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  • Gingembre fits the profile

    If the 155 previous editions of the world's most famous race have taught us anything, it is the Grand National's capacity for surprise. Today the usual maximum field of 40 will stare down towards the first line of bright green fences and know that Bechers Brook lies in wait just six obstacles away. It's a pretty grim piece of certitude but the best available. p

  • Keane returns for defining test

    Manchester Utd v Liverpool  Manchester United are bolstered by the return of captain Roy Keane - who has missed the last five games with a hamstring problem - for the visit of Liverpool to Old Trafford this afternoon. p
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  • 'Awesome' display by Upmanship Liverpool Report

    The ground might have been dead but Conor O'Dwyer and Native Upmanship set hearts pumping with a brilliant repeat success in the Melling Chase. p

  • End of era as Swan retires

    Racing News Like-A-Butterfly will be Charlie Swan's last ride in the Martell Cognac Aintree Hurdle today. The nine-times champion jump jockey announced yesterday he is bringing the curtain down on one of the greatest riding careers in the history of Irish racing. p

  • Copeland can upset Rooster Booster

    Aintree Preview   Usually an 11-length Champion Hurdle winner doesn't have many questions to answer, but Rooster Booster faces a new challenge in today's Aintree Hurdle. p
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  • Wenger unfazed by injuries

    Arsenal and Manchester United launch their final battle for the English Premiership this weekend in the knowledge that any slip could be fatal.Recent history proves that the team with the best away record usually wins the title. p

  • Concern over racist chanting

    The English Football Association and UEFA are coming under increased pressure to investigate the racist chanting that took place during England's match against Turkey as part of the wider inquiry into the incidents that marred last Wednesday's European qualifying game in Sunderland. p

  • Putting United's problems up front

    Roy Collins asks the experts whether Alex Ferguson's team have overcome early-season problems for a pivotal three-week period p
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  • Munster grab seven tries in useful workout

    Munster 43 Connacht 5 Munster had their last outing before meeting Leicester in the quarter-final of the European Cup when they ran seven tries past Connacht in a friendly at Thomond Park last evening. p

  • Irish referees take top games

    Ireland have four referees - Donal Courtney, Alan Lewis, David McHugh and Alain Rolland - in the provisional squad of 26 referees for the Rugby World Cup in Australia later this year. p
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  • Jordan can't look back in anger

    Motor Sport Brazilian Grand Prix Eddie Jordan has spent most of this week reminiscing. Poring over 12 years of Formula One battles and delighting in surviving against the odds, in beating the laws of probability that said in 1991 his fledgling outfit would be a mere footnote in the sport's history by season's end while wallowing in points scored against the run of play, in victories sealed when merely finishing would have been good enough. p

  • Harrington misses the cut Golf News round-up

    GOLF/News round-up Padraig Harrington had another day to forget at the BellSouth Classic in Atlanta yesterday. p

  • Doran keeps Irish in touch

    TENNIS: Ireland and Egypt shared the singles after the first day of the Davis Cup at the Fitzwilliam club yesterday evening, writes Pat Roche . p

  • Special Olympics a chance to make good

    Keith Duggan Sideline Cut It has been fun driving across the country in recent months seeing which countries are to be hosted by which towns throughout the Special Olympics. p
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