IF THIS was a learning process for the Irish players, their coach Colin McEntee will have learned more than most of them in what was a high-skilled, highly entertaining uncapped Age Grade international at Anglesea Road yesterday.

CCTV footage of the moment a car drove into a crowd of revellers outside a British nightclub was today released by police in a bid to trace the driver.

The soap world’s “Oscars” take place tonight, as 'Coronation Street', 'Doctors', 'EastEnders', 'Emmerdale' and 'Hollyoaks' battle it out for gongs.

Chris Walker powered to victory ahead of his Rizla Suzuki team-mate Cal Crutchlow in the annual non-championship 'Race of the Year' at Mallory Park.

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Pierfrancesco Chili bounced back from his Monza heartache to set the pace in qualifying for this weekend’s World Superbike round at Oschersleben in Germany.

Regis Laconi set the pace in first qualifying at Misano yesterday as World Superbike Championship leader James Toseland suffered a miserable session.

James Toseland was almost lost for words after claiming his first-ever World Superbike Championship victory at Oschersleben in Germany.

NEIL HODGSON maintained his perfect record to move into a commanding 85-point lead in the World Superbike Championship after another double race win at Monza.

Australian ace Troy Bayliss maintained his dream start to the 2002 Superbike World Championship when taking Race One at Phillip Island this morning.

While Australia won the title for a record seventh time, England beat an injury-hit Scotland 3-0 to retain the bronze medal at the world team championships in Melbourne today.

Ireland lost 3-0 to Canada to miss out on a quarter-final place in the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Ireland reached the last 16 of the world team squash championships in Melbourne today with a 3-0 victory over Hong Kong.