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Elements all seem to add up for Harrington
Golf/European Open: It's not just the rain and the
wind and the dark clouds overhead that bring the sense of
déjà vu. p
Bartoli slips in without fanfare
Tennis: Under the cover of bigger names, higher seedings and louder screams, Marion Bartoli quietly slipped into her first Grand Slam semi-final. The French girl went almost unnoticed as one Williams sister and the second seed, Maria Sharapova, departed the competition and the other Williams sister staked a reasonable claim to the trophy. p
GAA may try to have injunction lifted
GAA: The GAA is considering an immediate response to the interim injunction granted to the University of Limerick on Tuesday. p
Gaelic Games 
Bennis decides not to start Limerick captain Reale in final
Limerick captain Damien Reale has been left out of the Limerick team to face Waterford in Sunday's Munster hurling final in Thurles. pBrennan wants open draw for hurling
GAA president Nickey Brennan has advocated an open draw in the All-Ireland hurling championship, unless there is at least some restructuring of the provincial format. p
Sven wants 10 players
Sven-Goran Eriksson has asked Thaksin Shinawatra to finance virtually an entire new team after overseeing his first training session at Manchester City yesterday. The former England coach is alarmed by the parlous state of the current squad and wants to bring in as many as 10 players before the transfer window closes. pBellamy may make room
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has hinted Craig Bellamy will be the striker to pay the price for Fernando Torres' arrival at Anfield. p
No love lost in marathon duel
These are trying times. Players are beginning to crack under the water torture. Yesterday the pent-up frustration spilled from the court into the post-match press conference. As world number two Rafael Nadal finally finished his fourth-round match five days after it began, his prickly relationship with Robin Soderling continued unabated. pWimbledon Diary
Doubles pair on a roll: Out on Court 16, people were wondering why the Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa were rolling around on the grass. Looking at the scoreboard they then realised why. The two had just won their second-round match against the sixth seeds, Australian Paul Hanley and Zimbabwean Kevin Ullyett, 5-7, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 28-26. Yes, 26-28. p
Australia make three changes
Australia have made three changes to their starting team for Saturday's Tri-Nations clash against South Africa at the Olympic stadium in Sydney p
Back to work as Cabrera looks to keep momentum going
European Open: His eyes rolled to the heavens, not for the first time on this day of yet more heavy and consistent rainfall, as the latest bursts unleashed more unneeded water on to the rolling but saturated terrain of the Smurfit Course. pK Club Digest
Omens good for Howell David Howell experienced one of the highlights of his career when assisting Europe to victory on the other side of the River Liffey on The K Club's Palmer Course last September, but he is almost as excited about finally getting back to tournament play here at the European Open after a year that has seen him turned into something of a couch potato after suffering one injury after another. pCaldwell sets record as Ireland ease to matchplay Golf Digest
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Dancer signs off in style
Redstone Dancer signed off her racing career in the best possible way with victory in the feature Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Brownstown Stakes at Leopardstown last night. pAuthorized in control
Opposition to hot favourite Authorized in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes appears to be dwindling. Several of the Vodafone Derby winner's intended rivals are not certain to line up against him at Sandown on Saturday. p
Chanderpaul sets up tasty decider
Cricket/England v West Indies one-day series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul engineered West Indies' victory over England at Edgbaston yesterday to set up a NatWest Series decider this weekend. pIrish live up to seedings
Rowing/Henley Regatta: Three of the six Irish crews in action on the first day of Henley Royal Regatta made it through yesterday. Belfast and Trinity demonstrated why they were seeded in the Temple and Thames Cups, for club and student eights respectively, and Queen's University progressed in the student coxed fours. pAll's well with Sorensen
Tennis/Irish Open: "I moved well, returned well, served well, even volleyed well," said Louk Sorensen after his second-round defeat of American Brendan Evans at the Shelbourne Irish Open yesterday, a 6-3, 6-2 victory that earned the 22-year-old his first quarter-final place in an ATP Challenger event. pShort notice leaves Gillick off track
Sports Digest/Athletics: David Gillick failed to make the starting line of the 400 metres at the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday evening. The European Indoor champion found out only 24 hours previously he was guaranteed a lane so was unable to secure travel arrangements on time, reports Ian O'Riordan . pNation allagog as Cox homes in on record
America at Large: The moment could come today. It might be tomorrow. Or it might be next week, or even next month. But as sure as the sun rises in the east, a baseball landmark no one believed would ever be reached is bound to be passed soon. p
