Defending champion David Lynn is looking for some inspiration as he returns to the scene of his last victory.

New members of the Defence Forces are suffering "withdrawal symptoms" for their mobile phones, miss being home and struggle with military punctuality.

There is "inappropriate" use of training punishments in some parts of the Defence Forces, but morale generally is "very high", according to a top-level supervisory body.

Andy Murray should play without the weight of expectation heavy on his shoulders when he walks out at Wimbledon as defending champion next week, according to former winner Goran Ivanisevic.

European rugby chiefs stand to net "significantly more" than €17.5m in a lucrative worldwide broadcasting rights deal after distribution company IMG Media won the tender to broker global broadcasting rights for the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Gaelic Players Association founder Donal O’Neill predicts the GAA’s entire commercial revenues will grow significantly as a result of bringing Sky Sports into their stable of media partners.

Dublin teenager John Carroll is used to standing out from the crowd. At 6’8”, he may well be the tallest 18-year-old in the country, not that he spends much time here.

Flamboyant racing pundit John McCririck was sacked by Channel 4 because his “pantomime persona” is “unpalatable” to a wide audience, an employment tribunal ruled.

John McCririck’s employment tribunal is set to begin on September 30 as the former presenter continues his legal battle with Channel 4.

Channel 4 Racing have appointed Clare Balding as their new lead presenter.

Rangers newco will continue talks with the football authorities today as their bid to gain membership of the Scottish Football Association remains in abeyance.

Two of the Premier League’s top three clubs are being lined up for a revamped Dublin Super Cup next August, it has emerged.

ALL has changed in the world of Tiger Woods since he limped off the golf course after just nine holes of the Player Championship at Sawgrass 12 weeks ago. All and nothing.

GPA FOUNDER Donal O’Neill has revealed his former employees International Management Group (IMG) recently approached him about leading a commercial assault on the GAA.

FROM filmmaking to fashion design and from sport to modelling, they are the hottest talents of the next generation, and some of our greatest hopes for the future.

DUBAI’S construction boom might be in reverse gear but efforts to build on the Irish Open foundations laid down by defunct sponsors 3 are moving ahead apace, according to three-time major winner Pádraig Harrington.

AFTER one of the biggest sponsorship fallouts in the history of sport, Tiger Woods is close to signing a new global endorsement.

IT WAS in the gloom of a cool October Sunday five years ago when Tiger Woods stood to the back of the 18th green at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club and watched his American teammates celebrate a Presidents Cup win over the International Team.

MORE than 1,800 cyclists including sports stars and celebrities took part in Ireland’s first closed-road mass participation cycle event yesterday in Co Clare.

Over 1,800 cyclists took part in Ireland’s first ever closed-road mass participation cycling event in Co Clare today.

OVER 1,750 cyclists including sports stars and celebrities will descend on Clare this weekend for Ireland’s first closed-road mass participation event.

TWO and a half years ago Conor Ridge was managing a group of promising young Irish golfers and wondering if and when he was going to break into the space filled by the massive International Management Group (IMG) or the International Sports Management Group (ISM).

AS always after an Open Championship, especially one at St Andrews, there are many talking points.

PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON won’t be warming up for July’s Open at St Andrews with another appearance in the Irish PGA.

MATTEO MANASSERO, the player tipped to be Europe’s next golfing great, officially became a professional yesterday, two weeks after his 17th birthday and three days before he plays his home Italian Open.

TWO weeks to the Masters and Tiger Woods is gradually pre-paring the ground for Augusta.

BOOKMAKERS Paddy Power have revealed that Tiger Woods has turned down a $75million (€55m) sponsorship offer from the Irish layers.

Dublin: Paddy Power Plc, Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, said it will raise its offer to sponsor golfer Tiger Woods after a previous bid worth as much as €55 million over five years was rejected.

BOOKMAKER PaddyPower.com has entered discussions concerning a five-year sponsorship deal with Tiger Woods.

US TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem is under increasing pressure to officially discipline Tiger Woods over the sex scandal that’s rocked golf.

Around 2,000 biking fans are set to saddle up for the country’s first closed road cycle event, organisers announced today.

TOURNAMENT officials at the WGC-Accenture Match Play have been unable to confirm speculation that Tiger Woods is set to return to golf at the Arizona event in 12 days’ time.

It is now nearly 50 days since Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant and a tree – and still there is no word on his whereabouts or when he might resume his career.

TIGER WOODS’ life and reputation lie in tatters.

Tiger Woods has lost some of his aura of invincibility after a series of problems in his personal life, according to European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie.

World Snooker have revealed major expansion plans today which which will see the number of ranking events more than double.

THE staff and the owner’s family were waiting outside the Hoban Korean Restaurant, applauding when Y.E. Yang arrived.

Paul Casey is set to tee off tomorrow in Minnesota at the US PGA Championship, his manager said tonight.

DESPITE showing a massive loss for 2008, the FAI continues to insist there are better times ahead for Irish football.

THE TUG-OF-LOVE that ensued between the rival agencies for Shane Lowry’s signature after his remarkable victory in the 3 Irish Open was always going to end in favour of Conor Ridge’s Dublin-based Horizon Sports Management.

FAR be it from me to take issue with Pádraig Harrington, one of the best intentioned people I know, but I am fully in favour of Shane Lowry’s decision to turn professional rather than wait until after the Walker Cup next September.

IRISH Open hero Shane Lowry is expected to announce today that he’s turning professional with immediate effect.

This year’s edition of the HSBC Champions in China has received a significant boost with elevation to the elite World Golf Championships and a $2m (€1.5m) increase in prize money.