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  • Newslines: Real almost unbeatable at home, says McManaman

    Steve McManaman has warned Galatasaray that Real Madrid will be "almost unbeatable" with a full house behind them at the Bernabeu tonight. Trailing 3-2 following the first leg in Gala's intimidating Ali Sami Yen stadium, Real must beat the Turks to stand any chance of retaining their trophy, but McManaman is confident that their "12th-man" will see them home. p

  • National League Preview

    Kilkenny's stand in manager Billy Walsh was struggling yesterday to put a squad together for this afternoon's trip to the Brandywell after the FAI turned down an appeal by the club to have the game postponed because of the foot-and-mouth crisis. p
GAELIC GAMES/NEWS ROUND-UP

  • UCD look for brighter start

    This evening's Fitzgibbon Cup final replay (Nenagh, 5.30) is a game both UCD and UCC feel they can still win. The drawn encounter last Friday week saw each college have their chance, with UCC most pressing in regular time and then UCD in extra-time. p

  • Switch to Saturday costs Sligo a player

    Sligo will have to do without the suspended Mark Cosgrave for the Allianz Football League semi-final against Galway at Hyde Park. Cosgrave's eight-week suspension runs out at midnight on the day of the match but the Games Administration Committee felt they could not reduce the suspension as there was no way in rule to do so. p

  • Tyrone to fight exclusion

    Tyrone have launched a final attempt to save their under-21 football title. County secretary Dominic McCaughey wrote to Croke Park yesterday asking if the foot-and-mouth regulations used to prohibit the county from further involvement in both the championship and the National Football League could be relaxed. p

  • Athenry's wizard used a magic wand

    If Eugene Cloonan ever tires of hurling, the Galway wonder-kid might consider running relays. He would certainly have no problem with the baton handling. p
GOLF/WEST OF IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPBack to Top

  • McDermott's mental strength wins out

    Young faces betrayed the cruel demands of battle, when Michael McDermott captured the Standard Life West of Ireland Championship in wind and rain-showers at Rosses Point yesterday. "It's been very stressful, not a pleasant feeling," said the 21-yearold Stackstown player after beating favourite Michael Hoey by 2 and 1 in the final. p
OUT OF THE NORTHBack to Top

  • GAA has to take lead from its people

    Gaelic football is the lifeblood of Sally O'Brien's bar on Omagh's John Street. It is the place to go if you want to hear everything from considered opinion on the fortunes of the Tyrone senior team or the results of last night's under-14 league games. All GAA gossip is there but it is delivered with understated insight and occasional flashes of knowing humour. p
SOCCER/ENGLISH FA PREMIERSHIPBack to Top

  • Villa refuse to let point go

    Aston Villa maintained their run of late-season form with a comeback last night from 2-0 and 3-2 down to deny Charlton a victory that they were holding to gallantly with 10 men for almost an hour. p

  • Chelsea look to Europe

    Chelsea moved another step closer to securing a return to European competition last night with an easy victory over the side managed by the man who started the foreign revolution at Stamford Bridge. p
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      UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL/BAYERN MUNICH V MANCHESTER UNITEDBack to Top

      • Ferguson out to avoid abyss

        Alex Ferguson is prone to citing a homily about the importance of rock climbers thinking of their next foothold rather than the one 20 feet above or below them. By and large he stuck to his beliefs yesterday when, three days after Manchester United had scaled the seventh Premiership peak under his leadership, he virtually ignored Saturday's achievement and focused on the next step: climbing over Bayern Munich. p

      • Ryan Giggs v Mehmet Scholl

        Ryan Giggs p
      NATIONAL LEAGUEBack to Top

      • Abuse claims `exaggerated'

        Bray Wanderers manager Pat Devlin insisted that reports carried on a football website yesterday regarding the racial abuse suffered by the club's defender, Wesley Charles, had been greatly exaggerated and that the former Sligo Rovers defender is happy to stay at the Carlisle Grounds. p

      • Rutherford's solo strike decisive

        After such a tightly-fought cup encounter on Friday, Bohemians regained the lead role in the three-club campaign to keep the championship alive in exciting style at Dalymount Park last night. p

      • Late goal saves St Patrick's

        Liam Kelly salvaged a point and with it the tenuous title hopes of St Patrick's Athletic with an 84th-minute equaliser from the penalty spot at Tolka Park. p
      SPORTS/DIGESTBack to Top

      • Isle of Man TT races may be cancelled

        Motorcycle Racing: Isle of Man government ministers are likely to come to a decision today on the staging of this year's TT races due to the foot-and mouth scare, reports Johnny Watterson. The council of ministers, however, has until the end of the month to make a final decision. p
      RACING/NEWS ROUND-UPBack to Top

      • Ceoil Agus Craic for Holden

        Mullinavat trainer Michael Holden recorded his biggest success when Ceoil Agus Craic made virtually all to capture the £25,000 Heineken Chase at a blustery Cork yesterday. p

      • Micko's has conditions to his liking

        Micko's Dream has a Gowran Park warm-up this afternoon for possible attempts at the Heineken Gold Cup and the Powers Irish Grand National, and it looks set to be a winning one. p

      • Gorman has mixed day

        Curragh trainer Jim Gorman experienced a wide range of emotions at Leopardstown yesterday but finished on the up with the success of Christy Senior in the Avoca Handicap. p
      RUGBY/EUROPEAN CUPBack to Top

      • Mason eyes place on the bench

        It wasn't easy for Simon Mason initially. His fellow players were a little sceptical, indifferent and a thaw would take about six months. Then there was the legacy of Ulster's wonderful European Cup triumph, and his part in his new employer's downfall, a famous semi-final triumph for the White Knights at Ravenhill. p

      • Kelly adds to injury woes

        The extended Munster squad of 32 players trained at "The Farm", UCC's training ground in Cork yesterday but the team management of Declan Kidney, Niall O'Donovan and Jerry Holland were no closer to being able to offer a definitive verdict on the walking wounded ahead of Saturday's Heineken European Cup semi-final against Stade Francais in Lille. p
      ALL-IRELAND LEAGUE/FIRST DIVISIONBack to Top

      • Buccaneers best

        Dungannon's ambitions of a top-four spot were dealt a blow last evening when falling to Buccaneers at Ericsson Park. p

      • Hickie in control

        The class and finishing power of Denis Hickie ensured that Belfast Harlequins' relegation worries will continue for the moment. p

      • McGowan makes the difference

        Alan McGowan's injury-time try, which he converted himself, capped a fine second-half performance by Blackrock College and rubber stamped a thoroughly merited victory. The outhalf contributed 22 points, his place-kicking in the blustery conditions underpinning his team's success. p
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