JOE SWEENEY strengthened his stranglehold on the domestic cross-country scene when he produced another powerful front-running display to retain his Woodies DIY inter-counties title at Sligo Racecourse yesterday.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN, silver medallist at the 2000 Olympics, said yesterday it was time for all the sports bodies in Ireland to put their differences aside and get down to the business of planning for the 2012 London Games.