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  • Augusta bites back

    GOLF: So, this is what it was all about. And, it seems, the green jackets knew what they were truly about. p

  • Hungrier Glasgow pack too much for Leinster

    Glasgow Warriors 26 Leinster 20: Leinster's hopes of securing the Magners Celtic League title took a knock last night when they lost to Glasgow Warriors at Hughenden to end a 10-match winning run over the Scots side. p

  • Arteta is the star of the show

    SOCCER/Everton 4 Fulham 1: Mikel Arteta dismantled Fulham almost single-handedly last night with a virtuoso performance that inspired Everton to an emphatic victory which leaves David Moyes's team well placed for European qualification via the Premiership. p
Soccer

  • Charlton headed for safety

    Manchester City 0 Charlton Ath 0: Alan Pardew has endeavoured to alter his players' collective mindset by asking them to take the field pretending they are challenging for honours rather than attempting to avert relegation. This act is working so well that Charlton last night moved out of the Premiership's bottom three for the first time since September and have now gone five games without defeat. p

  • Wenger insists Henry will stay

    Arsene Wenger has addressed the future, both immediate and long term, at Arsenal by insisting Thierry Henry will remain at the club next season while warning that any potential takeover by the American billionaire Stan Kroenke should not lead to the erosion of the established values and traditions held by the club. p

  • Uefa official highly critical of IFC

    A senior Uefa official has launched an extraordinary attack on the Independent Football Commission (IFC), accusing it of "wildly over-the-top sycophancy" towards English clubs after the watchdog pointed out deficiencies in safety standards and crowd control at many European stadiums. p

  • Arsenal 'family' impress Kroenke

    Jim van Wijk on the latest USA investment in a Premiership club p

  • Ferguson criticises fixture scheduling

    Alex Ferguson has hit out at the crazy fixture scheduling he believes has handed Chelsea an unfair boost in the race for the Premiership title. p

  • Kelly completes a good week for Bohemians

    Bohemians 1 Sligo Rovers 0: In terms of convincing the Dalymount faithful he is the man to lead Bohemians toward a bright new dawn, Tuesday's late comeback against the club's bitter rivals, Shamrock Rovers, represented an important boost to Sean Connor. p

  • Slick students find their form

    UCD 3 Waterfford Utd 0: Pete Mahon will hope this result, his side's first win of the campaign, ignites UCD's season. Never bracketed among the contenders, the students still have a habit of making life difficult for others as Waterford will testify. p

  • Quigley goal keeps St Patrick's rolling

    Galway Utd 0 St Patricks Athletic 1: When St Patrick's Athletic boss John McDonnell sits down with his morning tea the Dubliner will reflect with ample satisfaction on another efficient 90 minutes. The club are perched proudly on the Premier Division summit and their flawless record after five games suggests this could be a fascinating season as their rollicking adventure persists. p

  • Robinson on cue for Drogheda

    Longford Town 0 Drogheda Utd 1: High-flying Drogheda kept their good early season form going with this victory in Flancare Park. However, they looked anything but prospective champions in this poor encounter against the division's bottom club. p

  • Purcell brace too much for Bray

    Bray Wanderers 0 Shamrock Rovers 1: Having scored against arch-rivals Bohemians in midweek, Tadhg Purcell found the net early and late to further endear himself to Shamrock Rovers' fans as Pat Scully's side got back to winning ways. p
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  • Kicking the golden goose to death

    European Cup crisis : The boycott is a disaster for players and fans, and it's hard to find winners in the present mess, writes Gerry Thornley . p

  • Pride is spur for Connacht

    Connacht v Cardiff: Connacht's efforts now are all for pride. While nobody knows what next season will bring in terms of competition, the province will concentrate on trying to catch Munster. With seven players injured Connacht have made four changes from last week's starting line-up. p

  • Munster elect to freshen things up

    Ospreys v Munster: With minds grimly focused on the Magners Celtic League, Munster coach Declan Kidney uses today's game against Ospreys to freshen up his side and welcome back several players from injury. p

  • European Cup crisis: Origin of the row and possible outcomes

    A look at the crisis surrounding the European Cup. p
RacingBack to Top

  • Arch Wing to fly high

    There may be a pair of Grand Nationals in the next week but there is a sense of the flat season kicking off properly at Leopardstown this afternoon where Arch Swing can book her classic ticket for the Newmarket 1,000 Guineas. p

  • Cane Brake gets green light

    Cane Brake will head a maximum field of 30 runners in Monday's Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National after an early morning inspection of the Fairyhouse track yesterday by Tom Taaffe resulted in the topweight getting the green light to run. p

  • Schindlers Hunt should relish ground

    Schindlers Hunt missed out on the chance to run at Cheltenham, but some Grade One compensation looks like it could be waiting for him on the opening day of the Fairyhouse Easter festival in the Powers Gold Cup. p
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  • Rankin a top draw for vexed Guyanans

    World Cup diary: Richard Gillis on a week in which the Irish found favour with prince as well as punter. p

  • Strauss likely to get the nod

    Forgotten man Andrew Strauss has a good chance of playing against Australia in tomorrow's World Cup Super Eights match, England captain Michael Vaughan said yesterday. p
GolfBack to Top

  • Harrington makes most of a few good breaks

    US Masters: On Thursday evening, something played on Padraig Harrington's mind as he reflected on his woeful start to his latest US Masters adventure. It wasn't the triple-bogey eight that was racked up on the 15th; rather, it was the misdemeanour on the previous hole, the 14th, where he three-putted from 25 feet. p

  • Augusta Digest

    Today's other news in brief p

  • Grant nets course record Rosses Point

    West of Ireland Amateur Open:  The last time Stephen Grant played under an azure sky, the former Shamrock Rovers and Sunderland striker tweaked his pelvis so badly he has been in pain ever since. p

  • Walrus swimming against the new tide

    Sideline Cut: Watching Craig Stadler rumbling around the fairways during the first round at Augusta brought to mind the old chestnut: is golf a sport or is it a game? Having won the Masters title a full quarter of a century ago, Stadler is entitled to treat the most famous golf tournament in the world as his pleasure dome and during a tricky first round, the Walrus showed a deft hand and unerring eye as he drew the television cameras away from Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson and all the other young guns who were meant to set the pace. p
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  • Frustrating times for Button and Honda

    MOTOR SPORT/Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix: The baking-hot Sepang circuit holds special memories for Jenson Button, for it was here three years ago in a BAR-Honda that he claimed his first podium finish. In those days he was the young darling of the British fans; these days he has to walk past Britain's favourite driver to get to his car. p

  • Ireland prove too strong for Italy

    DIGEST: Having been held to a draw by Italy on Thursday in the first of their four games at Belfield, Ireland proved much too strong for the visitors when they met again yesterday, winning 3-0, writes Mary Hannigan. p
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