Not that Leinster picked him but after two days of confusion surrounding Cian Healy’s three-week suspension, RBS 6 Nations Championship organisers felt sufficiently moved yesterday to issueclarification on the matter.

The World Professional Snooker and Billiards Association are confident the two-year ban handed to Joe Jogia yesterday demonstrates their serious stance on the threat of corruption.

Fine Gael Councillor Anne Devitt has resigned from the party.

Tomas O’Leary and new signing Will Chambers have both been included in the match-day squad for Munster A’s clash against Connacht A in Galway on Friday (2pm).

FORMER Leinster coach Michael Cheika has been fined €20,000, half of it suspended until June 2013, for his conduct on the night of the Amlin Challenge final when his Stade Francais side was defeated by Harlequins.

Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist was today set to decide on a course of action after being handed a two-match misconduct ban for his altercation with Celtic boss Neil Lennon in last week’s ill-tempered Scottish Cup fifth-round replay at Parkhead.

CORK CITY chairman Tom Coughlan has gone to court to challenge the 12-month ban and €5,000 fine imposed last week by a Disciplinary Committee at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown.

Cork City Chairman Tom Coughlan today obtained an order from the High Court for leave to judicially review the FAI Disciplinary Committee’s hearing of December 17.

TOM COUGHLAN is to appeal the 12-month ban and €5,000 fine imposed on him yesterday at a disciplinary hearing in Abbotstown. The announcement of the severe sanction, after Coughlan was found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute, was followed by a call from the FAI for the Cork City chairman to consider his position.

The charge into the misconduct of Harlequins over a blood substitute in their Heineken Cup quarter-final defeat to Leinster, which convened in London yesterday and today, has now adjourned.

A hearing will finally take place on Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3 to decide on the merit of a case against Harlequins over a blood substitution concerning their player Tom Williams.

Alan Quinlan will find out if he can tour with the Lions next week

Malcolm O'Kelly has been ruled out of Leinster's crucial Heineken Cup match against Edinburgh because he has been found guilty of stamping on London Wasps and suspended for two weeks.

Sweden's Ara Abrahamian has been stripped of his bronze medal in the Greco-Roman wrestling following a meeting of the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board today.

The FAI have published their list of disciplinary committee decisions.

TODAY Eoin Reddan will make his first Six Nations start.

Ireland international Bob Casey has been found guilty of foul play for a stamp but escaped the sanction of a suspension because it was not deemed serious enough to draw further punishment.

Wasps hooker Raphael Ibanez has been banned for four weeks for a stamp on Ireland's Llanelli Scarlet Simon Easterby that was described as mid range in the level of seriousness.

Munster hooker Jerry Flannery is clear to play in the crunch Heineken Cup Pool match against London Wasps at Thomond Park on Saturday.

London Wasps' Raphael Ibanez is in danger of missing out on the Heineken Cup winner-takes-all match against Munster on Saturday after being cited.

Ireland and Munster hooker Jerry Flannery's participation in the Six Nations and Munster's final Pool match in the Heineken Cup is in serious jeopardy as he has been cited for an alleged stamp on the head of Julien Bonnaire.

Clermont-Auvergne prop Jamie Cudmore will miss the crunch Heineken Cup tie with Munster at the weekend after being banned for four weeks for a punch on London Wasps Tim Payne.

Munster's Marcus Horan will appear before an independent Disciplinary Committee to answer a citing for an alleged kicking incident in Dublin on Thursday.

Munster and Ireland prop Marcus Horan has been cited for breach of Law 10.4 for allegedly kicking prop Deacon Manu in the Heineken Cup win over Llanelli Scarlets last Sunday.

An independent Appeal Committee will hear the appeal of Toulouse player Trevor Brennan in Dublin on Friday, June 1, 2007.

Gareth Thomas and the Welsh Rugby Union have decided not to appeal against the four-week suspension he was given yesterday by a European Rugby Cup disciplinary panel.

Former Ireland and current Toulouse player Trevor Brennan will be requested to appear before an independent Disciplinary Committee in Dublin next week.

BOURGOIN second row Julien Pierre is due to appear before an independent Disciplinary Committee in Dublin next week as a result of a citing arising from the Heineken Cup clash against Munster in Geneva last Sunday.

SUSPENDED Munster flanker Alan Quinlan will know his fate on Wednesday after the appeal against his six-week ban imposed by the European Rugby Cup Ltd is heard in Dublin.

Toulouse's Trevor Brennan has been found guilty of trampling in their Heineken Cup meeting with Ulster at Ravenhill three weeks ago.

Ulster players Justin Harrison and Matt McCullough and Saracens' Kevin Yates have been cited.

Shelbourne manager Pat Fenlon and midfielder Stuart Byrne have both been severely punished for their dismissals during Shels' 3-3 draw with Drogheda United earlier this season.

Fine Gael moved to remove the party whip from the Lord Mayor of Limerick and a Dublin councillor tonight amid controversy over elections to the mayoralty.

Marcus Horan will have to wait and see what comes out of his tit-for-tat citing with Neath-Swansea Ospreys wing Richard Mustoe.

CORK GAA chiefs will present an appeal at Croke Park tomorrow against GAC charges levelled at minor footballer Kevin Canty, arising from the controversial drawn All-Ireland quarter-final against Laois.

AN independent Disciplinary Committee has been appointed by ERC to hear a citing complaint lodged by Connacht following the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final first leg match against Harlequins last Sunday.

Former All-Ireland winning Meath skipper Graham Geraghty is set to renew his appeal against the 48-week ban handed down to him.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is today preparing to fight a motion of no confidence in him in his own constituency as rival factions within the party continued to row over policy.

TEAM captain Darren Fay returns to the Meath team for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland, Leinster SFC semi-final clash with Kildare at Croke Park.

FAI PRESIDENT Milo Corcoran, was yesterday elected to a prestigious post with UEFA in which he will have responsibility for under-age football.

CROKE PARK chiefs insisted yesterday they are determined to get to the bottom of the off-the-ball incident in which Clare hurler Gerry Quinn sustained an horrific hand injury in the All-Ireland hurling semi-final.

Kieren Fallon will make a trip to Portman Square for a Jockey Club hearing tomorrow morning to see if he faces a lengthy ban.

Aodhan MacSuibhne has been drafted in to replace Dickie Murphy as referee of Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final between Kilkenny and Tipperary.

New South Wales full-back Duncan McRae has been banned for seven weeks as a result of the punching incident that left Ronan O’Gara battered and bloodied.