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  • Woods casts long shadow

    Jack Nicklaus tries his hand with a hurley presented to him by former Kilkenny star DJ Carey during a visit to Luttrellstown Castle and Golf Resort in Dublin yesterday. The three-time British Open champion visited the course in support of charity organisation The First Tee of Ireland. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA GOLF: This time, it's different; the beast has been muzzled, and everyone is happy. Sure, the weather could be better, but there's no whingeing or moaning about unplayable rough and, in contrast to the last time that the British Open was staged on the Carnoustie links in 1999, players are entering this latest edition of golf's oldest major championship without fear in their hearts. p

  • Mulvihill calls time on long and fine tenure

    GAELIC GAMES: The director general of the GAA, Liam Mulvihill, will announce his retirement at a press conference in Croke Park today. It brings an end to a 28-year tenure that is second in duration only to that of Paddy O'Keefe, who held the office from 1929 to 1964. p
Golf

  • Quietly counting the cost as Van de Velde implodes

    The week before the 1999 British Open, seemingly every newspaper in America revisited Ben Hogan's 1953 triumph at Carnoustie writes, George Kimball p

  • McDowell makes a case for Royal Portrush

    Carnoustie Diary Graeme McDowell's boyhood dreams often had him walking up the 18th green - invariably on the Old Course at St Andrews - on the way to claiming the claret jug. But the 27-year-old Ulsterman would love nothing more than to have the chance to realise that dream on home turf, at Royal Portrush where he grew up playing links golf writes, Philip Reid p

  • Meath manager on the mark for sixth time

    The Irish Times Golf Masters: Seve Ballesteros's decision to retire this week had the golfing statisticians on heat as they churned out every factoid imaginable about the Spaniard. The two that caused most eyebrows to be raised at Golf Masters HQ both related to his wins on the European Tour. p

  • Plenty of time still remaining to rise up the leaderboard

    The Irish Times Golf Masters: If you are one of the many managers who have written off their chances of scooping an overall prize at the end of the season, then perhaps you should think again. p
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  • Kernan and Ó Sé resign

    Joe Kernan has stepped down as Armagh football manager after six seasons which will be remembered as the most successful in the county's history. On a different spectrum was news that Páidí Ó Sé ended his ill-fated return to management with the Clare footballers after just nine months at the helm. p

  • Cup overflows for brilliant Dublin

    Dublin 2-18 Offaly 3-9: They say you need to lose a few finals before you win one, in which case Dublin can really afford to celebrate winning this Leinster Under-21 hurling title. p

  • Tipperary leave Kelly on bench for Sunday

    Eoin Kelly has been left out of the Tipperary hurling team to play Wexford in Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park. p
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  • Derry fail to take the early initiative

    Derry City ... 0 FC Pyunik ... 0 That Shaktar Donetsk could unveil a player yesterday who will end up costing them €21.5 million in fees and wages over the next three years gives some indication of what lies in store for one of these sides in the next round of the Champions League qualifiers. p

  • Terry's injury a setback for Chelsea

    Premiership news Chelsea's pre-season preparations have been disrupted after it emerged John Terry broke a toe in his right foot during Tuesday night's friendly victory over the Korean side Suwon Bluewings in California, an injury that will prompt concern in the England set-up ahead of the national team's crucial autumn fixtures. p

  • Elliott to team up with McCarthy again

    Stephen Elliott was in Dublin to meet with Wolves officials yesterday as the 23-year-old striker moved towards the conclusion of his €1.8 million switch from recently-promoted Sunderland to the would-be Championship contenders last night. p

  • St Patrick's facing a tough assignment

    Uefa Cup With 1,000 new seats and a handful of players having been bought in by the club's new owner ahead of this evening's Uefa Cup game at Richmond Park, the pace of St Patrick's Athletic transformation from the relative paupers of two years ago to the Irish game's princes of tomorrow has gathered pace of late. p

  • Byrne stays focused

    Dwelling on the expectation of a comfortable passage through to the second qualifying round is something Drogheda United captain Stuart Byrne and his team-mates are fully conscious of avoiding as they begin their quest to improve on their Uefa Cup endeavours of last year. p

  • Soccer shorts

    A round-up of other soccer news p
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  • Latham 'fit to play footy'

    Australia coach John Connolly has defended the selection of Chris Latham for Saturday's Tri-Nations clash with New Zealand following claims he was being rushed back too quickly. p

  • O'Gara injury not a concern

    A knee injury sustained by Ronan O'Gara while training with Ireland in Spala, Poland, is not causing any concern to the team management. The fact the Munster and Ireland outhalf was spotted on crutches at a recent wedding prompted a flurry of inquiries. p

  • Fijian officials pass drug test

    Fijian rugby officials accused of smoking cannabis have been cleared of any wrongdoing after passing drug tests. p
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  • Triskel makes ita day to remember

    A €85,000 wedding present paid off in style at Leopardstown last night when Triskel brought a touch of showbiz to her success in the Listed Silver Flash Stakes. p

  • Al Eile may be kept for York

    The star dual-purpose horse Al Eile is not a certain starter in Sunday's Grade Three Hurdle feature at Tipperary but John Queally's runner is being targeted at the prestigious Ebor Handicap at York next month. p
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  • German stations drop coverage

    Tour de France In the first move of its kind by any of the broadcasters that cover the Tour de France, the German state television channels ARD and ZDF are to leave the race today and, for the time being, stop covering it following a positive drugs test by the German cyclist Patrick Sinkewitz. Nicolas Brender, the head editor of ZDF, said, "We cannot show an event with teams and riders who are suspected of doping." p
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