Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer but left the drinks themselves untouched.

UCC DEMONS star Colin O’Reilly, the NIVEA for Men SuperLeague’s leading Irish scorer last season, has signed a professional basketball contract with ETP SW Essen in Germany.

SCEPTICS who looked at the European Championship draw and saw Portugal, Spain and Russia lined up in Group A could be forgiven for suggesting that Greece were about to engage in an activity as productive as tilting at windmills.