"Hamed landed mainly single blows. He obviously believes combinations are for guarding safes."

- Michael Katz of the New York Daily News after Hamed's defeat of Wayne McCullough.

"I am not catching that plane."

- Irish hooker Keith Wood refuses to travel to Cork for an Irish squad session following a contractual dispute with the IRFU.

"It was a premeditated act of terrorism against sport."

- Fiorentina managing director after a UEFA official was hit with a firework during his team's game against Swiss club Grasshoppers.