Garda Jim Herlihy details the extraordinary life and times of Patrick Joseph ‘PJ’ Kerrigan, an ex-RIC member, soldier in two armies, and bigamist, who became the first Civic Guard of the Irish Free State

PHOTOS of Springbok players huddled naked up to their waists in a lake rocked South African rugby yesterday, piling pressure on coach Rudolph Straeuli to quit after his team’s World Cup exit.

The International Cricket Council have promised to give a written response tomorrow to the England and Wales Cricket Board to their request to move England’s controversial World Cup opener from Zimbabwe.

Lawyers for Manchester United manger Alex Ferguson have appealed to the South African authorities to speed up his case after he was accused of indecently assaulting a woman in Cape Town.