A1 Team Ireland have scored their one of their best qualifying results of their disastrous season at the brand-new Taupo circuit in New Zealand today.

Documentaries have really come into their own over the past few years thanks to Michael Moore, but Murderball (Optimum, €24.99) is no political statement, but a hard nosed look at the world of quad rugby, where men with a passion for sport turn a blind eye to their physical disabilities and take each other on in a bruising encounter pitting man and machines in a no holds barred contest.

Robbie Kerr failed to make the most of Team Great Britain’s front-row position as a lengthy pit stop meant he could finish only 10th in the Indonesian A1 Grand Prix.

THE 20th Winter Olympics opened in Turin last night with a glittering, star-studded ceremony but new doping fears as well a betting row have snatched away the spotlight.

Many an athlete has dropped a proverbial clanger at the Olympics, but today saw a Games official do so quite literally.