Footballer, teacher, trailblazer - we remember All-Ireland winning captain Joe Lennon

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GERMANY: The 3,900kg granite head of Vladimir Lenin that was removed from a Berlin square in 1991 has been unearthed for an exhibition.

A British teenager may have become the youngest ever person to cycle around the world after completing the final leg of his epic 18,000-mile journey.

One of the most unwavering let’s-not-go-there subjects in the history of let’s-not-go-there is prostitution.

Claire Burge is an expert in organisation and she stopped using email two years ago, says Kelly O’Brien.

Remember the huge waves, the howling winds and the lashing rain?

Tributes have been paid to Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend who has died aged 68.

England boss Roy Hodgson’s decision to let his players decide whether to take their wives, families and girlfriends on their travels this summer is a “smart move”, experts have said.

Bob Wilson has launched an astonishing attack on Jose Mourinho in which he accuses the Chelsea manager of being a boring bully.

Many of us have been following the example of Jennifer, Madonna and Gwyneth, sweating it out for hours in the gym, but Peta Bee says it takes just a matter of minutes each day to make a difference to your weight and shape.

Double Irish Olympian Melanie Nocher has announced her retirement from elite international swimming at the age of 24.

Melanie Nocher missed out on another opportunity to qualify for the London 2012 Games last night. She finished fourth in the guest final of the women’s 200 backstroke at the British Trials which are taking place at the Olympic venue.

Ireland U-20s 30 Scotland U-20s 13,

NEW research shows that painting wind turbines purple could save birds’ lives.

THE winners of the senior men’s and senior women’s titles at Saturday’s Woodies DIY national inter-clubs cross-country championships at Santry Demesne are not interested in going to the world cross-country championships in Punta Unbria, Spain, on March 20.

The World Cup ball was billed as the world’s perfectly round football, made with thermally bonded, spherically moulded, 3D panels.

Chris Smalling is struggling to come to terms with the meteoric rise which has seen him go from non-league footballer to Fulham’s hottest prospect in 18 months.

UCC’S brave bid to put back-to-back AIB Division 2 titles together came undone in their final game of the season against Ballynahinch on Saturday.

JUST like their senior counterparts, ‘Grand Slam’ is not a term being used loosely around Allen Clarke’s Ireland U-20 camp.

SCIENTISTS have found a way to identify a type of new drug which could be misused by athletes.

A NEW study carried out at the University of Limerick says the science on which claims that we are facing an obesity epidemic are based is highly questionable.

Back, knee and calf muscle. It is hard to believe that 400 metres starlet Joanne Cuddihy is on the cusp of her Olympic debut, after a summer full of injury frustration.

Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks could be on the brink of being offered a way out of the troubled club.

A FEMALE tennis coach was jailed yesterday for two years and nine months for sexually abusing a 13-year-old pupil.

Workers want a siesta during the day to help recharge their batteries, according to a new report released in the UK today.

Britain’s swimmers celebrated in a noisy corner of the packed Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as Kirsty Balfour delivered the team’s third medal of the World Championships with a hard-earned silver in the 200metres breaststroke.

IRISH swimmers smashed 11 national records in the last week.

SEAN KELLY has dismissed as a “fallacy” the notion that the recent upsurge in sports funding and facilities will mean that all Irish athletes will soon train full-time in this country.

ENGLAND captain Martin Corry believes New Zealand have set a benchmark of consistency the world champions must try to emulate.

The Irish team to take part in the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong from March 18-20 has been named.

Ireland picked up their first win of the two-day IRB Dubai Sevens tournament this morning, defeating Canada 24-17 to earn a place in the Shield final.

South Africa 35 Ireland 12

Ireland fought tooth-and-nail against traditional kingpins Fiji in the Dubai Sevens this morning.

The Irish squad to take part in the Dubai Sevens has been named.

ROB ANDREW last night allayed the latest injury fears surrounding England captain Jonny Wilkinson, by declaring: “Physically, he’s fine.”

The Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged side to play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Under 21 World Cup in Hughendeen Road, Glasgow on Sunday.

The Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged side to take on Australia Under 21 in the semi final tomorrow evening (kick-off 7.30pm).

For the third consecutive game, the Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged starting team to take on France in their final Pool B game in the Under 21 World Cup following wins over Tonga (43-5) and Argentina (26-22).

The Ireland Under 21 team to play Tonga Under 21 in the first game of the Under 21 World Cup in Scotland has been named.

The Ireland under-21 squad to take part in the IRB Under 21 World Cup in Scotland has been announced.

The Ireland U21 squad from which the team and replacements to play against Scotland U21 prior to the Scotland v Barbarians game on Saturday, May 22 at Murrayfield has been named.

The Irish U21 for the final game of the Six Nations against Scotland at Stradbrook Park tomorrow (2.30pm) shows two changes from the team that beat Italy.