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Rangers outwitted by French prowess
UEFA Champions League/Rangers 0 Olympique Lyon
3: Alain Perrin enjoyed little success during his troubled
time in British football as the manager of Portsmouth so he is
entitled to savour this triumph. A stunning three-goal victory from
his Lyon side ensured it is they, and not Rangers, who join
Barcelona in the knockout phase after qualifying from Group E. p
Munster await news on Wallace
Rugby News: Munster are still waiting news on the injury to David Wallace's arm before they meet Llanelli in the second leg of their Heineken European Cup Pool Five match on Sunday at Thomond Park. p
Olympic career of Jones wiped from the records
Athletics News: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended the once stellar Olympic career of US sprinter Marion Jones yesterday, taking back her five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs. p
Soccer
Mancini spoils United's record
UEFA Champions League AS Roma 1 Manchester Utd 1: In the grand scheme of things Alex Ferguson will not mind too much about his team missing the chance to become only the fifth club since the Champions League's formation to win all six games in a qualifying group. pArsenal fashion victory through fringe players
Arsenal 2 Steaua Bucharest 1: The major clubs who could now face Arsenal in the last 16 of the Champions League will rue the fact Arsene Wenger's team has come second in Group H even more than the Frenchman does. pYakubu gives Moyes plenty to cheer about
League Cup quarter-final West Ham Utd 1 Everton 2: Whisper it quietly. Everton could be going to a cup final. The Merseysiders had already entered uncharted territory under David Moyes with their appearance in this League Cup quarter-final at a chilly Upton Park. It was a first under Moyes in five years of frustration in knockout football. pCapelloto be named English coach
News: Fabio Capello's appointment as the new England coach will be confirmed today after face-to-face talks with the English FA chief executive, Brian Barwick, yesterday concluded with the Italian agreeing in principle to succeed Steve McClaren. pDerry set their sights on Hegarty
League of Ireland: Derry City are believed to have targeted Finn harps manager Paul Hegarty as John Robertson's replacement after the Scot was effectively sacked at a board meeting on Tuesday night. pSoccer Shorts
A round-up of today's other stories in brief... p
Contepomi happy with club and country
Gerry Thornley talks to Felipe Contepomi about his love for a club that is maturing nicely and has embraced him and his family p
Loughnane gets 'little wake-up call'
Gaelic Games news: Outgoing Galway secretary Bernie O'Connor has denied recent critical comments amount to a vote of no confidence in county hurling manager Ger Loughnane. pBrennan calls on colleges to act
Gaelic Games HEA Championships: GAA president Nickey Brennan yesterday called on third-level colleges to withdraw from pre-season intercounty competitions in order to protect players from burnout. pCarlow sides make progress
Leinster Colleges SFC: Carlow CBS ... 3-9 Marist, Athlone ... 0-6 Carlow CBS, having led 1-5 to 0-4 at half-time, went on to secure a comfortable 12-point win over Marist, Athlone, in this Leinster Colleges SFC A tie at Dr Cullen Park, Carlow yesterday. p
Focused Woods returns to action
US Tour: Despite taking a 10-week break from the game, Tiger Woods is still the red-hot favourite to lift the Target World Challenge for the fourth time after a year he regards as second only to his 2000 season, when he won the last three majors of the year and went on to hold all four majors at the same time with victory in the 2001 Masters. pEls looks to bounce back after 'mess-up'
South African Open: Defending champion Ernie Els leads a host of big names into the South African Airways Open at Pearl Valley this week, with the world number five looking to bounce back from his final-hole collapse four days ago. p
England's tough task
Cricket Test matches: Wearily, after more than six sweltering sessions in the field, England began the painstaking process of pushing a large boulder up a steep hill. pBad light saves blushes
Pakistan lost seven wickets in the final session yesterday but salvaged a draw in the third Test in Bangalore - still enough to give India a 1-0 series victory. pLimit may drop back in trip
Racing News: Edward O'Grady is considering dropping his star novice Sky's The Limit back to a two-mile trip for the St Stephen's Day highlight at Leopardstown's Christmas meeting. pLee gets in some final sparring in Belfast
Boxing News: Andy Lee, who fights Jason McKay for the vacant Irish super- middleweight title at the National Stadium on Saturday night, will arrive in Dublin this afternoon, along with manager-trainer Emanuel Steward. pWalker to take the helm in €20m bid
Sailing Volvo Ocean Race 2009: British Olympic medallist Ian Walker will take the helm of a €20 million Irish bid to win next year's Volvo Ocean race in the biggest ever announcement for Irish sailing yesterday that promises to generate 43 million for the Galway economy. pBree ready to write another chapter
Swimming European Short Course Championships: The chill wind blowing around the city of Debrecen, Hungary, this week, could remind Andrew Bree that, after being coldly written off in certain quarters, 2007 has been a good year. pNothing like Belfast on fight nights
George Kimball America at Large When Howard Eastman walked into the King's Hall the other night, he must have felt as if he were in the Plaza De Toros and he was the bull. p
