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McClean gets his chance to impressSOCCER: IT IS, according to Giovanni Trapattoni, less an audition for Poland and more an opportunity to make his case for a role in the team’s longer-term future, but either way James McClean will have been pleased yesterday after learning that he will make his first start for the Republic of Ireland this afternoon.

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Leinster have that double visionEVEN IN the midst of making history last Saturday, Leinster players were already talking about today’s final. Having missed out on the double last season, they have been eyeing up this one for a while. Double vision, as it were.

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Cats keep distance from chasing packIT’S BEEN a sobering 12 months since last year’s GAA All-Ireland hurling championships got underway in what was apparently a changed landscape. There were new defending champions for the first time in four years and the excitement of a bona fide breakthrough team, Dublin, having won a first national title in 72 years.

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Lawrie on form as compatriots tumbleTHE PILE-UP, such as it was, didn’t hurt anyone; except, perhaps, their pride. One by one, and in successive groups, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy and Pádraig Harrington departed the BMW PGA Championship here at Wentworth after second rounds that offered more negatives than positives in an important period of the season that includes the upcoming US Open. The common theme was all had missed the cut, the one thing all professional golfers despise.

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Baldo in Killybegs comes rolling homeCYCLING: THE EFFECTS of wearing yellow in cycling are well documented, with many examples from history showing that riders can raise their level when they are at the head of the general classification.

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Pedestrian Bolt still too fast for the restAthletics:  Jamaican sprinter runs 10.04 in Czech Republic in Golden Spike event 

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    Prandelli has faith in strikeforceSoccer: Italy manager considering keeping six forwards in squad for Euro 2012