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  • Keane inflames fans with Chopra bid

    SOCCER: Roy Keane has never been a man to settle for cosiness but the Sunderland manager has effectively, albeit temporarily, asked the club's fans to go out and join him in the discomfort zone after Sunderland offered Cardiff City some €6 million for the former Newcastle United striker Michael Chopra, writes Michael Walker p

  • Harrington contortion a minor distraction

    Padraig Harrington takes to the turf on the ninth fairway at The European Club yesterday. "My right hip just locked up . . . it didnt actually affect any shots out there," he explained after posting a two-under-par 69 to lead the field on day one of the Irish PGA Championship. (Photograph: Matt Browne/Sportsfile) GOLF: Ordinarily, shooting a two-under-par 69 around The European Club to earn a share of the lead in the Irish PGA Championship would be sufficient to commandeer headlines, but for Padraig Harrington the score was not the main topic of conversation following his opening 18 holes in the tournament, writes John O'Sullivan at The European Club. p

  • Tour finds some normality in 'La France profonde'

    CYCLING: After five days, something approaching normality resumed on the Tour. There was a breakaway, including two Frenchmen, which failed not far from the finish; a bunch sprint without a pile-up, won by the Norwegian Thor Hushovd; and a return to La France profonde, where the warm welcome belied the autumnal chill in the air and was in contrast to the slightly pallid reception the race received in northern France on Tuesday. p
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  • Depleted Louth not yet ready to pack bags

    Half the Louth football team went AWOL after defeat to Wexford in the Leinster quarter-final on June 17th but somehow manager Eamon McEneaney reorganised a depleted group and they managed to find a way past Limerick, Gavin Cummiskey reports. p

  • Three Kerry minors axed from panel

    Three players have been dropped from the Kerry minor football team for the remainder of the season following their alleged involvement in two separate incidents of public disorder on the night of the Munster final in Killarney earlier this month. p

  • Full-house sign goes up at Croke Park

    The Leinster Council confirmed yesterday all 82,500 tickets for Sunday's provincial football final between Dublin and Laois had been sold. This ensures the year's cumulative attendance at championship matches will break a million this weekend. p

  • Falling short when it matters most

    John Lee is baffled as to why, despite rigorous training, Galway are not performing, writes Ian O'Riordan . p

  • Willie Mays still casting a Giant shadow

    America at Large: At a press conference accompanying his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame 28 years ago, Willie Mays was asked to name the best player he'd ever seen. "I don't mean to be bashful," he said, "but I was", writes George Kimball . p
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  • St Pat's new boys to face Spurs

    SOCCER: St Patrick's Athletic manager John McDonnell is likely to use this evening's friendly against Tottenham Hotspur at Richmond Park to give run-outs to new signings Keith Barker and Michal Macek, both of whom completed moves to Inchicore ahead of Monday's European deadline. p

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    A round-up of other soccer news. p
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  • New clubs good as old for Clarke

    SCOTTISH OPEN: Two shots. That is all it took for Darren Clarke to stop the rot and start believing that good times are just around the corner. p

  • The Hansen's strike right chord for Tallon

    MASTERS: Judging by the contents of the Golf Masters in-box, there were several managers dismayed that the AT&T National played at Congressional last week was not part of our schedule. The reason was quite simple: when our list of tournaments was being finalised, there was no event scheduled on the PGA Tour for the first weekend in July because of the demise of The International. p

  • Lightning strikes twice to frustrate McDowell's managers

    MASTERS: It's getting hard to remember the last European Tour event in Ireland that wasn't badly affected by the weather. p
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