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  • Givens bemused at latest Carr exit

    Republic of Ireland players, left to right, John O'Shea, Robbie Keane, Alex Bruce and Aiden McGeady go through their paces during the squad training session at the University of Glamorgan playing fields, in Treforest, Cardiff yesterday. Soccer Euro 2008 qualifying, Group D : Don Givens expressed both surprise and disappointment yesterday at the decision by Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Carr to turn his back on the international game at the age of just 31. p

  • Leinster boosted by return of Knoop

    Leinster's Keith Gleeson offloads against Leicester at the RDS last weekend and, along with fellow backrower Shane Jennings, is set to feature in the game against Toulouse at the Stade Ernest Wallon on Sunday night. Rugby European Cup : Leinster have been boosted by the return of their summer recruit from Connacht, Stephen Knoop, for Sunday evening's eagerly awaited rendezvous with Stade Toulouse in the Stade Ernest Wallon. p
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  • O'Shea has learned lessons well

    Euro 2008, Group D: It's five years since Don Givens last took charge of the Ireland team and used the opportunity to hand John O'Shea his first start at senior international level. p

  • Scots expect Italians to ignore crisis

    Group B: Andy Watson, Scotland's assistant manager, has dismissed any notion that Italy may be hindered in the build-up to Saturday's crucial qualifier at Hampden Park by the violence which clouded domestic fixtures there last weekend. p

  • Platini pans poachers

    Soccer Shorts : Uefa president Michel Platini has attacked the foreign scouting policy of English clubs by insisting young players must be protected against the lure of big-money moves abroad. p
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  • Gruelling test awaits five Irish

    European Tour School : It's golf's ultimate last chance saloon: a six-round, 108-hole shootout around the Old and New Courses at San Roque Club near Sotogrande with the jackpot a minimum of 30 tickets to the European Tour circus. p

  • Tour Championship put back two weeks

    US Tour : Next year's Tour Championship has been put back two weeks to give players more time to prepare for the Ryder Cup team, the PGA Tour said yesterday. p

  • US Tour 2008 Schedule

    JANUARY : 3rd-6th: Mercedes-Benz Championship, Kapalua. 10th-13th: Sony Open, Waialae CC. 17th-20th: Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Palm Springs. 24th-27th: Buick Invitational, Torrey Pines, San Diego. p
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  • Gronholm is taking nothing for granted

    Motor Sport/ World Rally Championship : The sun was shining for Marcus Gronholm when he powered his Ford Focus RS to victory on the Galway International Rally last February. p

  • Schumacher backs Kimi to keep title

    Motor Sport/ Formula One : Michael Schumacher has predicted that Kimi Raikkonen, his successor with Ferrari, would not lose his world championship title to Lewis Hamilton at this morning's FIA court of appeal hearing in London. p

  • Federer back on track but on-form Roddick awaits

    Tennis/ Masters Cup : World number one Roger Federer got his quest for a fourth Masters Cup title back on track with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Russian Nikolay Davydenko yesterday. p

  • Rankin and O'Brien set to face Ireland comrades

    Cricket News : Ireland are due to run into a couple of familiar faces next year after the fixtures for the 2008 Friends Provident Trophy were announced yesterday. p

  • Pound hits back at criticism in Wada succession race

    DRUGS IN SPORT : Outgoing Wada president Dick Pound has said the process for choosing his successor was sabotaged by the withdrawal of European candidate Jean-Francois Lamour. p

  • Marbury, Dolan and Thomas shooting blanks in the Garden

    America at Large : The putrefying stench which has been building up around Madison Square Garden got a bit more overpowering over the last few days, and one's initial inclination might be to simply shrug and say that Jim Dolan, Isiah Thomas, and Stephon Marbury all richly deserve one another. p
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