A Russian marathon runner who won a race in Japan after the country was banned from global competition has been disqualified and could face further punishment.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has named a strong side for today's FA Cup semi-final against Reading at Wembley, with Alexis Sanchez and Danny Welbeck leading the attack.

An Australian couple are courting potential big-screen fame, after telling their extraordinary ‘back-to-front’ love fairytale to an Australian television audience.

Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal’s ‘Take Me To The Other Side’ is the latest exhibition at Lismore Castle Arts, the gallery in the west wing of William Burlington’s Co Waterford home.

The Moriarty Tribunal has made one of its highest payments yet of €536,876.94 to cover the costs of Danish telecoms expert, Michael Andersen, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

If you want to get some idea of the hype surrounding 3D printing, check out what the stockmarket thinks.

Celtic 2 Ajax 1

Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president, even phoning the White House to tell his wife.

Have you ever experienced that horrible moment when you’ve clicked send on an email or a text message and realised that it’s headed for the wrong recipient?

Professor Andersen’s Night

It looks like Damien Duff might keep his 100th cap after all.

Damien Duff may have one of his Republic of Ireland caps taken off him, and therefore reduce him to double-figure appearances, after it was reported that their goalless pre-Euro 2012 friendly away to Hungry will be expunged.

Reading today confirmed they had completed the signing of Stuart Taylor on a one-year contract after Mikkel Andersen finally joined Portsmouth on loan.

Lars Bender spared Germany from a shock Euro 2012 exit with the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Denmark, whose tournament ended last night in Lviv.

Denmark 1 Germany 2

Substitute Silvestre Varela kept alive Portugal’s hopes of qualifying from Group B with a late strike to spare the blushes of some of his more illustrious team-mates in Lviv.

Portugal 3 Denmark 2

Denmark might be sitting pretty atop Group B with Germany but they know they must improve significantly to make a prolonged impact on Euro 2012.

The Netherlands 0 Denmark 1

THE curtain has at last come down on the Moriarty Tribunal. For 14 years, it has largely lived in the shadow of its livelier, more rambling but ultimately more loveable counterpart — the Mahon (formerly Flood) Tribunal.

ONE of the largest employers in Co Limerick, Andersen Ireland Ltd, increased its pre-tax profits ten-fold in 2009 to €536,925.

Rafael van der Vaart failed to recover from an ankle injury as Tottenham looked to seal their place in the Champions League knockout stages in tonight’s Group A clash with Werder Bremen.

Businessman Denis O'Brien has commenced a challenge against limitations imposed by the Moriarty tribunal on his legal team's ability to question expert witness Professor Michael Andersen.

THE Moriarty tribunal was yesterday claimed to have given its legal team “a cloak of protection.”

Businessman Denis O'Brien is going back to court to challenge the work of the Moriarty Tribunal.

THE Moriarty Tribunal will move into extra time next week in an effort to finish hearing evidence from its crucial final witness.

The Chairman of the Moriarty Tribunal has said former Tánaiste Michael McDowell will cease to have any further involvement in the inquiry once he completes questioning a current witness.

THE surprise appointment of Michael McDowell to represent the Moriarty Tribunal at its public hearings is due to be challenged at the High Court later today.

A DANISH consultant, who had previously declined to appear as a witness, is set to give key evidence to the Moriarty Tribunal today.

The Moriarty Tribunal is to sit next week to hear evidence from a Danish consultant who played a key role in the 1995 competition that was won by Esat Digifone.

THE beleaguered Moriarty Tribunal has suffered another humiliating setback after withdrawing a number of adverse provisional findings against businessman Dermot Desmond.

THE Moriarty Tribunal’s legal team have been accused of bias by a Danish telecommunications expert who was centrally involved in designing the competition for the state’s second mobile phone licence.

MIDFIELDER Barry Ferguson’s first goal for Birmingham was sufficient to seal victory over Nottingham Forest last night in an FA Cup third-round replay at St Andrews and clinch a visit to Everton.

AN increasing number of couples are choosing to have an abortion because of financial worries, according to a crisis pregnancy counselling service.

BAD debt provisioning at National Irish Bank of €198 million in the first quart of this year is close to the total amount of €228m set aside last year.

SHANE LONG has spent much of this season overshadowed by Reading’s more extrovert Irish stars, but the Tipperary-born striker rose to the occasion yesterday to maintain his side’s Premier League push.

LIFE cannot get much sweeter for Kevin Doyle. The Wexford-born striker has just enjoyed the kind of week he must have wished would never end: a lucrative new contract, tying him to the Royals until 2011, two goals here which brought him his half-century for the Berkshire club three years after joining and the chance to enhance his international credentials in next week’s clash with Poland.

THE bizarre saga of John Mikel Obi’s transfer to Chelsea took another twist yesterday with the Blues issuing a High Court claim for £16 million (€20m) from FC Lyn Oslo and disgraced former official Morgan Andersen.

The bizarre saga of John Mikel Obi’s transfer to Chelsea took another twist today with the Blues issuing a High Court claim for £16m from FC Lyn Oslo and disgraced former official Morgan Andersen.

Chelsea have issued a High Court claim for £16million against FC Lyn Oslo and Morgan Andersen over the transfer of John Mikel Obi.

RESEARCH needs to be carried out on the growing number of women, aged 55 to 80, who have drinking problems, a conference will be told this weekend.

ATLANTA FALCONS kicker Morten Andersen became the first NFL player to pass 2,500 career points on Sunday night.

Republic of Ireland boss Steve Staunton welcomed long-term injury absentees Stephen Carr and Andy Reid back into his starting line-up for tonight’s friendly at the NRGi Park in Aarhus.