Hundreds of thousands of Irish people will be anxiously watching their TV sets in a couple of hours time, when Europe's analogue TV signal is turned off.

An Irish rowing team of seven boats has been announced to compete in the opening regatta of the FISA World Cup series next week at the 1972 Olympic regatta course in Munich, Germany.

Ireland’s lightweight four stroked to a World Cup silver medal at the Olympia Regattaverein in Munich this morning, defeating current World champions Denmark for the third time this week but losing out to Olympic contenders Italy.

PAUL BRIZZEL walked away from the Stade de France with a broad smile last night after he had posted his A standard for next year’s Olympics.