The rescue services in England have managed to extract an exhausted horse from mudflats on a beach.

DAVIS CUP ace Colin O’Brien must overcome the son of a tennis icon to nail down a semi-final place in the Green Property Irish Men’s Open.

Liverpool fell silent to mourn their dead, and then roared their anger and demanded “justice” for the 96 fans who did not return home from the Hillsborough disaster.

GARY WOLSTENHOLME, the only Britain and Ireland amateur to feature on four winning Walker Cup teams, has been named in a provisional 29-strong squad for next August’s defence of the trophy in Chicago.