are looking to the summer with real confidence p

  • Women footballers stake a claim

     Player welfare funds:   Following this week's agreement between the GAA and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) to pursue Government player welfare funds, the women's football association has claimed they are similarly entitled to such funding. p

  • €85m to be shared on projects

    SPORTS GRANTS: Almost 1,000 facilities throughout the country will benefit from the €85 million in funding under the 2007 Sports Capital Programme. Details of the funding, which is being allocated to 935 clubs and centres and to regional, municipal and national facilities, were announced yesterday by the Department of Sport. p
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  • Irish high and dry as French pull plug

    European Cup: Few can see the winners in yesterday's decision. Presumably the French and the English clubs believe they have won a battle of sorts but the confirmation yesterday afternoon that clubs from the two biggest nations in European rugby would not participate in next year's Heineken European Cup sounded final and defiant. p

  • 'A big blow to the professional ranks'

    There was little positive reaction in Ireland to yesterday's nuclear option taken by the French and English clubs with regard to the Heineken European Cup. From Irish coach Eddie O'Sullivan to IRFU chief executive Philip Browne, Heineken Events and Sponsorship Manager Pat Maher and Llanelli chief executive Stuart Gallacher, the description of the position taken by the boycotting clubs ranged from "disappointing" to "suicidal". p

  • Leaders Leinster regroup

    Celtic League/Glasgow v Leinster:   Leinster are riding high on top of the Magners Celtic League with 50 points, four ahead of second-placed Ulster. Given their Heineken European Cup dream died last weekend in London, their focus is on carrying off at least one trophy this season. p

  • Fruean lays winning foundation

    New Zealand 37 Wales 14: It was a reasonably comfortable victory for last year's beaten finalists, the foundation for which was laid in the opening 12 minutes when New Zealand crossed for three tries, all from powerful outside centre Robert Fruean. p
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  • Homer Wells 'a big doubt' for feature

    The complexion of Monday's Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National could change significantly before today's final declaration stage with one of the co-favourites for Ireland's most valuable chase, Homer Wells, already rated a "a big doubt" due to ground conditions at Fairyhouse. p
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  • Flawless Rose grabs the early lead

    US Masters: Who could have foreseen it? As the 71st Masters tormented and teased those eyeing the prospect of having a green jacket slipped on their shoulders come Sunday evening, Justin Rose, a player wrapped in cotton wool for the past couple of months to protect a back injury, coped most admirably with all the questions posed by Augusta National, a course whose slick greens were aided and abetted by a constant breeze to add to the devilment of it all. p

  • Big names shoot some big numbers

    Oh, how the golfing gods can mock. If, following on from the comedy of errors that afflicted him down the 72nd hole of the US Open at Winged Foot last June, Phil Mickelson thought he would be spared ridicule at Augusta National, of all places, he was wrong. p

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  • Tour veteran to lead German team in Rás

    CYCLING: Several competitors from past editions of the FBD Insurance Rás have gone on to ride the Tour de France, but the reverse will occur this year when three-time Tour rider Daniel Becke will take part in the eight-day Irish event. p

  • O'Leary to race new boat

    SAILING: Two-time winner of the Sovereign's Cup, Anthony O'Leary, will be back in action - but in a new boat - in June for a double helping of regattas in a fortnight. p

  • World champions to test Irish

    HOCKEY: Typically in hockey, the Easter weekend is a busy one. Internationally, the Ireland team travel to a number of countries in Europe, while at club level, Cork Harlequins are in Prague on European Championship duty. As a result of Harlequins' commitments, Ireland coach Dave Passmore is without Jason and Mark Black and Sean Nicholson, while David Hobbs and Gareth Lennox are injured and Geoff McCabe is being rested. p

  • Italy games allow Muller to experiment

    HOCKEY: It's another busy weekend for the Ireland squad, whose training camp at Belfield includes a series of matches against Italy, who, with the Netherlands and England, are in Ireland's European Championship pool in Manchester in August. p

  • Move to improve junior coaching

    ROWING: The new National Rowing Centre is fast becoming an eye-catching marvel of varnished wood and tinted glass; this weekend some of the top athletes in the country begin a camp there with their hearts set on a place in Beijing next year. They know that if they prove themselves their dream will be handsomely resourced. p

  • O'Connell in Palma medal race

    SAILING: Today sees the final race of the Palma Olympic Classes Regatta reduce in size from 1,010 boats to just 110 as the top contenders from each discipline compete for the medal race this afternoon, writes David Branigan . p

  • Higgins and Donnelly slug it out

    MOTOR SPORT: Irish champion Eugene Donnelly and British champion Mark Higgins, in Subaru WRCs, will slog it out over the Sperrins stages for the Ulster Automobile Club's International Easter Rally, the replacement for the Circuit of Ireland, writes Brian Foley. p
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