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Le Roux to head home next month
RUGBY: OLLIE LE ROUX is set to return to South
Africa next month at the end of his one-season deal with Leinster
to coach the Cheetahs' forwards as assistant to his former
team-mate Naka Drotské. It is understood that in addition to
the highly promising 20-year-old prop Cian Healy, Leinster have
lined up an international prop as well as a couple of other notable
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Drop in DRA cases hints at body's success
GAELIC GAMES: THE NUMBER of cases being taken to the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) have tailed off steadily in the three years of its existence. According to DRA secretary Liam Keane, the workload has reduced by five-sixths since the body was established in May 2005 to address the frequency with which GAA decisions were being challenged in the courts. p
Cech's withdrawal big blow to Chelsea
SOCCER: CHELSEA'S CHAMPIONS League hopes suffered a
setback yesterday when Petr Cech, the first-choice goalkeeper, did
not travel to Istanbul for tomorrow night's quarter-final first leg
against Fenerbahce. p
Soccer
Big stage set for Ronaldo to deliver his best
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS/AS Roma V Manchester Utd: EVER SINCE Cristiano Ronaldo equalled, then obliterated, George Best's record goals tally of 32 in a single season for Manchester United, a debate has raged about who should be recognised as the better player: the guy who grew so tired of beating defenders he found a new way of humiliating them by sitting on the ball, or the boy from Madeira who has taken the art of dribbling to its next level? pWenger ready to reinstate Adebayor
EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR will be granted swift reinstatement to the Arsenal starting line-up for the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool tomorrow with Arsene Wenger confident a timely return to form in the Premier League has generated fresh momentum for his team going into the critical tie. pSpalletti won't be bearing gifts
AT ONE point in his news conference yesterday, Tuscan-born AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti was asked if he would be offering a couple of bottles of good Tuscan wine to his opposite number, Alex Ferguson. Spalletti grinned, shook his head and to resounding laughter said: "No, no, I'm not making him any more presents . . ." pSchalke relishing home tussle with out-of-form Barcelona
Schalke 04 v Barcelona: SCHALKE 04 have reached the Champions League quarter-finals by the skin of their teeth but after Barcelona's "shameful" weekend defeat they will feel anything is possible when they host the Catalans tonight. pComing together to make history
FEATURE: An All-Ireland team seemed improbable during the Troubles, but it became reality, writes Gavin Cummiskey pManagers start to feel pinch of progress
Amid the current development of the League of Ireland, and possibilty of an all-Ireland league, clubs are under more pressure to have the right man in charge, writes Emmet Malone pCapello may be charged over court evidence
ENGLAND COACH Fabio Capello is being investigated by an Italian state prosecutor on suspicion of withholding information from a court, a judicial source has said. pSoccer digest
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Kidney still looks like right man for the job
Despite carrying some baggage from his time with Leinster, the Munster coach has the skills needed to bring Ireland to the next level, writes Gerry Thornley pIreland hoping to finish on a high note
U-18 SIX NATIONS: BOTH IRELAND and Italy are bidding for their first wins on the last day of the under-18 Six Nations Festival at Cork Institute of Technology - not The Mardyke as previously advertised - this afternoon. pChambers will have to earn his new supper
RUGBY LEAGUE: DWAIN CHAMBERS will benefit financially from his latest unlikely sporting adventure with Castleford Tigers only if he impresses sufficiently during a one-month trial to earn a Super League contract. p
New date an option for league final
Moving back the date of this season's NFL Division Two final will be one of the options on the table when the GAA's Central Competitions Committee meets this afternoon to address the problem created by the postponement of Sunday's Armagh-Dublin Division Two fixture in Crossmaglen. pMaughan's time with Roscommon at an end
There were dramatic developments in two counties late last night with the announcement that John Maughan and his selectors had stepped down from the management of the Roscommon footballers and speculation that David Fitzgerald had retired from inter-county hurling with Clare. p
Harrington finds some timely form
PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON could afford to sit down on Sunday night and devour the statistics. Sure, a win in the New Orleans Classic had escaped his clutches with Andres Romero getting one back on him for what happened at Carnoustie last year. but, in the countdown to next week's US Masters, the 37-year-old Dubliner could take more positives than negatives with him on the flight to Texas for the Shell Houston Open, his final preparatory tournament ahead of the season's first major. pTV moguls have too great a say
CADDIE'S ROLE: Some of the recent decisions on the US PGA tour regarding bad weather would make you wonder who exactly is pulling the strings, writes Colin Byrne pThe Short Game
Lowry's win acclaimed
SHANE LOWRY'S win in the West of Ireland was greeted with acclaim at The European Club last week as competitors in the East of Ireland Alliance followed events with great interest. p
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