US President Barack Obama today said an incursion by Israel’s forces into the Gaza Strip could deepen its own death toll, cautioning against an escalation even as he defended Israel’s right to defend itself.

MUNSTER senior club champions Dr Crokes are on course for a sixth East Kerry (O’Donoghue Cup) championship in a row after a terrific second-half performance ended Glenflesk’s hopes of a shock semi-final upset at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney yesterday.

WHEN Cork IT GAA officer Keith Ricken went searching 12 months ago for a coach for their Fitzgibbon Cup team, Pat Mulcahy ticked all the boxes.

ÉAMON Bowen Jnr moved into the quarter-finals of the Munster senior championship when he beat Gavin Twohig by over a bowl at Templemartin.

ANOTHER weekend, another title for Dr Crokes.

PAURIC Mahony scored 2-8 as former champions De La Salle maintained their perfect record in this season’s Dr Harty Cup.

LADAINIAN TOMLINSON seized the NFL single-season record for touchdowns on Sunday as the San Diego Chargers captured the AFC West division crown.

Outspoken Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is urging voters to overthrow British Prime Minister Tony Blair for his unclear stance on the Middle East conflict.

GALWAY’S dream of an unprecedented hat-trick at the Bulmers inter-club festival of golf was shattered at Rosslare yesterday when they lost in agonising fashion in the finals of both the Barton Shield and Irish Junior Cup.

GALWAY’S golfers are all set to atone for the defeat of their hurlers by Cork in Sunday’s All-Ireland final following a fruitful opening day in the Bulmers inter-club festival at Rosslare.

JOHN GARDINER’S chances of being fit for the Munster hurling final in three weeks time are looking a lot brighter than at the weekend.

Frankie Dettori made the most of a rare visit to Pontefract with a treble on Dumfries, Rules For Jokers and Boston Lodge.