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  • Spurs still have a bit of work left

    Benni McCarthy heads Blackburn Rovers in front during last night's game against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane. SOCCER/English FA Premiership/Tottenham 1 Blackburn 1: Dimitar Berbatov has been the focus of attention but, with Chelsea and Manchester United apparently searching for a new striker, the form of Benni McCarthy must also demand consideration p

  • Heavin dropped but Dolan to start

    GAELIC GAMES/Championship 2007 News round-up: Westmeath wing back Derek Heavin has experienced the wrath of Tomás Ó Flatharta by being dropped for Sunday's opening Leinster football championship match against Longford. p

  • Leinster need more than just a victory

    Leinster outhalf Felipe Contepomi (centre) is tackled by Nick Macleod (10) and Marc Stcherbina of this evening's opponents, Cardiff Blues, when the sides met in the Celtic League at Donnybrook in September 2006. Contepomi has just completed his medical finals and is free to play in Cardiff tonight. RUGBY/Celtic League/Cardiff Blues v Leinster: Leinster could be forgiven a feeling of déjà vu. For the second year running they travel to a capital city within tantalising reach of the Magners Celtic League title. Then, despite securing a bonus-point win over Edinburgh, the title was taken away from their grasp by David Humphreys' late drop goal via the woodwork. This time, at least, they have their destiny in their own hands, although the task is arguably bigger. p
Soccer

  • Final victory would cap it all for Shelley

    Setanta Cup Final: Having found himself in the relatively unfamiliar territory of central defence in the past few weeks because of the lengthy injury list at United Park, picking up the Eircom-sponsored Soccer Writers' Association Player of the Month award for April came as a welcome surprise for Drogheda defender Brian Shelley. p

  • St Patrick's look for lift League of Ireland

    Premier Division: Having been the most prolific side in the country over the opening weeks of the season St Patrick's Athletic have lost their scoring touch of late and go to Belfield this evening in search of the win and goals that would restore some momentum. p

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  • This is what it takes to get to the top

    Mostly Hurling: 'Dara, I know you have a really busy schedule. We just want someone of your stature and experience to talk to the team. I feel we're turning the whole thing round. We, I think, at last, have a panel of players who are totally committed to hurling. Attendance at training has been excellent. Our league form has been very encouraging. Hearing it coming from you will give it so much more cred, multi All-Ireland winner, multi All Star, hurler of the year. You've walked the walk. We'd love to hear you talk the talk." p

  • Grimley keeping Cavan focused

    Being the pioneers of Ulster's now regular annexation of Sam Maguire, there are plenty of football stories beneath the surface in Cavan. And yet, if they manage to make a breakthrough this summer - starting with a victory over Down on Sunday - much of the praise will be heaped upon an Armagh man. p

  • Ulster title not enough for McConville

    For the past three years Armagh footballers have stressed their dominance of Ulster has been diluted by a failure to add a second All-Ireland title to the breakthrough success of 2002, reports Gavin Cummiskey. Speaking at yesterday's launch of the VHI Cúl camps in Croke Park, veteran forward Oisín McConville went so far as to highlight the irrelevancy of achieving a fourth successive provincial medal. p
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  • Nothing at stake but pride for Ulster

    Ulster v Edinburgh: It's a season that can't end quickly enough for reigning champions Ulster but they will be determined that it finishes on a positive footnote. p

  • No change to AIL

    The IRFU has agreed, at a special meeting yesterday, that the structure of the All-Ireland League from 2008/09 will remain a competition of three divisions consisting of 16 clubs in each divisions. p

  • Durcan starts for Connacht

    Llanelli v Connacht: Connacht coach Michael Bradley has decided to start 20-year-old former underage international Peter Durcan at outhalf, one of four changes for tonight's match. Daniel Riordan and Gavin Duffy swap places as the former goes to fullback and the latter to outside centre. p

  • Changes for World Cup

    The battle to tweak global rugby fixtures and attempt to harmonise the differing demands in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere is manifest in a change in the qualification process for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. p
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  • Mickelson shows way as Woods struggles

    For most players who endured this test of survival, the smiles were provided through gritted teeth. With an at-times swirling, at times-gusting wind accentuating the challenges of the TPC at Sawgrass course in yesterday's first round of The Players, the mirror-images were provided by familiar figures: Tiger Woods, who lost to the course; and Phil Mickelson, one of the few to triumph over it. p

  • Clarke a long-term doubt

    Darren Clarke had the look of a man who had been kicked when he was down. For the second week running, the Ulsterman's involvement in a tournament ended prematurely as the deep-rooted hamstring injury he sustained recently in a kick-about with his children yesterday forced him to withdraw from The Players early in his first round. p

  • Haeggman's outside-agent

    ANDALUCIA OPEN : Joakim Haeggman survived an attack from an angry goose to lie just two shots off the lead after the first round of the Valle Romano Open de Andalucia. p
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  • Wachman set for Guineas

    David Wachman is hoping that Followmyfootsteps can go one better than his former stable companion Indesatchal and win Sunday's French 2,000 Guineas at Longchamp. p

  • Quick follow-up for Rama looks on

    King Rama won under Michael Kinane at the Curragh on Monday and now teams up with another champion at Wexford this evening when the top jumps rider, Ruby Walsh, switches to the Flat for John Kiely's horse. p
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  • Roche targets Giro d'Italia finish

    CYCLING: Promising young Irish professional Nicolas Roche will tomorrow begin the first three-week tour of his career, lining out in the Giro d'Italia as part of the Crédit Agricole team for the race. p

  • Record entry for Dún Laoghaire

    SAILING/Dun Laoghaire Regatta: With just over two months to the first race in the Volvo Dún Laoghaire Regatta, organisers have received more than 400 confirmed entries, equalling the entire turn-out of the inaugural event in 2005. A conservative estimate of crew numbers suggests that at least 3,000 people will be competing daily during the series. p

  • Barrable chases unique double

    MOTOR SPORT: Michael Barrable aims to move up several places on the Dunlop National Rally Championship scoreboard as he mounts a serious challenge to win the title he lost to Richard Smyth on the final round back in 1990. p

  • Three bright spots on dark day

    CRICKET/Ireland v Gloucestershire: Trent Johnston became only the second player in Ireland cricket history to take a hat-trick and the first for 130 years, during Ireland's match against Gloucestershire at Clontarf yesterday. It was the one bright moment in an otherwise dismal display by the home team, who were bowled out for 63 chasing Gloucestershire's total of 248. p

  • Dunne back at the Point

    BOXING : Wayne McCullough has been added to the undercard of the next Bernard Dunne bill in Dublin on June 23rd. As Dunne takes to the Point Depot for the second defence of his European title against Norway's Reidar Walstad in the expectation of again selling out the venue, McCullough arrives for his first professional fight in two years and his first in Dublin for 12 years. p

  • Irish make annual exodus

    ROWING: It's hard to think of an equivalent event in another Irish sport. This weekend hundreds of athletes, most of them young, will head off to take part in the KRSG regatta in Ghent, Belgium. It is as if the GAA held their provincial championship finals overseas. p

  • Federer falls in Rome

    TENNIS: Roger Federer's dreams of winning his first Rome Masters title ended when he was beaten 6-2 6-4 by Italian wild card Filippo Volandri in the last 16 yesterday. p
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