Fans at the Oval cricket ground in England have been evacuated after what was described as a "crossbow bolt" was fired on to the pitch.

Clare made a little bit of history in Salthill this afternoon.

Spouses and partners of customers in one of Ireland’s leading stores will be able to quietly anaesthetise themselves in comfort in anticipation of the shopping bill, a judge was told today.

Tyrone reached their first All-Ireland U21 Football Championship final since 2003 with a hard-working win over Roscommon, embroidered by the grace of ace finisher Lee Brennan.

GMIT 0-14 Dublin IT 1-9

Dublin IT 1-12 IT Carlow 1-09: DIT had to work hard to see off the persistent challenge of IT Carlow before emerging three-point winners in this O’Byrne Cup tie at the IT Carlow grounds yesterday.

NUI Galway 0-10 Roscommon 0-09: Roscommon manager John Evans felt NUI Galway showed more resolve as the Galway students edged a tempestuous affair at Ballyforan.

FBD Connacht League: Roscommon 0-14 IT Sligo 0-5

Martin Kaymer was crowned US Open champion on Sunday as he pulled away from the field to complete a dominant wire-to-wire, eight-shot victory at Pinehurst No.2.

Graeme McDowell headed for Europe last night determined to turn a corner with his driving and putting as he targets a Ryder Cup spot.

There have been a lot of "before and now" comparisons in Erik Compton’s life, let alone golf career, but as television audiences in the US found out on Saturday evening, no mention of the latter can avoid the context of the former.

Martin Kaymer stands on the brink of US Open success as he takes a five-shot lead into Sunday's final round at Pinehurst No.2.

CONNACHT U21 FC FINAL:

IF you want a golfing story about pain and sacrifice, take your head out of Rory McIlroy’s dental records and instead look deep into the heart of Erik Compton.

Fermanagh 2-11 Roscommon 1-6

WHILE most of us were holidaying in August, in Wexford they were building the sets for this year’s Festival Opera.

Roscommon claimed back-to-back Connacht minor titles for the first time ever at Dr Hyde Park yesterday.

Roscommon 0-8 Tyrone 1-16

The mountaineering world has led tributes to one of the UK’s most respected climbers after he was killed alongside two other Britons in a devastating avalanche.

Diarmuid Murtagh was the hero for champions Roscommon as they booked a place in the Connacht minor football championship final.

Roscommon 1-11 Armagh 1-9, Dr. Hyde Park

Fast Or Free ended a blank afternoon for favourite backers as he justified market support with victory in the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot.

An assured Dublin side turned on the afterburners at just the right time to see off a difficult Roscommon challenge and win the county’s second U-21 All-Ireland crown in three years.

Dublin 2-12 Roscommon 0-11

Steady progress is being made in Roscommon and goal hero Colin Compton believes every team coming out of the county is competitive now.

Roscommon 2-7 Cavan 2-2

JOHN ROGERS stroked over an injury-time free to ensure that Des Newton’s competitive managerial debut in charge of his native Roscommon didn’t end in defeat at Ballyforan yesterday.

AS any happily-married couple will tell you, the secret to a perfect wedding day is for the guests not to outshine the star attraction.

A CONSERVATIVE councillor in Britain has been arrested over a message on his private Twitter account calling for a newspaper columnist to be stoned to death, police said yesterday.

Jeff Overton’s eight-under-par second round gave the American a commanding four-stroke lead at the halfway stage of of the Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.

Erik Compton hit a sublime seven-under-par opening 63 at the Greenbrier Classic golf in West Virginia today as he bids to continue a remarkable personal story.

TWO-GOAL hero Robbie Keane almost didn’t start this match.

THREE years after their heartbreaking final reversal in Ennis, Kerry managed to enjoy some minor football cheer against Roscommon in Croke Park yesterday.

Winless Ireland slumped to another defeat in the Friends Provident Trophy - this time by six wickets to Middlesex – after being slayed by two former Emerald Isles internationals.

SAUDI ARABIA’S Gold For Sale grabbed a last-gasp victory under Mick Kinane in the UAE 2000 Guineas at Nad Al Sheba yesterday.

ANDY ROBINSON has rejected allegations that England launched a spying mission on New Zealand in the build-up to Saturday's clash at Twickenham.

New Zealand head coach Graham Henry has accused a “paranoid” England of spying on today’s All Blacks training session in order to gain an underhand advantage ahead of Saturday’s clash at Twickenham.

Four acts remain on TV talent contest The X Factor after judges voted off London student Cassie Compton.n

Nearly 450 hospital patients in Northern Ireland were warned today they may have been examined by medical staff using dirty equipment.

One US soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a bomb exploded on a crowded street in Baghdad today.

Six US soldiers were injured today when their truck hit a mine west of Baghdad, and two others were hurt in separate ambushes in the capital.

Two US soldiers missing for days from a checkpost have been found dead north of the capital, a senior US army officer said.