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Babs says refereeing was worst he's seen
Gaelic Games: Tipperary manager Michael 'Babs' Keating has unleashed a scathing attack on the refereeing of Brian Gavin in last Saturday's Munster SHC semi-final replay against Limerick in Thurles. p

Excellent as O'Brien dominates St James's Palace
Racing: Royal Ascot report and preview George Washington might not have lived up to his headline billing yesterday but instead it was his trainer Aidan O'Brien who stepped into the spotlight on the first day of Royal Ascot with a remarkable clean sweep of the St James's Palace Stakes headed by Excellent Art. p

Warning of 'something more draconian'
The GAA won't be undertaking any immediate review of their disciplinary procedures at Saturday's Central Council meeting. p
Caffrey sticks to his winning formula
Maybe someday Paul Caffrey will surprise us all and shake things up, but once again there is no change in the Dublin team for Sunday's Leinster football semi-final against Offaly. p
Problem is DRA seen as just a rung on the ladder
Clash - not as in 'Clash of the Ash' or 'appetising weekend clash' but as in Joe Strummer - is this week's starting point. I Fought the Law is an appropriate sound track for many of the woes besetting the GAA's disciplinary system. Pedants can point out (indeed one is about to) that the song was actually written by Sonny Curtis of the (post-Buddy Holly) Crickets, but let the intro run free. p
Dublin have now moved forward
Jack O'Connor's column All over the pitch Dublin looked stronger, quicker and much more confident p

Derry look to former Hearts manager
League of Ireland: Former Hearts and Livingston manager John Robertson was last night being linked with the vacant Derry City manager's job after Pat Dolan confirmed he would be staying in television and Dundalk declined permission for John Gill to be approached. p
Waterford don't get caught again
FAI Cup Second round replays: Waterford Utd 4 Tolka Rovers 1 Tolka Rovers' cup dream ended in disappointment at the RSC last night as Waterford United finally found their form after being extremely fortunate to get out of Frank Cooke Park with a 2-2 draw on Friday. p
Wall is the hero for Limerick 37
Wexford Youths ... 0 Limerick 37 ... 1: Davy Wall fired Limerick 37 into the third-round draw as his 63rd-minute goal denied Wexford Youths in this FAI Cup second-round replay at the Wexford Youths Complex last night. p

Thomond renaming to trigger red alert
Thomond Park is to be no more. Well, the ground will be redeveloped, but in a move sure to anger vast swathes of Munster fans, between them the IRFU and the Munster Branch have decided to sell the naming rights when the ground is reopened in November. p
Rugby Digest
Laporte for ministry after World Cup: France coach Bernard Laporte will move from the trainer's bench to a government desk after the World Cup ends in October following his appointment by President Nicolas Sarkozy as a junior minister for sport. p

Woods proud dad of baby girl
Golf News: Tiger Woods has become a father less than 24 hours after he narrowly missed out on golf's US Open title. The world number one's wife, Elin, gave birth to baby girl, Sam Alexis Woods, on Monday. p
Ward is leading Irish qualifier
British Amateur Championsip: Simon Ward became the top Irish qualifier in the British Amateur Championship on the Lancashire coast yesterday and then relaxed by going on the roller-coaster at the famous Blackpool Pleasure Park. The 20-year-old from Co Louth fired a 66 over the St Annes Old Links to add to his 68 the previous day at Royal Lytham and declared himself "pretty happy" and feeling like a rest last night. p

Manduro can put Dylan in his place
Racing: Royal Ascot preview Christophe Soumillon teams up with the Irish star Dylan Thomas for the second time in today's Prince Of Wales's Stakes but an old pal of the French champion jockey can spoil their Group One party. p
Woods hit with €500 fine
Racing News round-up: The Co Tyrone-based trainer Lindsay Woods picked up a €500 fine and had his horse, Chestnut Charlie, disqualified from two bumper wins when a Turf Club inquiry found him guilty yesterday of running the horse under a different name at a "flapper" meeting last year. p

Henman back to winning ways
Tennis News: Tim Henman achieved his first ATP Tour victory since February at the Nottingham Open yesterday. p
England wrap up drab series
CRICKET: England won the fourth Test by seven wickets yesterday evening, a result they had threatened ever since Paul Collingwood and Matthew Prior pulled them into the clear on Monday. p
Feast begins for those who love game
Johnny Watterson On Tennis: For those who like to gorge themselves at the top table, Irish tennis provides plenty over the next three weeks. Fans whose eyes are bigger than their stomachs could well feel queasy between now and July 7th, when the Shelbourne Irish Open $50,000 Challenger comes to a climax in Fitzwilliam. p
Squads for friendlies
Sports Digest: Hockey Just days after their 1-1 draw in the Setanta Trophy at Belfield Ireland and South Africa meet again, at the same venue, in two matches, writes Mary Hannigan . p

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