He’d won over the judges but Danny O’Connor’s face and entire demeanour seemed more like a swollen tribute to some sort of courageous defeat.

Were golf a team sport and he had a friendship with Harry Sinden, Lee Westwood, perhaps, would be in better position for a Major title.

AS the Manchester United first team filed in from training at the Cliff, a young Kevin Grogan stood hopefully with his autograph book at the bottom of the stairs.

THE Vancouver riot couple who earlier claimed they had no interest in cashing in on their now infamous kiss, have hired a PR agency to look after their ‘commercial activities’ in Australia.

Angry ice hockey fans have run wild after the Vancouver Canucks lost the sport’s showpiece finale, the Stanley Cup.

The Boston Bruins have won the Stanley Cup after beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in the deciding Game Seven.

Fifty new software jobs are to be created in Belfast by the US-based ATG company.

AMERICAN sport can offer an experienced perspective on the issue of compulsory helmet wear, their mandatory use having come into effect for hurlers this season.

A CANADIAN sports promoter plans to showcase ice hockey violence in Prince George in two months by getting rid of the boring gameplay and focusing on what hockey fans really want — blood-splattering, bare-knuckle, on-ice brawls.