A couple of months ago we broke a story here about the GAA’s plans to cut funding to the Dublin County Board, something which even now is exercising minds in the capital.

Baltimore Ravens have released running back Ray Rice hours after a shocking video surfaced showing the NFL star punching his then-fiancee.

Houston coach Gary Kubiak collapsed at half-time and was taken by ambulance to hospital, a chilling blow for the reeling Texans after their best start to a game in months.

Unstoppable Peyton Manning continued his electric start to the NFL season by throwing four touchdown passes as the Denver Broncos moved to 4-0 with a 52-20 crushing of the Philadelphia Eagles.

With the clock winding down, Ray Lewis walked to the centre of the field to soak it all in.

With the NFL play-offs kicking off this weekend, attention will be divided between three star rookies and one retiring veteran in the most wide-open football post-season in recent years.

As the NFL heads into December, nearly every division race has an outright favourite.

Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes on Sunday to help Pittsburgh beat the New York Giants 24-20 in an NFL game played with Hurricane Sandy’s devastation as a backdrop.

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning threw a career-best 510 yards to lead the reigning Super Bowl champions to their first win of the NFL season on Sunday.

THE New York Giants will travel to the Super Bowl champions, the Green Bay Packers, for next Sunday’s NFL Divisional Round play-off game after they blew the Atlanta Falcons away in New Jersey yesterday.

TOM BRADY threw three touchdowns as the New England Patriots crushed the Philadelphia Eagles 38-20 and Tim Tebow led the Denver Broncos to their fourth straight win in National Football League action on Sunday.

IN A win that evoked their Superbowl triumph from the 2007 season, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots in dramatic fashion on Sunday with a touchdown pass from Eli Manning in the final seconds.

ARIZONA scored a touchdown off a blocked punt to finish off a wild 30-24 overtime victory over Dallas on Sunday as the NFL produced a flurry of frenetic endings.

THE Arizona Cardinals ended the Buffalo Bills’ unbeaten start to the season with a surprisingly easy 41-17 victory in Week 5 of the NFL.

NEW ENGLAND’S Tom Brady threw a team-record six touchdown passes and Tennessee’s Rob Bironas kicked a NFL-record eight field goals to spark impressive triumphs on Sunday.

THE New England Patriots romped to victory again on Sunday, downing the Cleveland Browns 34-17 to easily remain among the NFL’s unbeaten teams.

World and Olympic 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin has trained with NFL side Houston Texans as he waits for his drugs case to go to arbitration.

INDIANAPOLIS Colts quarterback Peyton Manning provided the fourth-quarter heroics, Santana Moss’s overtime catch won it for the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens rallied to win the clash of unbeaten teams.

BALTIMORE rallied to shock Cleveland, Cincinnati left their mark on the Steelers and Indianapolis held off Jacksonville as three NFL grudge matches lived up their billings.

THE INDIANAPOLIS Colts have a message for the NFL: The Triplets are back and better than ever.

A TEXAS grand jury looking into campaign contributions indicted former US House majority leader Tom DeLay for the second time in less than a week yesterday.

WARRING team-mates Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens put aside their differences to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 42-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the early NFL games last night.

THE Green Bay Packers are heading to the National Football League playoffs, with a little help from the Arizona Cardinals and, as quarterback Brett Favre said, maybe a little help from a guardian angel.

RICKY WILLIAMS carried a franchise-record 42 times for 153 yards and a touchdown and Miami used an overwhelming defensive performance to post a 17-7 victory over AFC East rivals Buffalo in the NFL on Sunday night.

A.J. FEELEY threw two touchdown passes and linebacker Carlos Emmons returned a fumble for a touchdown as the Eagles clinched the NFC East title with a 34-21 victory over the Washington Redskins.

REIGNING Superbowl champions, the New England Patriots, overcame an early 10-0 disadvantage, then blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead before finally eking out a 41-38 overtime win over Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

DREW BLEDSOE got all the hype in his debut as Buffalo Bills quarterback, but it was little known kick returner Chad Morton who proved to be the hero in the New York Jets’ 37-31 overtime victory in National Football League action on Sunday.