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  • Kuyt rules out foul play by referee

    Despite seemingly taking down Arsenals Alexandr Hleb on Wednesday night, Liverpools Dirk Kuyt denies his fellow countryman, referee Pieter Vink, was biased in not awarding a penalty. "I do know the referee," he said. "We both come from the same area . . . but it would be wrong to say he did me a favour because he knows me." SOCCER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: DIRK KUYT yesterday dismissed the conspiracy theory about his Champions League penalty reprieve when he insisted the referee, his fellow Dutchman Pieter Vink, had done Liverpool no favours at Arsenal on Wednesday night. p

  • Kernan quartet have point to prove

    GAELIC GAMES:  A FEW MINUTES before the Armagh v Dublin National Football League match was cancelled in Crossmaglen last Sunday Joe Kernan stuck his head into the press box to welcome us lot to his patch of the universe. p

  • Plucking Cherries unlikely to be a picnic

    James Simpson-Daniel, here scoring a try during the English Premiership last February, has done damage to Munster in previous games and will attempt to inflict more at Kingsholm tomorrow. RUGBY/Gloucester versus Munster the story so far: The Red Army travel full of confidence, but Gloucester's record suggests an edge-of-the-seat Saturday afternoon, writes Gerry Thornley. p
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  • Kezman blames Grant for loss

    IN CHELSEA postmortems these days, the finger-pointing does not normally get far beyond Avram Grant. p

  • Sporting snuff out Rangers chances

    UEFA CUP/Rangers 0 Sporting Lisbon 0: RANGERS HAVE made such a habit of returning unlikely results from away matches in this season's Uefa Cup it would be foolish to regard them as all but eliminated. But Walter Smith's men will need one of their more memorable showings in the Estadio Jose Alvalade next week after Sporting Lisbon, not previously known for their stubbornness in defence, snuffed out every threat. p

  • Fenlon and Rice not distracted by old loyalties

    NATIONAL LEAGUE PREVIEWS: THE ELEMENT of merry-go-round that prevails among the big Dublin clubs ensures the loyalties of some are often tested on derby days. Pat Fenlon and Stephen Rice are prime examples at Tolka Park this evening. p

  • Vidic injury not as bad as feared

    SOCCER SHORTS: MANCHESTER UNITED's hopes of a golden run-in to the season were boosted yesterday when scans revealed that Nemanja Vidic did not suffer knee-ligament damage in Tuesday's 2-0 win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. Vidic (right) has been ruled out for two or three weeks with a minor knee injury. p
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  • Grapevine has Quinlan, O'Leary in XV

    EUROPEAN CUP QUARTER-FINAL: NEVER HAS there been so much speculation about a Munster selection and never has the rumour mill been so far into overdrive. p
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  • Alcohol curb - but not asap

    IN 2004 the GAA's task force on alcohol and substance abuse called for the limiting of alcohol sponsorship to two years and "ultimately to phase out this form of sponsorship". The recent renewal of a fruitful 14-year relationship with Guinness suggests this advice is being disregarded. p

  • Hanniffy quits intercounty scene

    GARY HANNIFFY, the last remaining link to Offaly's 1998 All-Ireland hurling winning team, has announced his retirement from intercounty hurling, aged 31. p
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  • Walsh 'steaming' after Kauto's defeat at Aintree

    RUBY WALSH might not be in Frankie Dettori's class for displays of emotion but neither does he refrain from letting anyone know when he is peeved with them. So when Paul Nicholls confessed that his jockey was "steaming" with him after Kauto Star's Aintree defeat yesterday then it's safe to assume that visibility between the pair was limited. p

  • Oxx to double up with Simawa and Flash McGahon

    DUNDALK PREVIEW: BLACK TYPE action returns to Dundalk tonight and that status will be important to Sinndar's half-sister Simawa who can complete a double for the John Oxx-Michael Kinane team. p

  • Master Minded is hard to oppose

    AINTREE PREVIEW: THE OLD adage might be that every horse is beatable but that particular cliché might have to be parked outside Aintree this afternoon when the brilliant Master Minded bids to add the John Smith's Melling Chase to a dramatic success in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham. p
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  • Martin and Bourdy share lead

    Rory McIlroy, who missed out on winning a sports car when his tee shot just missed the hole at the par-four 348-yard 11th hole, adjusts his cap on the way to a two-under-par 69 in the first round of the Estoril Portuguese Open at Oitavos Dunes in Cascais yesterday. Portuguese Open: Spaniard Pablo Martin underlined his determination to retain the Portuguese Open title yesterday when he broke the Oitavos Dunes course record with an eight-under 63. p

  • Market leader on Mission to erase doubts

    WOMEN'S TOUR: World number one Lorena Ochoa is chasing her second major this weekend, writes LAWRENCE DONEGAN p

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    How the two number ones compare p

  • Flawless Scott sets early target

    US TOUR: Holder Adam Scott of Australia fired a nine-under-par 63 yesterday to surge into an early three-stroke lead in the first round of the Houston Open. p
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  • Under-pressure Mosley to fight sex scandal

    MOTOR SPORT:  MAX MOSLEY sought an extraordinary meeting of motor sport's world governing body yesterday after four Formula One car makers put pressure on him to resign as FIA president because of a sex scandal. p

  • Monkstown aim for another upset

    MEN'S HOCKEY IRISH SENIOR CUP: MONKSTOWN HAVE to cast their minds back to the side-burned days of the 1970s for the last time they played in an Irish Senior Cup final. p

  • Hermes nearly home and dry

    WOMEN'S HOCKEY PREVIEWS: HAVING DONE their work on Wednesday night, when they beat Trinity 5-0 to go three points clear at the top of the first division, Hermes can effectively become Leinster champions tomorrow without playing, if Pembroke Wanderers fail to beat Loreto. p

  • Chambers will look to impress

    ROWING: ONE OF THE more memorable images of last year for this reporter was encountering Peter Chambers at Munich Airport. After a downbeat World Championships for the Irish, Peter sat with his parents, who had every reason to look content - Richard Chambers, their elder son, had won gold in the Britain lightweight four. However, Peter was wearing an Ireland tracksuit top. p

  • Irish duo set for strong challenge

    MOTOR SPORT:   DANIEL BARRY (Enniskerry) and Mark Bowens (Cork) lead the strong Irish challenge in tomorrow's round two of the British Mitsubishi Evo Challenge in the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally. p

  • Olympic sailing gets a timely boost

    SAILING:  ALTHOUGH SAILING failed to get an honourable mention over Easter when the sports pages were teasing out certain relevant Olympic statistics, a string of strong results abroad have revived spirits in the sport. p

  • Bayliss expects chasing pack to close the gap

    MOTOR CYCLING: World Superbike series leader Troy Bayliss admitted that he expects the chasing pack to close in on him as the field prepare for round three at Valencia this weekend. p

  • Seymour set to seal place

    CYCLING: ROBIN SEYMOUR is expected to copperfasten his place in this summer's Olympic Games on Sunday when he takes part in the last of three selection events held to determine which Irish rider will be sent to Beijing. p
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