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  • Another twist as Tevez saga rumbles on

    SOCCER: Kia Joorabchian and the offshore companies he represents yesterday issued a writ against West Ham United in an attempt to force through Carlos Tevez' move to Manchester United. Lawyers for Media Sports Investments and Just Sports Inc - the companies who held the economic rights relating to Tevez when he moved to Upton Park last August - have lodged a breach-of-contract claim with the courts. p

  • Cork drop their captain

    GAA: Cork hurling captain Kieran Murphy has failed to make the starting line-up for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Waterford, his omission one of several changes from the surprise defeat to Tipperary in the last round of the qualifiers. p
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  • Kilkenny thoughts turn to Galway

    After an extremely difficult few days for Kilkenny hurling the thoughts are slowly shifting back to their All-Ireland quarter-final. Last week's tragic car accident, and the death of Vanessa McGarry, wife of goalkeeper James McGarry, will stay with them forever, and inevitably put a different perspective on Saturday's game against Galway, a week after it was originally scheduled. p

  • Busting out of the comfort zone

    Jack O'Connor's Column: Meath may have benefited from Graham Geraghty's training-ground fight p

  • Lockhart and Derry stung by level of criticism

    There is still nothing to motivate a team quite like criticism. Derry were written off and lambasted after their Ulster semi-final defeat to Monaghan and that, says long-serving defender Seán Marty Lockhart, was probably what they needed to hear to get their season back on track. p
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  • Mourinho fires opening shots

    Jose Mourinho insisted the pressure will be on Manchester United and, in particular, Liverpool to deliver in the campaign ahead as he reflected on a summer of lavish spending by his leading Premier League rivals and braced himself for a quintet of clubs to challenge for the title. p

  • A tough trip for Derry

    Pyunik (0) v Derry City (0): Though the scoreless draw they managed at the Brandywell last week has Pyunik in the driving seat ahead of this evening's second leg in Yerevan, Derry City striker Sammy Morrow believes the fact the Armenian champions have to come out and play gives John Robertson's side much reason for optimism. p

  • Rovers aiming to start work again

    Tallaght Stadium:  Shamrock Rovers could be playing in their new home by the start of next season if proposals to allow work to restart on the Tallaght Stadium get the go-ahead. p

  • Soccer Digest

    Shepherd replaced Almost 10 years after first being appointed to the post and some 15 years after his initial investment with John Hall, Freddy Shepherd was removed as chairman of Newcastle United yesterday, writes Michael Walker. p
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  • Ireland ready for last push

    World Cup news: The final countdown to the Rugby World Cup begins next Monday morning when the Irish squad restart collective training at the University of Limerick. Up to now players have been immersed in a seven-week pre-season, but direct combat for a place in Eddie O'Sullivan's 30-man panel, to be announced on August 12th, can now get under way. p

  • O'Callaghan more than joker in pack

    Here follows snippets from a 15-minute conversation with Donncha O'Callaghan. Self-christened the "prank monkey" from Munster but dig a little deeper and the hardest working man in Irish rugby is unearthed. p
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  • Tour descends into disarray

    Cycling: The Tour de France, which began with such high hopes when millions turned out to cheer its grand depart in the south of England two-and-a-half weeks ago, was in disarray last night after an announcement that the pre-race favourite, Alexandr Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, had tested positive for blood doping. He and his eight team-mates were immediately withdrawn from the race. p

  • Ireland name team for Bangkok games

    World University Games: Ireland will be represented in seven sports at the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand, which take place in two weeks, from August 8th-18th. This equates to 68 competitors, who come from 39 Third Level institutions, including 20 overseas colleges. p

  • Murphy keeps showing form

    Tennis/IFT Junior Series: The prestigious International Tennis Federation's junior series produced a number of interesting results in Donnybrook yesterday. p

  • Higgins's opus a real labour of love

    On Tennis: Tom Higgins was born in Longford in 1948, was educated at Cistercian College, Roscrea, and Terenure College in Dublin. Given that background, you might ask, why the Sligo Institute of Technology lecturer would not write a tome on the history of Irish rugby (with due deference to Edmund van Esbeck) rather than what may be the biggest and most comprehensively collated book ever bound on the sport of tennis - The History of Irish Tennis . The answer is love, of course. p

  • Stronger stance on drugs urged

    Sports Digest/Doping in sport The British government has been urged to strengthen its stance against doping in sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). On the day the British Olympic Association (BOA) announced the formation of a commission into anti-doping, the chairman of the IOC's medical commission, Prof Arne Ljungqvist, said the British government should make doping a criminal offence. p
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