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Flying Dutchman ghosts to 64
GOLF European Open If the impromptu nip-'n'-tuck
surgery that was carried out on the Smurfit Course was forced on
tournament organisers by the weather, reducing the length of the
layout by 653 yards and so transforming it from a potentially
fearsome beast into a much tamer animal, at least it was productive
and enabled yesterday's first round of the Smurfit Kappa European
Open to be completed without any undue fuss, writes
Philip Reid at The K Club p
Venus keeping family flag flying
TENNIS Wimbledon Championships For the first time
since the championships began, the women's draw finally fell into
some sort of order following a week of seizures. Two reasonable
days and the tournament has seamlessly coughed up four names after
weather pandemonium threatened to strangle it at birth. We wonder
how it ever got here,writes
Johnny Watterson at Wimbledon p
McCarthy calls on Moran
GAELIC GAMES Championship 2007 news Waterford
manager Justin McCarthy has made one change in personnel and a
number of positional switches for Sunday's Munster hurling
championship final against Limerick at Semple Stadium. p
Gaelic Games 
Waterford's lesser lights to shine brighter
John Allen Mostly Hurling Dublin was the place to be last weekend if you wanted to see last year's All-Ireland finalists and two pretenders to the throne. Well, on current form neither Wexford nor Dublin are pretenders. They are both well down the pecking order. pLucey points to harmony in the camp
There are thousands of GAA stories to tell. Stephen Lucey is one of the more interesting ones. Hurler, footballer and doctor. pDempsey feels no pressure for repeat
When the GAA modified the football qualifiers and reverted to the strictly open draw it seemed inevitable some teams would be treated to a second helping of each other. And so it proved, with Longford drawn against Westmeath for the second time this season. p
Tevez's move to United in doubt
News round-up Carlos Tevez's move to Manchester United is in doubt after the Premier League last night ordered that West Ham United must receive his transfer fee. pHolders must travel to face familiar foes
FAI Cup Holders Derry City will have to survive a trip to old rivals Finn Harps if they are to successfully defend the Ford-sponsored FAI Cup after being drawn against their neighbours in the third round last night. pMorrow signs for Derry
League of Ireland New Derry City boss John Robertson has made former under-21 Northern Ireland international Sammy Morrow his first signing for the club. pSoccer Shorts
A round-up of today's other soccer stories in brief. p
Djokovic shows serious intent to progress
Novak Djokovic (Jokko-Vitch) is something of a jester. The fourth seed's abashed karaoke performances on YouTube illustrates a readiness to offer himself as an off-court laughing stock but it belies a seriousness about his game that may this year, earn him his first Grand Slam shot. Yesterday, the young Serb knocked out Australia's Lleyton Hewitt, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5). The 16th seed saw little to belly laugh about in that four-set run. pWimbledon Diary
Gasquet grilled They say the women get all the hard questions in the post-match interviews. They are likely to face questions that range from what they are wearing to boy friends and jewellery, etc. pNiland keeps his run going at Fitzwilliam
Irish Open Before this week Conor Niland had never won a match at an ATP Challenger event but, evidently, he's cracked the code. Last night at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club the Limerick man won his third match in as many days, beating Sweden's Bjorn Rehnquist 6-4, 6-3, to reach the semi-finals of the Shelbourne Irish Open. p
Murphy's 68 leaves him leading the home charge
Philip Reid watched as Kilkenny's finest soloed up the leaderboard until he was brought back to earth at the 14th pIreland players show their best form as they crush Sweden
EUROPEAN AMATEUR: Ireland gave a truly inspirational performance to crush Sweden over the rugged Western Gailes links on the Ayrshire coast yesterday and coast into the semi-finals of the European Amateur Team championship. p
Admiralofthefleet clipped
Admiralofthefleet has been clipped into 14 to 1 for Saturday's Coral-Eclipse Stakes after it emerged he will be the mount of Michael Kinane. p
Over 500 entered in regatta
SAILING With less than one week before the first gun, the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta has passed the 500-boat entry level at close of entries yesterday. pCarlow sights firmly set on Fawley Cup target
ROWING Henley Regatta Crews from Belfast Rowing Club, Queen's University and NUIG exited on the second day of Henley Royal Regatta, but Carlow's young quadruple scull got off to a good start and Trinity kept up their steady progress in the Temple Cup for student eights. pSportsDigest
Severe blow for Jennings RUGBY: Shane Jennings' chances of making the Irish World Cup squad have been dealt a severe blow after it was belatedly discovered the openside flanker sustained a fractured thumb in the second Test defeat to Argentina last month, reports Gavin Cummiskey. p
