At 8:38 yesterday morning, the phone chimed in receipt of a text from an eloquent press colleague of Dublin persuasion.

Wigan left the pitch to the sounds of The Great Escape theme after their second win in a week, but their path to freedom is barred by giants in the next three crucial games.

ONCE again it was result of champions, if not the performance of champions.

Bohemians 1 Drogheda United 0

ANTHONY FITZGERALD was handed the opportunity of a lifetime with a shot at the EBA European middleweight title as chief support bout to the Guillermo Rigondeaux-Willie Casey WBA title fight at City West on March 19 but he was also handed a difficult opponent in Affif Belghecham.

WILLIE ‘Big Bang’ Casey could be the ideal opponent for the two-time Olympic champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, according to the Cuban’s manager Gary Hyde.

THE incredible success story that is St Gall’s continued at Glenalbyn on Saturday, as the All-Ireland club champions added the oneills.com Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland senior football sevens title to their list of achievements.

Galway United entertain Dundalk in tonight’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash at Terryland Park, kick-off 7.45pm.

Cork City 0 Bohemians 1

A Dublin man accused of murder was “screaming like a lunatic” on the night of the alleged crime, the Central Criminal Court has heard today.

The friend of a Dublin man accused of murdering an Arklow 21-year-old, says he saw his friend running up the road - blood on his face, being chased by four men - after a fight which started in Arklow’s Rascals Disco, a court has heard.

A jury was today shown interview videos of a suspect crying, shaking and apologising on the day he was arrested for murder in late 2002.