The Munster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland confirmed last night that of a number of significant changes have been made in the hope resurrecting the image and status of the South of Ireland Championship.

Athletics: All the favourites obliged at the GloHealth Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships at Cork IT yesterday.

There won’t be an announcement any time soon. It’s not his way.

Former Tipperary defender Declan Fanning has accused county board officials of not realising what it takes to prepare for an All-Ireland final after calls for the postponement of the weekend’s scheduled club fixtures were rejected.

Relatives of the 10 Protestant workers gunned down in the infamous Kingsmills massacre are to meet police again to press for a fresh investigation of the case.

CHRIS MINTERN (Coláiste Chríost Rí) warmed up for next weekend’s attempt to win the national triathlon title in Fingal by winning the intermediate 3,000m title at the opening session of the South Munster Schools track and field championships at the CIT track in Bishopstown yesterday.

BRITISH foreign minister David Miliband arrived in South Africa yesterday for crisis talks on Zimbabwe, with London holding out against any power-sharing government in Harare which keeps Robert Mugabe in power.

Venezuela and Ecuador have punished Colombia for killing a rebel leader in the Ecuadorian jungle by expelling its diplomats, ordering troops to the border and cracking down on trade.

Australia will investigate claims that century-old graves of soldiers who died during the Boer War in South Africa have been looted, the country's government said today.

TOMMY BENN is not just the course ranger at Lahinch, he has also been good enough in his time to play in the South of Ireland Championship and claim more than his fair share of notable scalps.