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Cruel luck for Kenny as Boro go through
SOCCER/Middlesbrough 1 Sheffield Utd 0 After extra time.
0-0 after 90 mins: SHEFFIELD UNITED goalkeeper Paddy
Kenny's FA Cup dream turned into a nightmare as an own goal ruined
a heroic display at Middlesbrough. p
Keane calls time on Miller
ROY KEANE'S penchant for punctuality struck again yesterday when the Sunderland manager put fellow Corkman Liam Miller on the club's transfer list, apparently after the 27-year-old had arrived late for training more than once in the previous week. p
IRFU play down fears over influx
RUGBY: THE IRFU are content that their management
of the number of foreign players playing on provincial teams in
Ireland is satisfactory despite concerns voiced recently by former
Ireland captain Keith Wood and the incumbent national coach, Eddie
O'Sullivan. p
Soccer
McGeady keeps Celtic ticking
Celtic 2 Inverness CT 1: GOALS BY Scott McDonald and Georgios Samaras at Parkhead kept some pressure on league leaders Rangers. But the home side were made to sweat in the closing stages of a game they had under control for most the time. pRangers make emphatic point
Hearts 0 Rangers 4: JEAN-CLAUDE Darcheville and Nacho Novo claimed doubles to fire Rangers to their 10th consecutive league win as Walter Smith's men showed their title credentials. pItalian Serie A
Captain Javier Zanetti scored two minutes from time to salvage a 1-1 home draw for Serie A leaders Inter Milan against second-placed AS Roma at the San Miro last night. pGood strikers hard to find as deadline curtain drops
WHILE BRAY Wanderer did manage to complete the capture of Ger Rowe from Shamrock Rovers, Drogheda United and St Patrick's Athletic looked set to fail in their bids to sign strikers ahead of the Irish transfer deadline last night. p
Remember, Eddie, a fullback never flew on one wing
You cannot pass the egg without breaking omelettes. There's more than one way to skin a leek. All work and no play makes Geordan mad...Best and Wallace are named
Magners League: ULSTER COACH Matt Williams has named a 23-man squad that includes a host of returning internationals for tomorrow night's game against the Llanelli Scarlets at Ravenhill. National coach Eddie O'Sullivan released those players on bench duty at the Scottish match thereby allowing Rory Best and Paddy Wallace to return to their province. pFancied Gonzaga must try again
Vinnie Murray Cup semi-final/Gonzaga College - 6 St Columba's College - 6: THE IRELAND Under-19 player Ian McKinley forced this Powerade Leinster Schools Section B semi-final to a replay with a 56th-minute penalty at Anglesea Road yesterday. pCastletroy show holders the door
Munster Senior Cup semi-final./Castletroy College 23 PBC 22: CASTLETROY caused a huge upset when dumping the holders out of the Munster Senior Cup in a thrilling semi-final at Tom Clifford Park yesterday to book their place in the final for the first time. pHong Kong keen to stage game
TRI-NATIONS CHALLENGE: The International Rugby Board will discuss plans to stage a one-off match between the Six Nations and Tri-Nations champions when the governing body meets with rugby union's leading nations in Hong Kong on Sunday. p
Counihan scrambles to build panel
CORK'S FIRST competitive fixture since the resolution of the dispute between players and officials takes place in Kiltoom this Sunday with the visit of the footballers to play Roscommon. New Cork manager Conor Counihan has had to scramble quickly to try to draw together his panel in under a fortnight. pCunningham hits the vital points
UUJ 1-17 Queen's University 0-16: SECOND-HALF substitute Paddy Cunningham kicked four points, including one in the 61st-minute to force extra-time, as UUJ took a hard-earned win yesterday. pGMIT run out easy winners
GMIT 0-11 UL 0-5: UL FAILED to score from play and could manage only a single second-half point as GMIT had a deserved win in yesterday's Sigerson Cup quarter-final at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds. pCroke Park defends ban on run-out
CLUB FINALS : STADIUM DIRECTOR Peter McKenna has defended the decision not to allow training sessions for clubs in advance of next month's All-Ireland finals, pointing out that the restriction was part of a wide-ranging set of recommendations accepted by the GAA's Management Committee. pCastlecomer hurt in injury time
Leinster colleges SH 'A' semi-final/Kilkenny CBS 2-6 Castlecomer CS 1-8: AN INJURY-TIME goal from Paul Guinan saw Kilkenny CBS snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in a dramatic finale to this Leinster Colleges A semi-final. pAcademic in every sense as DIT ease through
DIT 0-14 Tralee IT 0-4: THE EAGERLY anticipated Sigerson Cup quarter-final clash between Tralee IT and DIT failed to catch fire as the Dublin side cruised into the semi-finals, hardly breaking sweat in this mismatch played at the Tralee campus in Dromtacker yesterday afternoon. p
Upcoming festival will be O'Dwyer's last
THE DOUBLE Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle-winning jockey Conor O'Dwyer has confirmed that the upcoming Cheltenham Festival will be his last as a rider. pDownpatrick Report
Well Run made just about every yard of the running to secure his third win of the season in the Powers Ulster Grand National at Downpatrick yesterday. pCheltenham may turn taps on at weekend
THE CHELTENHAM clerk of the course Simon Claisse anticipates having to water the course once more this weekend ahead of the start of the Festival on Tuesday week. p
Scott just trying to push Tiger
AUSTRALIA'S ADAM Scott is convinced he can challenge Tiger Woods - although he believes nobody can push the American on a regular basis. pEls targets Florida for resurgence
ERNIE ELS is eager to bounce back to form at this week's Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens after suffering a nightmare first-round exit at the Accenture Match play Championship last week. p
Ireland impress against New Zealand
HOCKEY/New Zealand 1 Ireland 2: A GOAL in each half, one from Louisa Moore and the other from Julia O'Halloran, gave Ireland an impressive 2-1 win over New Zealand, the world's seventh-ranked side, in Wellington yesterday. pBeijing may have test kit for HGH
DRUGS IN SPORT: Human growth hormone (HGH) test kits could be available for August's Beijing Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman has said. p
