"People have said to me already you did Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky a favour. You took them off the front page."

- Referee Jimmy Cooney, who blew the GAA into controversy last week, sees the funny side.

"I had an injury and could only use my right arm."

- New Ryder Cup captain Mark James explaining why he once played a round of golf in Sardinia with one arm. He scored 111.

"Our investigation has not found evidence of doping in soccer."

- Ugo Longo, the head of the recent Anti Doping Inquiry into Italian soccer.