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  • Browne rushes to the defence

    The Ireland head coach, Eddie O'Sullivan, presents a resolute front at yesterday's press conference in Paris, during which his continued tenure was called into question. 'My contract with the IRFU runs for another while. I intend to see it out,' he said. RUGBY: Having already moved with indecent haste before the World Cup to extend Eddie O'Sullivan's contract by four years, the IRFU chief executive, Philip Browne, last night reacted with even more astonishing speed in backing the Ireland coach until 2012.

  • United wary of fired-up Roma

    SOCCER/Champions League Group F/Manchester United v AS Roma: Wayne Rooney is expecting Roma to come out with all guns blazing tonight at Old Trafford to avenge last season's 7-1 humiliation by Manchester United. p

  • Brennan to have 'talks about talks' with Australians

    GAELIC GAMES: As the void left by the cancelling of this year's International Rules series now hits home, the GAA have finally confirmed talks with their Australian counterparts, designed to at least discover whether the series has any immediate future. p
Soccer

  • Wenger puts his trust in his players

    Group H/Steaua Bucharest v Arsenal: Arsène Wenger may be going for a fourth Premier League title but he continues to rethink and revise his methods. p

  • Smith takes cautious route

    Group E/Olympique Lyon v Rangers: French footballers are entitled to have deep misgivings about facing any team from Scotland after the last two meetings at international level, but the Rangers manager, Walter Smith, is under no illusions about the magnitude of his team's task against Lyon this evening p

  • Night of high drama as Spurs fight back

    Tottenham 4  Aston Villa 4: Tottenham planned last night as a celebration of their 125th anniversary, but instead of an evening of relaxed jubilation the Spurs fans were subjected to 90 minutes of gruelling drama as their team, having taken a 19th-minute lead, clawed their way back from a 4-1 deficit to equalise deep into stoppage time. p

  • Cork owners move in mysterious ways

    On Soccer: With a place in the semi-finals of the FAI Cup already secured and a third successive league win on Friday having made qualification for Europe look a more realistic target, Cork City's manager and players could yet emerge with plenty of credit from what has generally been a difficult season. p

  • O'Briens waiting for Staunton's call

    Bray Wanderers v Shamrock Rovers: Bolton's O'Briens, Joey and Andy, will be hoping for international recalls this afternoon when Republic of Ireland manager Steve Staunton names his squad for the forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers against Germany and Cyprus at Croke Park. p
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  • French press dismissive of Irish performances

    Ireland v Argentina Media reaction: The reaction to Ireland's departure from the 2007 Rugby World Cup is perhaps best encapsulated by one of Argentina's secondrows, Patricio Albacete. When asked how it felt to beat the Irish, he responded: "Ireland represents nothing to me. If they are out of the World Cup I don't care. I'm just happy that we won the four matches and we are still in the World Cup."

  • It's time to take notice

    Argentina have often complained about their treatment by the International Rugby Board (IRB), the feeling that they are seen as second-class citizens. They are the nomads of the world game, the side that has no other function outside of the World Cup and what the Northern Hemisphere call the autumn internationals, a series of entertaining money-spinners before Christmas. Argentina are still in this World Cup despite the world governing body.

  • Let the spinning stop and O'Sullivan go

    On Rugby: The final table tells no lies. Everybody in the Pool of Sharks played each other once and at the end of it Argentina are, deservedly, out in front, three points ahead of France, with Ireland - drowning like condemned men long before Sunday's sadly predictable end - well adrift a further six points back, four ahead of Georgia. The respective points differences underline this tellingly: Argentina (+110), France (+151), Ireland (-18) and Georgia (-61).

  • Not all Aussies buy into sledging

    Australia v England Countdown: The history of Anglo-Australian sport is full of verbal jousts, sarcastic put-downs and calculated wind-ups and the spirit of Captain Cook, Douglas Jardine, Rod Marsh, Eddie Jones and David Campese is very much alive in the south of France. Days before the two countries collide in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final, and Pom-bashing is reaching unsustainable levels. p

  • Wallabies call in Turinui to replace injured Lyons

    Centre Morgan Turinui has been added to Australia's World Cup squad as a replacement for loose forward David Lyons, who broke a leg playing against Canada last Saturday. p

  • Carter likely to start as calf injury proves minor

    Quarter-finals News round-up: New Zealand are likely to name outhalf Daniel Carter in their starting line-up for Saturday's quarter-final against France in Cardiff after he took part in training yesterday. p

  • Jones rules himself out Wales's defeat

    The fallout: Former Australia coach Eddie Jones, who is acting as South Africa's technical adviser at the World Cup, yesterday ruled himself out of the race to succeed Gareth Jenkins as coach of Wales. p

  • Things are ticking over nicely for Fitzgerald

    Celtic League news: Luke Fitzgerald was fast-tracked into the limelight: awarded his first cap for the last Test match at Lansdowne Road, against the Pacific Islanders in November 2006, despite being a wet week out of school. Eddie O'Sullivan then decided he was surplus to requirements once Gavin Duffy returned to Connacht from England. p

  • Robinson confident of competing for honours

    Andy Robinson is confident Edinburgh Rugby can soon be challenging for major honours under his guidance. But the man who was unveiled as the club's new head coach yesterday stressed his primary function is to help develop and prepare players for international rugby. p
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  • O'Shea commits to another year

    All-Ireland winning manager Pat O'Shea has effectively committed himself to another year with the Kerry senior football team, believing he can continue in that role along with his position as Games Officer with the Munster Council. A formal agreement with the Kerry county board and the Munster Council is now expected within the coming weeks. p
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  • Of course, if they call he will build it

    Feature Golf Course: Philip Reid meets a man whose golf-course construction firm has grown steadily and is now becoming a continental player p

  • The Short Game

    Short news about golf p

  • Padraig ready for finishing stretch

    Rested, both in body and mind, Padraig Harrington will resume tournament play in defending the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland this week, the start of a season-finishing stretch aimed at retaining his PGA European Tour order of merit title. p

  • Team spirit to the fore in Canada

    Caddie's Role: The seventh Presidents Cup, the rest of the world's version of the Ryder Cup, got under way in Montreal, Canada, last week under the guise of an act of patriotism for 'the united states of the rest of the world' against the mighty USA. p

  • Seve needs more respect

    Seve Trophy The Fallout: While the Seve Trophy is officially scheduled to return to The Heritage at Killenard in 2009, Nick Faldo - whose introduction to team captaincy ahead of next year's Ryder Cup in Valhalla had a winning outing in this preparatory event - is insistent that players will have to revise their scheduling to include the biennial match between Britain and Ireland with continental Europe. p
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  • Coolmore go to €650,000 for smart Montjeu colt

    The economic soothsayers, who have been loudly proclaiming the fall of the sky, would probably do well to steer clear of the Goffs Sales complex this week. If the country is, indeed, facing imminent penury then someone forgot to tell those attending Ireland's premier yearling sale yesterday. p
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  • Maharoof guides Sri Lanka to emphatic win

    CRICKET: All-rounder Farveez Maharoof grabbed four wickets to propel Sri Lanka to an emphatic 119-run victory over England in their first one-day international in Dambulla yesterday. p
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