Sean Maguire might have hogged the goals and the headlines in Cork City ’s title success last year but arguably no player more completely embodied the collective team effort underlying that achievement – and the cup triumph which made it such a momentous year for the club — than Conor McCormack.

Cork City midfielder Conor McCormack admits he still has a soft spot for Shamrock Rovers but there will be no mood for sentiment from the league leaders at Turner’s Cross tonight.

ANOTHER big European night in Tallaght this evening, and all at Shamrock Rovers will be hoping it’s not the last of an already pulsating season for the club beyond the relative comfort zone of the League of Ireland.

Juventus face a second season without European football following their elimination from the Coppa Italia on Sunday.

PIERLUIGI COLLINA will not referee at the 2006 World Cup after FIFA confirmed that it will not change the upper age limit for international referees.