Aiden McGeady has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifying matches against Sweden and Austria due to injury.

An Irish girl guide has helped fashion design icon Vivienne Westwood select a flag that will be planted on the seabed beneath the North Pole as part of a environmental campaign to save the Arctic.

MK Dons 0 Sunderland 2

Lee Westwood is open to the possibility of partnering Rory McIlroy at the Ryder Cup, dispelling talk of a feud between two of Europe`s key players.

LEE WESTWOOD will play with Rory McIlroy in Shanghai today less than a week after describing the 22-year-old’s move to a different management company as a “bizarre decision”.

Holders Britain and Ireland have been hit much harder by withdrawals than Continental Europe for next week’s Vivendi Seve Trophy in Paris.

James McCarthy, Jonathan Walters and Marc Wilson have all been left out of the Ireland squad for the upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers against Slovakia and Russia.

Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni reserved special praise for his defenders after last night's 0-0 draw with Croatia at the Aviva Stadium.

THE final Major of the year begins at the Atlanta Athletic Club on Thursday with Luke Donald and Lee Westwood still clinging to the top two places in the world rankings and Rory McIlroy the bookmaker’s favourite at 10/1.

Wes Hoolahan has missed out on a recall to the Republic of Ireland squad despite helping Norwich earn promotion to the Premier League this week.

Ireland 2 Macedonia 1

Preston 2 Coventry 1

Birmingham 3 Coventry 2

St Andrews, the Home of Golf, could tomorrow see Lee Westwood crowned as the new world number one - and little-known John Parry as the shock winner of one of Europe's richest events.

Northern Ireland duo Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are to play in the final foursomes game today against this morning's fourball opponents Stewart Cink and Matt Kuchar at Celtic Manor.

LIVERPOOL have signed Portugal midfielder Raul Meireles on a four-year deal from Porto.

EUROPE provides seven of the top 10 seeds in this week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship after Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both decided not to play.

TIGER WOODS needs to show some humility and appear in public to admit he “messed up” by cheating on his wife, eight-times major winner Tom Watson said yesterday.

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Ross Fisher failed to make the move he was looking for when the Dubai World Championship resumed today.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE, winner of eight European Number One titles, believes Rory McIlroy deserves to win this week’s season-ending Race to Dubai title.

Alexander Noren leads with a round to play at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland – and how Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood wish they could have putted like the 27-year-old Swede.

PARIS Fashion Week’s sophomore day was a rare tribute to the avant-garde, with nearly every designer showing some signature edge.

Lee Westwood today launched a series of three-day golf academies around England for boys and girls aged seven to 16-years-old.

Vivienne Westwood is showing her support for Tibet by using a special design on a bag for her new fashion collection.

Defending champion Lee Westwood, much to the annoyance of the “raging” promoter and BBC Television, had to wait until 4.05pm to resume the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry today.

Lee Westwood might be unable to play on the European Tour next week, even though that is where he wants to complete his build-up to the Ryder Cup.

Lee Westwood’s grandfather told him years ago that if he had nothing good to say then say nothing.

Defending champion Lee Westwood birdied the first five holes and roared back into the lead in the Andalucian Open at Aloha today.

Lee Westwood admitted his head was in a spin after coming down to earth with a bump to throw the Mercedes-Benz Championship wide open in Cologne.

NEARLY new and at the upper end of the starter home market in Carrigaline, Co Cork, No 6 Westwood is a good buy, says auctioneer, Kieran McNamee of McNamee and Associates.

Match seven is to go to the final hole after Mickelson and Toms won the 17th hole to draw level with Montgomerie and Langer.

Darren Clarke has put Europe two up in the fifth match after ten holes in today's Ryder Cup fourballs.

The USA and Europe are both one up in one match each in this afternoon's Ryder Cup fourballs, with the other two matches all square.

IF a happy home is a key to success, watch out this week for the golfing trio of Darren Clarke, Lee Westwood and Paul McGinley as they battle for the 84th US PGA Championship at Hazeltine some twenty miles south of the twin cities of Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota.

Mark McNulty stayed in contention for the Dubai Desert Classic today after surviving the threat of a two-stroke penalty.