RORY McILROY’S outstanding4th place in the HSBC-WorldGolf Championship in Shanghai at the weekend has moved him to within touching distance of a Ryder Cup debut at Celtic Manor next October.

Team Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr came first and second in today’s final round of the A1GP season at Brands Hatch – but Switzerland claimed the glory as they eased to the title.

Team Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr won the sprint race on the final day of the A1GP season at Brands Hatch as Switzerland clinched the title.

Adam Carroll suffered a miserable day for Team Ireland in qualifying for tomorrow's A1GP races in Durban, with a fuel pump problem in sprint qualifying leaving him at the back of the grid.

Team Great Britain secured second-row grid slots in qualifying for tomorrow’s A1GP races in Durban but driver Oliver Jarvis admitted afterwards that a pole position had been there for the taking.

Team Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr has vowed to bounce back from his Taupo disappointment as the A1GP season reaches its halfway stage in Australia this weekend.

Adam Carroll has finished third in the Sprint Race at the Czech A1 Grand Prix in Brno on his A1 debut.

Team Great Britain made A1GP history by dominating the Brands Hatch sprint race from start to finish to become the first team to win a home race in the series.

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.

An Irish solicitor has been awarded an MBE from the Queen of England for her work in the Special Olympics.

THE Olympic dreams of several Irish athletes may be jeopardised by a proposed change in the British Olympic Association charter to include Northern Ireland as part of Team Great Britain for Athens this summer.