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  • Name of game is winning

    One of many fascinating clashes expected in today's Manchester derby is the one between United's Wayne Rooney and City's Richard Dunne. SOCCER/Manchester City v Manchester Utd: If everything goes according to plan for Alex Ferguson, Manchester United may be confirmed as champions tomorrow evening. But there will be no party at Fairfields, the house he has named after the Govan shipyard where his father worked. "I will be abroad," the manager reported, and the first he will hear about how Chelsea have done at Arsenal will be via text messages on his mobile. p

  • Leinster to sign off in style

    RUGBY/Leinster v Borders Reivers: By the time Leinster take the field at Donnybrook tonight, they'll be better versed into how their Magners Celtic League title aspirations rest following the matches in Hughenden last night and at Stradey Park this afternoon. p
Soccer

  • Game of high stakes

    As the relegation battle reaches a climax, for struggling Premiership clubs the price of failure has never been so high, reports Stuart James p

  • Students secure a good point

    Bohemians 0 UCD 0: They may be unbeaten at home, and looking a good deal tighter at the back than has been the case in recent seasons, but Bohemians' problems at the other end of the park cost them once again last night at Dalymount Park. Another couple of points were dropped against the sort of side Sean Connor had conceded before the game they should be beating - if they are to achieve something substantial over the course of this season. p

  • Galway's search continues

    Galway Utd - 1 Derry City 1: Galway United's frenetic search for a Terryland Park victory continues. There has been a touch of the erratic about both teams this season. Having delivered only one point out of a possible 12 on home turf Galway were under severe pressure, while Derry City's start to the campaign has also been disappointing. p

  • Rowe gets timing right

    Shamrock  Rovers 1 Sligo Rovers 0: Paul Cook, the new Sligo manager, was preparing to celebrate a scarcely deserved point when Ger Rowe's injury-time shot landed high in the visitors' net. p

  • Drogheda caught by Kavanagh

    Waterford Utd 1 Drogheda Utd 1: Drogheda United had a golden opportunity at the RSC last night to leapfrog St Patrick's Athletic and take over the top spot in the league table. p

  • Leeds face government investigation

    Leeds United and the offshore companies that own them will face an investigation by British Revenue and Customs after the club filed for administration last night. The former Champions League semi-finalists have been relegated as the Championship's bottom club after incurring the mandatory 10-point Football League penalty triggered by administration. p

  • Soccer Shorts

    Today's other stories in brief p
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  • Good vision to put us in the picture

    RTÉ's television deal with the GAA works out well for both parties, Seán Moran finds out why p

  • Griffin is ready for the cycle of his life

    Seán Kenny meets the Clare hurler who after just four months' intensive training is cycling across Canada for cancer charity p

  • Weekend previews

    All-Ireland Under-21 FC final: Cork v Laois, Thurles, 7.0 - Cork have won the past four Munster titles but have yet to add an All-Ireland whereas Laois have been formidable at minor without stepping up to the next level. p
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  • Something has to give this time

    All-Ireland League Division One final/Cork Constitution v Garryowen: Sport doesn't always adhere to the meritocracy system but on this occasion it appears the best two teams have deservedly qualified for this encounter. Cork Constitution have been the form team this season, putting together a marvellous run in the league proper, that included a 12-11 victory over today's opponents at Dooradoyle. p

  • Dragons make light work of it

    Celtic League Reports/Dragons 23 Connacht 0: Two sides of limited resources but honest endeavour can usually make for an uncompromising and entertaining clash. But on this occasion there was a little more huff and puff than substance. Connacht were poor and the Dragons marginally better, but the Welsh side deserved the points and with it the prize on offer - the Heineken European Cup play-off berth. p

  • Munster flex their muscle

    Edinburgh 9 Munster 31: Ireland lock Paul O'Connell celebrated his return to Magners Celtic League rugby with victory over Edinburgh at Murrayfield last night to boost his side's standing in the championship. O'Connell, voted man of the match, was at the heart of a powerful forward effort that paved the way for Munster's victory over the Scottish side. p
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  • Harrington slips up at the last

    US TOUR: Padraig Harrington relinquished his share of the Wachovia Championship lead when he carded a seven on the par four 18th at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. p
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  • Athenian Way can prove her worth

    Arch Swing won't be the only filly that John Oxx has an eye on tomorrow as, just 25 minutes after the 1,000 Guineas, Athenian Way can be fancied to pick up the Listed Victor McCalmont Stakes at Gowran Park. p

  • Take a chance with Haatef

    Guineas Preview: Last season's epic Dewhurst Stakes has been seen all spring as being the definitive guide to the Stan James 2,000 Guineas and although both Teofilo and Holy Roman Emperor aren't around that can still prove the case with Haatef providing a fifth Irish victory in the last six years. p

  • Restoration looks the one to beat

    Restoration has been mixing it with some of the best novice hurdlers in Ireland but can secure a winning chasing debut at Kilbeggan this evening, reports Brian O'Connor . p
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  • Disabled but more than able

    Grania Willis meets the inspirational rider who having bounced back from a ghastly car crash that left her with severe injuries aims to compete not only in next year's Paralympics but also in the 2012 Olympics p

  • Golden Boy's power could tip the balance

    BOXING/WBC world light-middleweight title: The meeting of Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather has captured the imagination of the boxing public. John Rawling sets the scene for their eagerly awaited fight in Las Vegas p

  • Slowing up, but not on the track

    MOTOR SPORT/Chinese Grand Prix: Paddy Agnew on why Italy's world champion Valentino Rossi, one of the world's most highly paid sportsmen, is such an iconic figure in his homeland p

  • Baptism of fire for new man Hayward

    CRICKET/Somerset v Ireland: Ireland's new overseas signing, Nanty Hayward, will receive a baptism of fire tomorrow, when he plays his first games in the Friends Provident Trophy campaign, against Somerset at Taunton. Ireland then move to Southampton on Monday to play Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. p

  • Fredericks on course for a family double

    EQUESTRIAN: Australian Lucinda Fredericks' bid for a family double is still on course as she leads the Mitsubishi Motors field after two days of dressage at the Badminton three-day event, reports Grania Willis. p

  • Oracle boosted by top-of-table win over Luna Rossa

    SAILING/America's Cup: US syndicate BMW Oracle Racing snatched a morale-boosting win over Italian boat Luna Rossa in the top-of-the-table clash in the Louis Vuitton Cup yesterday. p

  • Selby puts pressure on former champion

    SNOOKER/World Championship: Mark Selby, the 23-year-old qualifier from Leicester who has already eliminated three members of the top 16 in Stephen Lee, Peter Ebdon and Allister Carter, goes into this morning's penultimate session of his semi-final against the 2005 champion, Shaun Murphy, at eight frames all. p

  • Oscar's night the only show in town

    Sideline Cut: Las Vegas and boxing make up the most lurid and intoxicating of all the concoctions in sport, and late tonight in the neon jewel on the Nevada desert, the latest biggest show on earth returns. The meeting of Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather cannot generate the kind of global excitement of the vintage heavyweight bouts of the previous four decades. But it is an irresistible story. p
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