The scoreline at Whyte’s sale of sport and entertainment memorabilia on Monday could be summed up as GAA one, rugby nil. And James Bond trumped Madonna.

Airlines were today ordered to replace hundreds of crucial instruments of the type suspected as a cause of last month’s Air France Airbus crash that killed all 228 on board.

Midfielder Dietmar Hamann praised Manchester City’s workrate after they upstaged Manchester United to win an emotional derby 2-1 at Old Trafford.

Donal Musgrave

PAT EDDERY will be taken on by some of the world’s best riders when he finally retires from the saddle after the Air Mauritius/Beau Rivage International Jockeys’ Challenge in Mauritius on Sunday week.